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Malaysian visual artist Anas Afandi has used his 2-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in 2026 as a period of research and experimentation, cultivating a daily practice of collecting fallen kemboja flowers and experimenting with collecting and documentation methods from botanical and archaeological practices, while thinking about cultural memory and meaning.... Read More »

Khin May Moe, a visual artist from Yangon, Myanmar, has been in residence at Rimbun Dahan for two months in 2026. Her work with watercolour and ink has expanded from urban sketching to plumbing the depths of her insomnia, expressed through mysterious creature-like forms.... Read More »

Visual artist Brisa Amir from the Philippines has been in residence at Rimbun Dahan for two months in 2026, working with the flora and handmade ink as her primary material to explore the displacement of nature in urban settings. She will be sharing the results of her residency on Open Day on Sunday 26 July.... Read More »

On Sunday 26 July 2026, our current resident artists will be sharing the results of their residencies with the public. Entry is free. Registration is required only for the garden tour. All other activities are open for drop-in without registration. Please bring your own picnic, plus walk about our gardens at your leisure, explore our heritage house and the underground gallery.... Read More »

Interdisciplinary artist Anusorn Tunyapalit, from Chiang Mai, Thailand, presented a trio of terrariums at the KL Festival in May 2026, as the outcome of his 2-month residency at Rimbun Dahan.... Read More »

Emerging contemporary dance choreographers from Southeast Asia have been selected to attend a 9-day intensive residency at the private arts centre of Rimbun Dahan from 13 to 21 June 2026, exploring art and biodiversity. The program consists of 7 work... Read More »

Mao Sovanchandy, a multidisciplinary artist from Cambodia, and her collaborator Yuryphal Tum, spent two months at Rimbun Dahan in 2025, drawing inspiration from the regenerative nature of mulch, with experiments with water hyacinth pulp, plaster, photography, food and performance.... Read More »

Thai textile artist Awika Samukrsaman was in residence at Rimbun Dahan from September to November 2025, creating site-specific weaving projects which make visible lines and trajectories that once existed, whether of humans on the pickleball court or of plants interacting with manmade structures.... Read More »

Agus Nur Wahidin, known as Hewodn Mas Raden, is a traditional instrument-maker and sound artist from East Java. He spent a month at Rimbun Dahan in September 2025, where he conducted a workshop in making traditional instruments, and performed in Serious Play Improv Lab at Percussion Store in Kota Damansara.... Read More »

Joella Kiu, a visual arts curator and art historian from Singapore, spent a month at Rimbun Dahan in November 2025, experimenting with writing with a more personal voice and pushing past the thorny exterior of the durian.... Read More »

On Sunday 30 November 2025, our current resident artists will be sharing the results of their residencies with the public. Entry is free. Please bring your own picnic, plus walk about our gardens at your leisure, explore our heritage house and the underground gallery.... Read More »

The co-founders of Langgam Performance Troupe from Manila spent two months at Rimbun Dahan in 2025, developing the auto/biographical performance "The Inheritance of Taste" that explores the intersections of food, memory, grief and longing, and the reflection of family legacy and its impact on identity.... Read More »

Contemporary dance choreographers Sreynoch Khun and Ny Lai (Cambodia) and Trần Minh Hải (Vietnam) are in residence at Rimbun Dahan in August 2025, and will give a short showing of their meditative walking ritual on Open Day including a few members of the local dance community.... Read More »

Renz Baluyot, visual artist from the Philippines, was in residence at Rimbun Dahan for two months in 2025, experimenting with dyeing fabrics with rust using a resist technique, and working with copper and aluminium as grounds for paintings.... Read More »

On Sunday 24 August, our resident artists Renz Baluyot (Philippines), Alice Sarmiento (Philippines), and MixerJ (Myanmar), as well as contemporary dance choreographers Sreynoch Khun and Ny Lai (Cambodia) and Trần Minh Hải (Vietnam) will share works they have created during... Read More »

MixerJ, a visual artist of Karen descent from Myanmar, has spent two months in residence at Rimbun Dahan, creating character drawings in his signature intricate abstract style, and transforming them into portable cutouts.... Read More »

Alice Sarmiento -- educator, freelance writer and independent curator from the Philippines -- has spent two months at Rimbun Dahan, working on 'Once A Vibrant Tradition', a text that negotiates the tensions of craft and community caught in the crosshairs of capitalism.... Read More »

