OPEN CALL: Taoyuan International Art Award

The open call for submissions to the 2023 Taoyuan International Art Award, organized by the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (TMoFA), will take place from April 4 to April 22, 2022. This award is for new works shown publicly for the first time that have not entered into any other competitions or received any other awards. Works may be by an individual or a group of artists, regardless of nationality. It aims to drive the development of contemporary art creations, strengthen international art and cultural exchanges, and build a foundation for art-related research and creations.

Taoyuan International Art Award: growth and achievements
The Taoyuan International Art Award is held once every two years, enabling one year respectively for submission and exhibition, making sure there’s adequate time for artists to create and to plan for the upcoming exhibition. Works are submitted through an open call process with no set categories for selection. Instead, works of various media, types, and disciplines will be competing on the same stage.

The participating artworks will be taking part in a two-stage review process. The first stage is an online review. For works that pass primary review, the organizer will be covering preliminary exhibition set up cost, return shipping expenses of the work, and round-trip economy class airfare for the artists to participate in the exhibition. The second stage takes place in the exhibition venue and includes impromptu Q&A sessions with the jury. It is expected that selected works will be exhibited at the Taoyuan Arts Center starting from the end of 1st quarter/beginning of 2nd quarter of 2023, the actual exhibition date will be announced afterwards. The members of the international jury are to be announced on the Taoyuan International Art Award official website at the end of March 2022.

Following its growth and repositioning, the award has successfully attracted great attention from artists and creators from around the world, with over 600 submissions from 46 countries participating in the past edition. In the upcoming edition, with the support of the Taoyuan City Government, the total prize has largely increased from 860,000 TWD to 1.45 million TWD. The Grand Prize winner will be entitled of 600,000 TWD of reward, and three Honorable Mention winners will receive 200,000 TWD respectively. In addition, a Sojourn Award of 250,000 TWD will be offered to a Taiwanese artist for a visitation abroad to inspire new artistic creations and cultivate emerging artistic talents.

Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts: a much-anticipated arts hub
The Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts is currently under construction, based on the concept of “multiple venues, one organization.” In addition to the main museum in Zhongli District’s Qingpu area, the Taoyuan Children’s Art Center is dedicated to promoting the arts and culture to young audiences, as well as aesthetics education. The Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center opened in October 2021. As its name suggests, it is devoted to the art of calligraphy. In addition, planning is underway for the Chunglu Art Center. Currently, the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts is holding art activities in preparation for its future operations. Its design concept, entitled “The Hill,” was jointly created by Riken Yamamoto & FIELDSHOP of Japan and Joe Shih Architects of Taiwan and ties together the surrounding natural environment and community. It is expected to be completed in 2024 and to become a beacon for Taiwan in its orientation toward international arts and cultural development and an important arts exchange platform. For more information, please visit the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts official website.