Past
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POV
Fauzan Fuad 24 Feb - 17 Mar 2024 Rissim Contemporary is pleased to announce a debut solo-exhibition of Fauzan Fuad (b.1987, Malaysia), a self-taught artist whose series of paintings and photographs delves into the intricate connection between the meditative routine of skateboarding and the unconscious patterns woven into the fabric of everyday life. The exhibition, titled 'POV,' will... Read more -
The Pyramid Series, 2021-2023
Lee Mok Yee 25 Nov - 17 Dec 2023 Rissim Contemporary is pleased to present Lee Mok Yee’s The Pyramid Series, 2021–2023, a solo exhibition by the artist and our second collaboration with The Back Room. The exhibition presents a new body of work by the mid-career Lee comprising 15 sculptural wall-mounted and free-standing works made with wooden pyramid... Read more -
Pangsa
Saiful Razman 7 Oct - 5 Nov 2023 Rissim Contemporary is pleased to announce our next show, Pangsa by Saiful Razman. The exhibition, Razman's seventh solo to date, presents a vivid and compelling exploration of the socio-architectural landscape of low-income housing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Through his multi-disciplinary practice, Razman invites us to delve into the complex web... Read more -
Dah Makan Kah?
Azzah Sultan 19 Aug - 10 Sep 2023 Rissim Contemporary is pleased to announce our next show, Dah Makan Kah? by Azzah Sultan. The exhibition, Azzah’s third solo to date and first solo in Malaysia, presents a series of new paintings which explores the profound connection between food, identity, and emotion through a harmonious blend of oil painting and batik fabric techniques. Read more -
NightWalking
Hasanul Isyraf Idris 15 Jul - 6 Aug 2023 Rissim Contemporary is pleased to announce our next show, Nightwalking by Hasanul Isyraf Idris in collaboration with Richard Koh Fine Art. The exhibition, Hasanul’s ninth solo to date, presents a series of new paintings of moths against backgrounds of the celestial night sky. Since the pandemic, Hasanul has maintained a... Read more -
Selat Perindu “Straits of Longing”
Engku Iman 27 May - 18 Jun 2023 Rissim Contemporary is pleased to present Engku Iman’s (b. Kuala Lumpur, 1990) second solo-exhibition, Selat Perindu “Straits of Longing”. This show is an exploration of the subconscious relationship between semiotics and memories - how certain objects in her life have acquired meaning, as she explores the interaction between meaning and... Read more -
Futures
Faizal Yunus & Zul Hanafi 14 Apr - 7 May 2023 Futures, a two-person show consisting of Faizal Yunus and Zul Hanafi in collaboration with Richard Koh Fine Art. Read more -
Salon
Paul Nickson Atia, Fadhli Ariffin, Amirul Roslan, Hafizuddin Azman 21 Jan - 5 Feb 2023 Rissim Contemporary is pleased to welcome our program for 2023 through Salon, a presentation of new and old works from Fadhli Ariffin, Paul Nickson Atia, Amirul Roslan, and Hafizuddin Azman which runs from January 21st to February 4th. Salon introduces two new exciting artists, Amirul Roslan and Hafizuddin Azman that... Read more -
Far/Near
Saiful Razman 26 Nov - 18 Dec 2022 Saiful Razman (b.1980, Perak Malaysia) is a multi-disciplinary artist primarily recognised for his gauze and tissue-paper collages that have garnered him international acclaim, most recently bringing him to the Venice Biennale (2022), Sharjah Art Foundation Residency (2022), and the UOB Southeast Asian Painting of The Year Award (2021). At the... Read more -
CIMB Artober 2022
Recent Works by Samsudin Wahab, Fadhli Ariffin, Paul Nickson Atia, Engku Iman, Hana Tan, and Syahirah Saidi 20 - 24 Oct 2022 We are pleased to announce our participation in CIMB Artober 2022, amongst other exciting Malaysian galleries. This is a great opportunity for the public and collectors to view ambitous solo and group presentations of Emerging and Established Malaysian Artists. Rissim Contemporary will be showcasing artworks by 6 Malaysian artists: Samsudin Wahab, Fadhli Ariffin, Paul Nickson Atia, Engku Iman, Hana Tan, and Syahirah Saidi. Read more -
