Current resident visual artists Eunice Sanchez (Philippines), Shwe Wutt Hmon (Myanmar), and Fajrina Razak (Singapore) 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 new selection of works from our Permanent Collection.
Bilqis will give a morning guided tour of our 14-acre site, including a general introduction to the contemporary architecture and our Southeast Asian indigenous garden, as well as the Rumah Uda Manap heritage house.
Free entry, no registration required.
Schedule
9am-11am: Guided tour of Rimbun Dahan, meet in the central plaza.
11am: Visual artist studios open to visitors
2-3pm: Lunch, studios closed, visitors can picnic and walk around gardens
3-6pm: Visual artist studios open to visitors
Travelling Directions
Use Waze to drive to Rimbun Dahan: https://waze.com/ul/hw284q6meb
Use Google Maps to drive t Rimbun Dahan: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ft5fV9YpGsvciCtU8
Landmarks: Our front gate is opposite Warung Selera Ria and also next to the start of Lorong Belimbing. Do not enter Lorong Belimbing, please enter the front gate from the main road.
Tips for Visitors
- We have parking inside the compound, along the driveway. Just drive in the front gate and park anywhere along the drive.
- Bring your own mosquito repellent!
- The Rimbun Dahan Visual Art Studios are wheelchair accessible, but the guided tour and the Underground Gallery are not, sorry.
- Wear practical shoes if you are planning to walk around the garden. Bring an umbrella in case of rain.
- No pets allowed.
For any questions, please email arts@rimbundahan.org or WhatsApp Bilqis at +6017-3103769.
About the Artists
EUNICE SANCHEZ engages with themes related to preservation and perception through photography and alternative photographic processes. She recontextualizes the materiality of her medium to demonstrate the demand for history to be re-examined. She has participated in several exhibitions in the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore, and UAE, and was selected to participate in Visualizing Histories (2021) and the ASEAN Artists Residency Programme (2022). Sanchez holds a Bachelor’s degree in Photography from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (2018) and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from De La Salle University (2014). Born in 1993 in La Union, Philippines, Sanchez currently lives and works in Manila.
SHWE WUTT HMON (b. 1986) is a Burmese photographer and artist, based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Shwe’s works focus on collective histories, familial ties, knots and threads of human relationship and exploring the inner psyche through intimate story telling about people and places close to her heart. She tells personal stories from which she connects and examines broader social aspects; vice versa she works on social documentaries reflecting and drawing from her own position within the issue. Shwe uses photography as her main medium and incorporates archives, videos, texts, poems, paintings and drawings of her own or collaborating with others.
Shwe is the recipient of respected art and photography awards including the Objectifs Documentary Award 2020 (Open Category) and the Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize. Her works have been exhibited internationally in art festivals and spaces such as Aichi Triennale, Singapore International Photography Festival, Photo Australia International Festival of Photography, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and Aichi Arts Center.
FAJRINA RAZAK (b. 1989) is a Singaporean visual artist, curator and educator whose practice concerns the notion of individuality and cultural identities while being driven by the aspects of emotions, traditions and spirituality. Working primarily with batik, her works are also translated across mediums such as image-making, installation and text-based art. Her projects include 405 Art Residency programme (2020-23) and Between the Living and the Archive (2021). Her works are in the permanent collection of the Singapore Art Museum and private collections. She was the President of Angkatan Pelukis Aneka Daya (APAD, Association of Artists of Various Resources) in the term 2020-22.
About Rimbun Dahan
Rimbun Dahan is the home of Malaysian architect Hijjas Kasturi and his wife Angela. Set on fourteen acres outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the compound of Rimbun Dahan is a centre for developing traditional and contemporary art forms. It features buildings designed by Hijjas Kasturi, as well as two early 20th century traditional Malay houses from Perak and Penang, in an indigenous Southeast Asian garden environment.
www.rimbundahan.org