Taiwan

‘Hit the Wall’ is a public art programme centred on mural art, which invites renowned graffiti and mural artists from Taiwan and abroad to co-create, transforming Taipei’s city walls into dynamic stages for expression and starting points for intergenerational dialogue.

Pier-2 Artist-in-Residence Programme (PAIR) welcomes innovative, interdisciplinary, and experimental artists from Taiwan and abroad, with the aim of creating a global platform for cultural and artistic exchange through residency and collaboration with creative minds from around the world.

The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) International Residency Programme invites international professionals to conduct research and engage in collaborative exchanges at the museum, for a period of 30 to 65 days between 15 September and 18 November 2025.

The 3rd Matsu Biennial (2025) is launching its first international open call for artists, to be held on Matsu Islands, Lianjiang County, Taiwan, from 5 September – 16 November 2025.

The Professional Exchange Programme, from 1 August to 1 October 2024, is to support practitioners who are facilitators or organisers of art and cultural events/projects (including artists) from from Europe and the U.K. to have the chance for a multi-week visit and exchange in Taiwan.

Organised by Dacheng Art Experimental Elementary School in Xinpi Township, Pingtung County, the Earth Art Festival will be held for the first time in 2024. As part of this festival, they are organising a residency programme on the theme of ‘Playing with Nature’, from 23 November to 16 December 2024 in Xinpi Township, Taiwan.

Taiwan Art Space Alliance, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation, Hyper Wave and Mekong Cultural Hub are calling for applications from art and cultural practitioners from Southeast Asia who are facilitators or organisers of art and cultural events/projects for the Professional Exchange Programme in Taiwan.

Pier-2 Art Center Artist-in-Residence Programme (PAIR) in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, is calling for applications from artists and artistic groups of all nationalities who have at least two years of experience in art creation. Selected artists should carry out their residency for 60-85 days within the period of 1 January to 31 December 2025. The residency duration must not be less than 60 days.

Launching its short-term international artist residency programme in 2024, Zhuwei Artist Village invites international applications from artists who excel in driftwood creation or sewing machine works, and who can propose interactive community and environmental projects.

The third ‘2025 Taoyuan International Art Award’, organised by the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (TMoFA), is intended for new works presented publicly for the first time which have never entered government-organised competitions in Taiwan. Artists may participate as an individual or a group regardless of nationality or age.

After several iterations of accommodating international and local artists in Taipei as a cultural field to run the ADAM Artist Lab, for the very first time, the 2024 ADAM Artist Lab will be traveling outside Taiwan. The programme will be divided into two phases in Bangkok (18-29 June 2024) and in Taipei (19 August – 1 September 2024).

Mekong Cultural Hub is now recruiting a new position of Program Manager, responsible for leading programs and projects related to Networks & Alliances. The position is open to candidates from and based in South-East Asia and Taiwan. If the selected candidate is based in either Phnom Penh or Taipei they may work at a Living Arts International office. Otherwise, they will work remotely, with approximately 1-2 trips within South-East Asia and Taiwan per year.