Gigi Giovanelli (USA) was in residence for one month in June 2025 on the Open Residency for International Artists. During her residency, she worked with burnt soil, coconut husks, and fallen branches, to create a series of sculptural creatures that stand and balance on their branch limbs, as though drawing support and life from the very materials they are made of.... Read More »

Malaysian cultural worker Low Pey Sien, who works mostly in photography, film, and graphic media, has spent several months in residence at Rimbun Dahan, wrestling with a documentary film project about ISA political detainees.... Read More »

Singaporean artist Isabella Ong has been in residence at Rimbun Dahan for two months, from June to July 2025, exploring methods of reproductions as both a technical and cultural act, working with concrete, carbon paper, imprints of botanical samples and enlarged text.... Read More »

Filipino visual artist Rommel Joson is in residence at Rimbun Dahan for two months, from June to August 2025, creating a tree alphabet inspired by the arboretum. This typography depicts Filipino words with double meanings and cultural connotations which resonate with his experience of his residency.... Read More »

On Sunday 27 July, our resident artists Fauzan Fuad @fauzanfuad (MSIA), Isabella Ong @isabella_ong_ (SIN), Rommel Joson @rommeljoson (PHIL) and Low Pey Sien @playstesen (MSIA) will be sharing the fruits of their residencies in their open studios. Works by recent resident artist Kennedy Giovanelli @giovanelliart (USA) will also be on show in the Underground Gallery.... Read More »

Malaysian visual artist Fauzan Fuad undertook a 3-month residency at Rimbun Dahan under the Southeast Asian Arts Residency, from May to July 2025. During his residency, he focused on experimenting with his artistic practice—whether through photography, painting, or idea-based work drawn from the experience.... Read More »

Emerging contemporary dance choreographers from Southeast Asia were selected to attend a facilitated international choreographic laboratory at the private arts centre of Rimbun Dahan from 4 to 13 July 2025. The 14 chosen choreographers lived, worked and explored together, with guidance from our facilitator, Malaysian choreographer and artistic director Prof. Joseph Gonzales.... Read More »

Indonesian visual artist Banny Jayanata spent a month in residence at Rimbun Dahan in April 2025, culminating with a solo show "The Garden Bites Back" at The Back Room gallery in Kuala Lumpur in May 2025.... Read More »

We are excited to be partnering with Malaysia Otter Network to celebrate our favourite furry & family-oriented wildlife. World Otter Day will involve a range of activities including art workshops for children and adults, interesting talks, exhibitions and more, exploring the lives of Malaysia's otters and the wetland ecosystem.... Read More »

Canadian photographer Cheryl Hoffmann had a short stay at Rimbun Dahan in April 2025, using alternative photography processes to bring together talismans from Malaysian tin mines with the sun and different kinds of paper.... Read More »

Indonesian author Nuril Basri is spending 2 months at Rimbun Dahan working on his novel-in-progress, an exploration of identity, power dynamics, pain, queerness, and the working class.... Read More »

Malaysian painter Tan Choon Ting undertook a 3-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in 2025, creating works about nightscapes, portraits, plants, and passive imagination.... Read More »

Malaysian composer and musician Izuan Shah (Bumi Liar) undertook a 6-week residency at Rimbun Dahan pursuing a solo album highlighting previously suppressed traditional rhythms while remaining true to the spirit of his work: truth, resistance, rebellion and amplified dissonance.... Read More »

Thai visual artist Pare Patcharapa Inchang was in residence at Rimbun Dahan for one month in April 2025. The paintings she made during her residency explore the passage of time. Her work also included sound recordings, creating experimental music conjuring the liveness of place.... Read More »

On Sunday 27 April 2025, Rimbun Dahan will be open to the public, sharing new art works by our current resident artists: visual artists M. Sahzy (Kuching, M'sia), Tan Choon Ting (Johor Bahru, M'sia), and Pare Patcharapa (Thailand), with author Nuril Basri (Indonesia) and composer Izuan Shah (KL, M'sia), with guest artist Cheryl Hoffmann (Canada).... Read More »

Sculpture artist M. Sahzy from Sarawak was in residence at Rimbun Dahan for one month in March 2025, sourcing materials from the garden to create installations and sculptures nurtured by the dialogue with nature.... Read More »

An exhibition of new abstract artworks by Hijjas Kasturi, created since his first solo exhibition 'Renewal' in 2022, and launched in conjunction with his 88th birthday. Come visit to view the artworks in the Underground Gallery at Rimbun Dahan, from 28 Sept to 20 Oct 2024.... Read More »

