The Krishen Jit Fund

Past Recipients

Since its establishment in 2006, the Krishen Jit Fund has supported 95 projects by artists and cultural practitioners working across Malaysia.

The Fund has provided seed funding to diverse projects - from the production of theatre, dance, music, film, animation, contemporary art, interdisciplinary, and community-based works, to the development of archival, documentation, research, and publishing initiatives, as well as training programmes, and international exchanges.

View the Krishen Jit Fund recipients from previous years:

2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

The Krishen Jit Fund 2021

Press Kit

Download the detailed press kit for more info on the recipients and projects.

Anthony Chong

Anthony Chong, for Malaysian Sign Language (BIM) literature workshop, a project for deaf participants to develop BIM literature in diverse forms.

Arief Hamizan

Arief Hamizan, for Panas Panas Play Reads, a project to conduct 60 online readings of Malaysian and international plays over 12 months.

Coebar Abel

Coebar Abel, for Earthshine, a multidisciplinary showcase highlighting technical aspects of performance - sets, lights, projections and sound.

FLUX 28 STUDIO (Talha K.K. & Tsa Meera)

FLUX 28 STUDIO, for Night Shift, an interactive website engaging with themes of captivity, struggle and control.

Gogularaajan Rajendran

Gogularaajan Rajendran, for Plantation Life: As it was, a documentary film and research project.

Ina Tajuddin

Ina Tajuddin, for a web series on how to make animation at home with minimal resources.

Izat Arif

Izat Arif, for a hybrid exhibition and immersive installation responding to Wawasan 2020 - exploring the potential of reflective materials, spatial parameters & audience participation.

Jeffrey Lim

Jeffrey Lim, for Khemah Kamera, a project to build a mobile canopy tent instant camera and projector.

Komeil Zarin

Komeil Zarin, for 30 Portraits in Exile, a project where the artist paints 30 portraits of 30 refugees - culminating in an exhibition, an art book and video documentation.

Susan Philip

Susan Philip, for The Satira Archives, a podcast series investigating humorous and satirical works by innovative Malaysian artists and writers who identify as women.

Syamsul Azhar

Syamsul Azhar, for Dari Pinggiran, an online performance exploring artistic responses to abandoned spaces.