Counting Silence, Filling Space, Weaving Conversation
A solo exhibition of Paul Nickson Atia 16 Jul - 7 Aug 2022 Rissim Contemporary is pleased to present Paul Nickson Atia’s third solo exhibition; result of a meditative process that had put him alone in the face of over a hundred canvases, painting a myriad of squares. These seemingly uniform yet actually unique pieces invite us to engage by counting boxes, comparing patterns, and imagining configurations. Counting Silence is the first body of work by the artist that affirms his vision of modular painting, unveiled through an exhibition display that evolves, and accompanied by a manual that offers several possible configurations of how these works may inhabit our space. Finding it crucial to create dialogues as an instrument to extend from the artist’s personal relationship with the series, the exhibition setting explored by two curators involves the amalgamation of conversations surrounding three main poles that determine the artist's recent practice: time, modularity, and autonomy. Read more -
Nothing Personal
A solo exhibition by Liew Kwai Fei 21 May - 13 Jun 2022 Nothing Personal is a collaboration between Rissim Contemporary and The Back Room presenting the 11th solo exhibition by Malaysian artist Liew Kwai Fei. The exhibition features a selection of paintings from the artist’s Gesture. Abstraction. Painting. (“GAP”) series, started in 2019, in which he explores the performance element in painting.... Read more -
Reflection
A group exhibition featuring Syukur Rani, Haslin Ismail, Paul Nickson, Engku Iman, and Samsudin Wahab 29 Apr - 15 May 2022 The most common understanding of art is that it captures aspects of reality. It makes new fleeting thoughts, objects and feelings, mitigating the numbing effect created by the pace of the world we live in. Allowing us a moment to pause, connect and reflect upon something familiar yet entirely new.... Read more -
Frekuensi
A solo booth at Art Expo by Fadhli Ariffin 6 - 10 Apr 2022 Rissim Contemporary is excited to present a new series of works by Fadhli Ariffin 'Pali' (b.1989, Perak) for Art Expo 2022. These works are captured in two parts: Mencari Frekuensi and Frekuensi. The former, a series of smaller works, depicts Pali’s struggles with finding sustenance and purpose as an artist... Read more -
Campur
A group show featuring Fritilldea "Black", Syahirah Saidi, Hana Tan, and Ain Munirah 13 Jan - 6 Feb 2022 Rissim Contemporary is pleased to present Campur, a group show consisting of works by Fritilldea 'Black', Syahirah Saidi, Hana Tan, and Ain Munirah. This will be Syahirah, Hana, and Ain's debut show, as well as Black's first exhibition with Rissim Contemporary. Despite the challenges of current times, these early-career artists... Read more -
Peristiwa di Awangan
A solo exhibition by Fadhli Ariffin 11 Jan - 11 Feb 2021 Propelled by floating thoughts, Fadhli Ariffin – also known as Pali – produces a series of dynamic abstract paintings titled “Peristiwa Di Awangan” (Occurrences in Space) for his second solo show. Held at Rissim Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur from January 11, 2021 until January 25, 2021, the exhibition features 11 large... Read more -
Form(s) of Prayer(s)
A solo exhibtion by Paul Nickson Atia 19 Dec 2019 - 9 Jan 2020 The obsessive rendering of miniature squares serves as Paul Nickson Atia's central motif in his latest solo exhibition titled Form(s) of Prayer(s) at Rissim Contemporary in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur from December 19th 2019 through January 9th 2020. Executed in Chinese ink with fine paint brushes or tree twigs on large... Read more