To be eligible for this residency, applicants must be BOTH citizens of AND residents of a Southeast Asian country. For the purposes of this application, the Southeast Asian countries are: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and including... Read More »

In July 2024, Kieu-Anh Nguyen undertook one month of residency at Rimbun Dahan, creating themed bouquets from found plants and objects, as well as working on her project "one Eternailty later", recreating fingernail samples on fish scales and reworking them using traditional lacquer techniques.... Read More »

In August 2024, Filipina visual artist Noelle Varela spent one month in residence at Rimbun Dahan, exploring narrative imagery about finding familiarity: in studio spaces and in the home, with familiar plants, pets, and daily routines.... Read More »

From June to August 2024, Indonesian artist Sabiq Hibatulbaqi spent three months in residence at Rimbun Dahan, exploring drawing with systems and nature as his main references, creating procedural animation driven by instructions from a function, such as timeframe, randomness, noise, or oscillation.... Read More »

Gogu developed his feature film project “Kaali” during a two-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in 2024, finding the essence of the story and building its structure after conducting intensive research on how folklore, fairy tales, and myths can be translated into the medium of cinema.... Read More »

Thai artist Naraphat Sakarthornsap is undertaking a one-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in August 2024, working on his project "Passport Photo for the Outsider", a metaphor using portraiture of flowers to unpack the unequal treatment of people based on country of origin.... Read More »

On Sunday 25 August 2024, Rimbun Dahan will be open to the public, sharing new art works by our current resident artists: author Lim Wan Phing (Malaysia), filmmaker Gogularaajan Rajendran (Malaysia), visual artists Naraphat Sakarthornsap (Thailand), Sabiq Hibatulbaqi (Indonesia) and Noelle Varela (Philippines), and interdisciplinary artist Kiều-Anh Nguyễn (Viet Nam).... Read More »

Malaysian writer Lim Wan Phing is in residence at Rimbun Dahan for 3 months from July to September 2024, working on her third short story collection.... Read More »

Faye, a visual artist from Bacolod, Philippines, joined us for a two-month residency at Rimbun Dahan from May to June 2024. During her time with us, Faye explored various printmaking techniques, and advanced her installation ongoing project in the form of a collage-based, wall-bound mural.... Read More »

Writer and editor William Tham joined us from Petaling Jaya for a two-month residency from May to June 2024, on a writing project which centres around the 1927 visit by Rabindranath Tagore to Southeast Asia.... Read More »

On Sunday 30 June 2024, Rimbun Dahan will be open to the public with a special program of events investigating fiction, documentary film and the archive, curated by current Malaysian resident writer William Tham, plus an installation art project by resident artist Faye Abantao from the Philippines.... Read More »

A work-in-progress performance will take place at 7:30pm on Sunday 19 May 2024, in the Dance Studio at Rimbun Dahan.... Read More »

Malaysian visual artist Syahnan Anuar is undertaking a 2-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in 2024, preparing for his upcoming solo exhibition.... Read More »

Malaysian painter Yap Chee Keng undertakes a 2-month residency at Rimbun Dahan continuing his exploration into using carpenter's ink markers, reflecting on the impact of technology on traditional artisanal craftsmanship.... Read More »

On Sunday 28 April 2024, Rimbun Dahan will be open to the public to view works in progress by our current resident artists Yap Chee Keng (Malaysia), Nadiyah Suyatna (Indonesia) and Syahnan Anuar (Malaysia). Our intern Amirul Arif will also be sharing his collection of traditional Malay woodcarvings.... Read More »

Nadiyah Suyatna, a comic artist/illustrator from Indonesia, is spending two months at Rimbun Dahan working on Smoldering, a graphic novel about fire governance in Central Kalimantan.... Read More »

Multi-disciplinary Australian artist Lucy Zola is undertaking a 1-month Open Residency for International Artists at Rimbun Dahan in February 2024. During Open Day on 25 February 2024, Lucy will be sharing her multi-disciplinary works exploring the tranquility and unease evoked by the night.... Read More »

Singapore-based filmmakers and visual artists Studio 1914 are in residence at Rimbun Dahan in February 2024. They noticed parallels between the layouts of forbidden gardens (which were key to their previous work 'Madu') and Rimbun Dahan, and wondered what it would be like if they were to imagine and design the scene of the ‘Forbidden Garden’ inspired by Rimbun Dahan.... Read More »

Indonesia film enthusiast and archivist Hardiwan Prayogo is a resident artist at Rimbun Dahan in February 2024. His project investigates how gardens and neighbouring lives are constructed in Kampung Cempedak, as indicative of lifestyle change in today's contemporary society. He invites people to collaboratively narrate their stories through the archive of texts and photographs that he shows.... Read More »

