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April 1–26, 2024

Taoyuan International Art Award
Bade Dist.
Taoyuan
6F., No. 728, Sec. 1, Jieshou Rd.,
Taiwan
https://tmofa-tiaa.com
https://tmofa.tycg.gov.tw

The open call for submissions to the third 2025 Taoyuan International Art Award, organized by the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (TMoFA), will take place from April 1–26, 2024. This Award is for new works presented publicly for the first time and which have never entered government-organized competitions in Taiwan. Artists may participate as an individual or a group regardless of nationality or age. For the full prospectus, please visit the official website of Taoyuan International Art Award.

The predecessor to the Taoyuan International Art Award was the Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award, which has been one of the most significant contemporary art competitions in Taiwan since 2001. In 2020, the Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award rebranded itself and launched the first 2021 Taoyuan International Art Award. The Award is now to be held every two years, with an international jury. The scope of open call has also now been extended globally, thereby strengthening international exchanges and laying a solid foundation for artistic research and creation. For this edition, the Grand Prize winner receives 600,000 TWD, and three Honorable Mention winners each receives 200,000 TWD. In addition, a Sojourn Award of 350,000 TWD will be offered to a Taiwanese artist for a tour abroad to inspire creations and cultivate artistic talents.

This year’s international jury is convened by Lijuan WANG, Acting Director of TMoFA, and the preliminary review will be conducted by Abby CHEN, Head of Contemporary Art Department at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; Reuben KEEHAN, Curator, Contemporary Asian Art at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art; Sunjung KIM, Artistic Director of Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea; Po-Wei WANG, Artistic Director of Digital Art Foundation, Taiwan; and Pei-Yi LU, Associate Professor at National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan.

About Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (TMoFA)
Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (TMoFA) operates as a museum group that features multiple venues. In addition to the main venue of TMoFA currently under construction in Qingpu, Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, there is also the Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center, which inaugurated in October 2021 with a primary focus on modern and contemporary calligraphy arts. Meanwhile the Taoyuan Children’s Art Center, which will open in April 2024, targets family audiences and aims to promote the development of art and aesthetic education. Currently, TMoFA has been warming up for future operations through various art projects. The main venue, jointly planned by Riken Yamamoto from Japan and Joe Shih Architects & Associates from Taiwan, features a hill-shaped structure that harmonizes with the surrounding landscape and communities. The main venue of TMoFA is expected to be completed in 2026 and to become an important international arts exchange platform.