About
Rimbun Dahan is the home of 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.
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Residencies
Rimbun Dahan hosts a range of artists’ residencies to encourage visual artists, choreographers and other creative individuals to explore and develop their artistic work. We also run a residency for environmental conservation researchers.
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Venue Rental
Various venues at Rimbun Dahan are available for short-term rental for television commercial or film shoots, and personal photography. Please contact us to organise a recce visit, and to discuss date availability.
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SEA Dance Collective
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
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 »
Rimbun Dahan Open Day August 2025
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 duringRead More »
MixerJ
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
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 »