On Sunday 25 February 2024, Rimbun Dahan will be open to the public to view works in progress by our current resident artists Gardika Gigih (Indonesia), Lucy Zola (Australia), Studio 1914 (Singapore), Hardiwan Prayogo (Indonesia) and Yap Chee Keng (Malaysia).... Read More »

Indonesian composer Gardika Gigih is at Rimbun Dahan for a two-month residency in 2024. A composer, pianist, and soundscape researcher, Gardika is creating a series of compositions with natural soundscape recordings from Rimbun Dahan, combined with music instruments from various cultures, including gambus, guzheng, cello, Balinese gamelan, and piano.... Read More »

"To me, art is much too diverse, too liable to take off in new and unrecognisable directions by leaps and bounds, to be suitable for branding" -- Angela Hijjas, in a speech delivered on 10 November 2023 to the Beyond Contemporary Art Penang (BCAP) session "Art + Branding" in George Town, Penang.... Read More »

Asian Australian multidisciplinary artist Alyssa Powell-Ascura is undertaking the first Delima Residency at Rimbun Dahan, sponsored by the Mahmood Martin Foundation in cooperation with The Mill, Adelaide. During the residency, Alyssa has been researching a new multidiscplinary work for her solo exhibition at The Mill in 2024, as well as immersing herself in living in Southeast Asia.... Read More »

This Cambodian contemporary art duo has been in residence at Rimbun Dahan for two months in 2023, reflecting upon their future directions, and developing a new contemporary dance work, Pilgrim.... Read More »

Filipina artist Marionne Contreras undertook a 1-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in November 2023, delving into botanical printing of plants foraged from the garden, in an act of remembering her hometown, retracing her lineage, and necessarily failing to replicate the beauty of nature.... Read More »

Shirin Rafie and Liz Liu from Wild Dot (Singapore) undertook two months of residency at Rimbun Dahan in 2023 (in May and November) investigating the colour palette of plants and unwanted materials in the space.... Read More »

Malaysian artist Wong Ming Hao is undertaking a 3-month residency at Rimbun Dahan at the end of 2023, experimenting with the possibilities of his paint-skin collages with inspiration from human relationships with nature.... Read More »

A day of art and artists, in the 14-acre tropical greenery of Rimbun Dahan, 45 minutes from Kuala Lumpur. On Sunday 26 November 2023, Rimbun Dahan will be open to the public to view works in progress by our current... Read More »

Filipina writer Sigrid Marianne Gayangos is spending her 2-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in 2024 working on a translation of her short story collection from her native Chavacano to English, and drafting her third book, a collection of personal essays.... Read More »

Dear resident artists, we look forward to welcoming you to our home and our community at Rimbun Dahan! Before you confirm your acceptance of this residency, please ensure you are comfortable with the following terms and conditions. During the period... Read More »

𝗔𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗶𝗱, resident artist at Rimbun Dahan in 2023, presents his solo exhibition of photorealist paintings, 𝙄𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨, in the Underground Gallery at Rimbun Dahan from 14 October to 12 November 2023.... Read More »

Annabell Ng undertook a three-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in 2023, continuing to explore her practice focused on mark-making reminiscent of minute fragments, as well as developing her concepts of mycelium cultivation.... Read More »

Malaysian visual artist Suhaimi Fadzir continued his practice of 'archipainting' during a two-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in July and August 2023, creating wall-mounted assemblages from found materials from here and elsewhere.... Read More »

Thai visual artist Charuwan Noprumpha undertook a 2-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in July and August 2023, combining a daily practice of sketches from what she saw with a personal project exploring drawing and watercolour, depicting the seen and the unseen.... Read More »

Indonesian multidisciplinary artist Yosep Arizal undertook a 1-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in August-September 2023, exploring the similarities and differences between Malaysia and Indonesia.... Read More »

On Sunday 27 August 2023, current resident artists Suhaimi Fadzir (Malaysia), Annabell Ng (Malaysia), Yosep Arizal (Indonesia) and Charuwan Noprumpha (Thailand) will participate in an Open Day at Rimbun Dahan.... Read More »

Author Joel Jacob from the Philippines is a resident author at Rimbun Dahan in July 2023. During his residency, Joel is working on the outline for the third and final book in his award-winning series of historical fantasy fiction for young adults.... Read More »

On Sunday 23 July 2023, current resident artists Rosemainy Buang (Singapore) and Joel Donato Ching Jacob (Philippines) will participate in an Open Day at Rimbun Dahan. There will also be a morning guided tour, and our Underground Gallery and heritage house Rumah Uda Manap will be open for visits.... Read More »

Rosemainy Buang is a gamelan musician, educator, composer, and sound artist from Singapore. She has been collecting sound samples from the gamelan at Rimbun Dahan, around our 14-acre site, as well as in the city.... Read More »

Cambodian artist, journalist and documentary filmmaker Choulay Mech was in residence from April to May 2023. During her residency, she explored human relationships with nature in urbanity, investigating sustainable development as well as film making.... Read More »

Malaysian illustrator Yunroo has joined us for a 1-month residency from April to May 2023. She's currently exploring ceramics, experimenting with different types of making techniques, clay, colour pigments and glazes.... Read More »

Yee Heng Yeh is a writer, and Mandarin-to-English translator, undertaking a 2-month residency at Rimbun Dahan. He is working on a series of ekphrastic poems, as well as poems in response to the wildlife he has encountered during his residency.... Read More »

Current resident visual artists Choulay Mech (Cambodia), Yee Heng Yeh (Malaysia) and Yunroo (Malaysia) will display the works they have made during their residency in their studios. The Rimbun Dahan Underground Gallery will also be open, showing ‘Menagerie’, a selection... Read More »

Singaporean visual artist, cultural worker, curator and educator Fajrina Razak was in residence at Rimbun Dahan for 6 weeks in early 2023, dividing her time between pursuing her research interests and art-making.... Read More »

Burmese photographer and mixed media artist Shwe Wutt Hmon joins us in February 2023 for the first of several 1-month residencies, experimenting with printing scanner-generated self-portraits on traditional handmade paper, examining her physical scars alongside her feelings of rage about contemporary Myanmar politics.... Read More »

Visit Rimbun Dahan to view works by our current resident visual artists Eunice Sanchez (Philippines), Shwe Wutt Hmon (Myanmar), and Fajrina Razak (Singapore) in their studios, visit 'Menagerie' in the Rimbun Dahan Underground Gallery, and join a morning guided tour of our 14-acre site, including architecture, garden and heritage houses.... Read More »

Visual artist Eunice Sanchez from the Philippines undertook a 1-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in February 2023, using cyanotype printing to depict a personal garden, commited to imagining a better tomorrow.... Read More »

In December 2022 to January 2023, visual artist Nice Buenaventura from the Philippines undertook a one-month residency at Rimbun Dahan, under the Southeast Asian Arts Residency programme, exploring what artistic work looks like with the simultaneous demands of childcare, and reflecting on the capitalist characterisation of work versus mammalian care.... Read More »

Indonesian interdisciplinary artist Riyadhus Shalihin recently completed a short residency at Rimbun Dahan in December 2022. During his stay, he developed a short video work entitled HOME/NEST and a number of sketches.... Read More »

Sarawak-based visual artist Catriona Maddocks is in residence at Rimbun Dahan for one month, from October to November 2022, using her residency to focus on process and play, producing exploratory works in her "Pua" series inspired by the Iban pua kumbu and the Lambton Worm of Northern England.... Read More »

Thai visual artist Pasutt Kanrattanasutra is in residence at Rimbun Dahan for one month in November 2022, creating a series of mixed media, prints and paintings on paper, which show simulated aerial photographs of a land that does not exist.... Read More »

Thai visual artist Sittiphon Lochaisong is undertaking a 2-month residency at Rimbun Dahan, from October to December 2022, creating fantastical images of nature and animals at Rimbun Dahan, highlighting their magic and wonder.... Read More »

After 10 years of hectic magazine publishing, Penang-based author Marco Ferrarese takes up a 2-month residency at Rimbun Dahan to concentrate on a draft of a new novel.... Read More »

Rayji de Guia from the Philippines is taking up a two-month residence at Rimbun Dahan, from October to November 2022. About the Artist Rayji de Guia is a fictionist, poet, and illustrator. Her work can be found in Asian Cha,... Read More »

Malaysian visual artist Paul Atia was in residence at Rimbun Dahan for three months in 2022, where he reflected on the narratives of Torun Tanaʔ, excavating his own story and identity, through the metaphor of the ladder.... Read More »

Malaysian artist Dhavinder Singh spent 6 months at Rimbun Dahan in mid-2022; his residency concluded with the studio exhibition "Please Do Not Sit -- A Show About Chairs", in September 2022.... Read More »

Chan Kar Kah undertook a 3-month residency at Rimbun Dahan from January to April 2022. During the residency, Kar Kah was developing her full-length work Prajñā Revisited, a multidisciplinary performance with composer Yii Kah Hoe, visual artist Sim Hoi Ling... Read More »

In the years that I have known Donna, she has shown the highest standards of integrity in the creation of own art and her engagement with communities in land justice and social empowerment. Rimbun Dahan stands by her and echoes the call to drop all charges against the Tinang 83.... Read More »

Our first digital art and projection mapping artist, Abdul Shakir spent a month at Rimbun Dahan from mid April to mid May 2022, experimenting with projections on organic surfaces, and producing visual elements inspired by the traditional carvings and other artefacts at Rimbun Dahan.... Read More »

Malaysian multidisciplinary artist and textile designer Shan Shan Lim joined us for a 3-month residency from March to May 2022, experimenting with multiple mediums and concocting natural paints from earth pigments as well as hand-dyeing yarn.... Read More »

Malaysian visual artist Lee Mok Yee spent two months at Rimbun Dahan from March to April 2022 exploring different materials from Rimbun Dahan and its surroundings, creating structures connecting body and architecture.... Read More »

Malaysian weaver and textile artist Cheong See Min is in residence at Rimbun Dahan from March to June 2022, collecting materials from the garden, experimenting with natural dyes, and producing small weavings.... Read More »

Join us for an exhibition by our permanent artist in residence, made during the pandemic! The exhibition includes oil paintings and acrylics on canvas, enamel on board, and works on paper. 5-27 March 2022, 10am-6pm, please register to attend...... Read More »

Rimbun Dahan invites art enthusiasts and members of the public to visit our grounds and meet our resident artists: printmaker-painter Ong Hieng Fuong and writer-publisher Tan Dee May.... Read More »

Malaysian multidisciplinary artist Anjali Venugopal has joined us for a 3-month residency at Rimbun Dahan from June to August 2021. Other than currently drawing and painting the bugs that have been swarming them here at Rimbun Dahan, they are interested to explore the idea “To Create, To Destroy, To Put Back Together Again”.... Read More »

Malaysian visual artist Ong Hieng Fuong is undertaking a 3-month residency at Rimbun Dahan from May to July 2021, creating ukiyo-e woodcut prints inspired by the tropical setting of Rimbun Dahan.... Read More »

Malaysian visual artist Chong Yi Lin is undertaking a 3-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in mid-2021, working on a plant drawing project blending observation and imagination of plants at Rimbun Dahan, and searching for an epiphany.... Read More »

Malaysian painter Syed Fakaruddin presents the results of his 6-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in this solo exhibition in our Underground Gallery, exploring the mood and memory of the three layers of landscape painting: background, middleground and foreground.... Read More »

Malaysian illustrator and storyteller Reimena Yee has joined us for a 1-month residency from February to March 2021, working on two graphic novels: My Aunt is a Monster and Alexander, The Servant & The Water of Life.... Read More »

In October 2020, artist and digital marketing professional Rupa Subramaniam conducted a series of workshops for former resident artists at Rimbun Dahan, to help them move confidently into the digital sphere.... Read More »

In September 2020, arts journalist Sharmilla Ganesan conducted a series of workshops for former resident artists at Rimbun Dahan, on making art more accessible to a general audience.... Read More »

In December 2020, Malaysian visual artist Shia Yih Yiing is working on a visual study of native trees and the making of forest through fieldwork with Rimbun Dahan’s chief and assistant gardeners.... Read More »

Visual artist Syed Fakaruddin is undertaking a 6-month residency at Rimbun Dahan from September to March 2020. During his residency, he is developing a series of works exploring the three layers of landscape painting: background, middleground and foreground. Each layer has a different expression and technique, depending on mood, memory and the residency environment.... Read More »

Malaysian dance artists Silver Yee and Chloe Tan are in residence at Rimbun Dahan for a month in October-November 2020, working on bringing themselves back into the present through moving, while journaling to document their daily practices.... Read More »

Writer and publisher Tan Dee May is working on Volumes 4 and 5 of her magazine Plates while in residence at Rimbun Dahan, as well as gathering energy and inspiration for future stories.... Read More »

Visual and performing artist Tan Lay Heong creates installation art and shadow play performances using upcycled materials. During her residency at Rimbun Dahan, she is using natural materials found in her surroundings to create a new shadow play about the energy of nature.... Read More »

Above: Shorea hemsleyana flowering magnificently at Rimbun Dahan. Over the MCO, we have cleared some of the trees at the front of the garden in Rimbun Dahan where we had too many duplicate species, to provide more space and light... Read More »

Angela Hijjas looks back on 26 years of hosting women artists in residencies at Rimbun Dahan, as an accompaniment to the exhibition Women's Work, which will be on display in the Underground Gallery at Rimbun Dahan from 13 September 2020 onwards.... Read More »

Malaysian artist and architect Shiela Samsuri joins us for a month-long residency in August 2020, where part of her intention involves wandering, collective, archiving, unfolding...... Read More »

Malaysian author Anna Tan joins us for a two-month residency from August to September 2020, working on a rewrite of her high fantasy novel The Weight of Sin.... Read More »

Malaysian contemporary dancer-choreographer Hwa Wei-An returns to Rimbun Dahan for a self-funded residency to develop his solo 'The Art of Falling' into a full-length work, delving into falling, freeriding and the flow state.... Read More »

Malaysian visual artist Kim Ng presents the results of his 6-month residency at Rimbun Dahan in this solo exhibition in our Underground Gallery, investigating found objects, natural traces and material essence.... Read More »

Born in Jakarta in 1990, Ella Wijt’s interest in art began at a young age through drawing and painting. She graduated from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago majoring in Contemporary Studies and Painting. Ella enjoys cleaning her... Read More »

Nhi is a visual artist based in Saigon, Vietnam. Her work ranges from performance and installation, explores themes of human instinct, humans relation with space and time through mixed mediums and familiar objects with potentially metaphorical meanings. Discovering new methods... Read More »

CC Kua (b. 1991, Malaysia) is a Kuala Lumpur based artist who focuses on contemporary drawing or painting. Sometimes, she just walks around. Born in Sungai Petani, Kedah, CC obtained her BA (Hons) in Graphic Design and Illustration, The One... Read More »

Deborah Germaine Augustin is a writer trained in narrative fiction. During her MFA in creative writing, she discovered an affinity with the lyric essay and has been experimenting with the form ever since. She draws inspiration from Hilton Als, Leslie... Read More »

Afi Noor (b. 1990) is a poet based in Kuala Lumpur. She has read and performed in Singapore, London, and participated in 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of KCL’s King’s Players. She ran Spill the Ink Poetry Lab, a... Read More »

Florian Borstlap is a visual artist, performer and chief officer on large commercial vessels. He also produces costumes, decor and music for theatre shows. Florian’s work develops itself around its umbrella project ‘The Entity of ZOON’, mythology fabricated by himself. Driven... Read More »

There are new Dipterocarp plants in the garden. Here are some information about them: Dipterocarpus rigidis is a large emergent tree to 50m tall; local name is keruing cogan, the shape of the leaf suggests the broad spear head (cogan) seen on... Read More »

15-17 Nov 2019 at White Box Publika: contemporary dance in a gallery space, by Isabelle Schad, winner of the German Dance Prize 2019. Performers from 9 countries form bodies into powerfully sensuous moving forms.... Read More »

Kim Ng is an artist and art educator based in Kuala Lumpur.  He works with a variety of media and art forms such as mixed media painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, drawing, and installation work.  Kim Ng did his Diploma in... Read More »

Australian dancer-choreographer Annalouise Paul, the current resident choreographer at Rimbun Dahan, will conduct a 3-hour workshop open to the local performance community on Monday 9 Sept 2019.... Read More »

Lada Dedić is a maker from Australia; a slow art practitioner who utilises the intricate, almost surgical process of repetitive stitching which documents the passage of time while she explores themes of neuroanthropology, meditative contemplation and the interplay of science... Read More »

Linh Valerie Pham is an interdisciplinary storyteller based in Hanoi, Vietnam. She is interested in movement, puppetry, breath, pretty words, ugly words and all things magical. Her aim as an artist is to tell stories in a way that disrupts... Read More »

Rimbun Dahan is committed to investing in emerging/developing artistic talents in the region and furthering artistic exchange with our neighbours. We invite visual artists, writers, arts managers, and researchers/curators from Southeast Asian countries to submit applications for residencies in 2020.... Read More »

Annalouise Paul is a contemporary-flamenco choreographer and performer from Australia whose works explore identity and transformation through the intersection of contemporary and traditional forms. Annalouise has been working in the field of intercultural dance in Australia and internationally for over... Read More »

Molly Murphy is a visual artist from Lawrence Kansas. Her current work deals with cycles of life and death as they exist in the interconnected systems between humans and the natural world. Shared Biology is an ongoing series of abstract... Read More »

Cheryl Salvador is a spoken word artist from the Philippines. She is part of White Wall Poetry, a collective of poets who aim to revolutionize and elevate this artform through writing workshops and open mic events. Some of her pieces... Read More »

Jessica Niles DeHoff (born 1978, California) is a visual artist and writer living in Beijing, China.  Drawing from her earlier career in architecture and urban planning, her work dramatizes interactions between individuals and their social, cultural, and spatial environments.  Jessica... Read More »

Want to explore the process of creating cross-cultural dance? Australian choreographer Annalouise Paul is looking for collaborators for her residency at Rimbun Dahan in August 2019!... Read More »

Natalie Labriola is a multidisciplinary artist based out of Los Angeles who will be joining us in May as our Open Residency Artist. An MFA Bard Graduate from Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Natalie’s work is rooted in sculpture but includes... Read More »

Panagiotis Spiliotis (b.1991) is a Greek and Irish trained botanist and plant ecologist based in his hometown of Brussels. After graduating from his Master’s degree in plant taxonomy from the University of Edinburgh in 2015, took some time away from... Read More »

Charis Loke (b.1991) is a Malaysian illustrator and educator from Penang that will be joining us for April and May. Drawing upon literature and visual culture, she makes pictures that evoke wonder and curiosity, depicting fictional worlds and current issues... Read More »

Dipika Mukherjee (Malaysia) is an author and sociolinguist. Her work, focusing on the politics of modern Asian societies and diaspora, is internationally renown. In the past years, she has given a keynote at the Asia Pacific Writers and Translators Conference... Read More »

Ruth Marbun (b.1985) is a visual artist based in Jakarta that works much with the depiction of deconstructed figures as a form of her profound interest towards human behavior in connection to the inner self and society as paralleled issue.... Read More »

Syarifah Nadhirah (b.1993) is a Malaysian based artist, who is constantly unearthing means to present her work in ways that people can relate to. Her interest in Art has spurred since childhood and her background in Architecture only inspired her... Read More »

Johanne Lykke is a Danish visual artist living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark. Johanne is with us in February as an Open Residency artist. “I work with a feminist approach towards abstract painting exploring the idea of the feminine, its... Read More »

Join us for Dancing in Place this weekend in the tropical garden at Rimbun Dahan. 3:30-6pm, Saturday & Sunday, 26 & 27 January 2019. Free entry; bring your own umbrella and wear comfy shoes!... Read More »

Rimbun Dahan presents You Belong to Night & Rojak Aesthetics, a two-woman show by Rimbun Dahan Yearlong Resident Artist 2018, Wong Xiang Yi and Rimbun Dahan Half-year Resident Artist, Chuah Shu Ruei. Xiang Yi contemplated her relationship with nature, her... Read More »

Dương Mạnh Hùng (b.1991) is a self-taught translator, writer, and independent visual culture researcher based in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Dương has always been fascinated by the discourse of modernities and nationalism in Southeast Asia and how it... Read More »

Clara Chow (Singapore) is the author of two short-story collections: Dream Storeys (2016) and Modern Myths (2018). The former was born out of interviews with Singapore architects about their imaginary buildings, while the latter reworks Greek myths in Singaporean settings.... Read More »

  Rimbun Dahan’s permanent collection consists of selected works from all the residents artists who have stayed for a year long residency, and for whom Rimbun Dahan hosted exhibitions. The current show is exclusively works by Malaysian resident artists throughout... Read More »

Lily Yulianti Farid is a media, communication and gender & development specialist, researcher, trainer and translator with more than 15 years of experience in Indonesia, Japan and Australia. Lily has worked as a communication specialist, writer, radio journalist, producer, presenter,... Read More »

Faizal Yunus (b.1989, Malaysia) is a Malaysian based artist who works mainly in printmaking, painting and installation. He graduated in Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mara University of Technology (UiTM) in 2012 majoring in printmaking. Faizal has been drawn towards... Read More »

From 6 to 14 July 2019, a group of 10 emerging contemporary dance choreographers from 7 Southeast Asian countries attended the Southeast Asian Choreolab 2019 at Rimbun Dahan, facilitated by Australia choreographer Liesel Zink.... Read More »

The Iliaeb duo was founded by a choreographer, performer and visual artist, Ilia Gilbertas, and Etienne Bernardot, a visual artist using the digital tool. They gathered around the idea of confronting the body with the digital, to appropriate this tool... Read More »