Top Artist Residencies in Taiwan
While well known as a global high-tech manufacturing hub, Taiwan is also home to thriving arts communities. Whether amidst innercity chaos or out in nature, there are many inspiring places to deepen your practice.
Across the island, a handful of residencies are available for international artists, many offer free accommodation and even stipends.
The good news is we've done the research for you — this list of the top residencies will help you find the best place to continue creating.
Treasure Hill Artist Village | Artist-in-Residence Taipei
This program includes two major sections: the International Residency Project and the International Artist Exchange Project. AIR Taipei connects art residency projects around the world through horizontal networking, while vertical efforts include welcoming global residency applications, weaving a tightly-knitted, cross disciplinary, international network.
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Rewards: Accommodation, studio, and more.
Photo: Treasure Hill Artist Village
Yingge Ceramics Museum | Taiwan Ceramics Residency
This program invites domestic and international artists to create within a professional environment equipped with comprehensive ceramic facilities and abundant cultural resources. Artists will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with local craftspeople, scholars, and ceramic enthusiasts, positioning Yingge as a key hub for global ceramic art development.
Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan
Rewards: Accommodation, materials budget, travel, studio, and more.
Image: Yingge Ceramics Museum
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TESA Creative Center | Artist-in-Residence
The TESA Creative Center Artist-in-Residence provides artists with excellent places for art-making, living, research and exchange. Artists are given the freedom to create their art projects around the untamed landscape. The program aims to have international exchange and at the same time, introduce Taiwan to artists from all over the world.
Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan
Fee: Individual: US $1300, Group: US $900 per person (1 month accommodation & program)
Photo: TESA Creative Center
Absolute Space | International Artist Residency Project
Participating artists of the International Artist Residency Project will stay in a dynamic artist community, and have opportunities to communicate with other art spaces and artists about techniques and ideas. The residency spaces are located in the older part of downtown Tainan City, where artists can experience local history, culture, landscape, food, and temple customs that mix old and new.
Location: Tainan, Taiwan
Rewards: Accommodation, studio, daily stipend, and round-trip travel.
Photo: Absolute Space
Lize Puppet Art Colony | Artist-in-Residence
Since 2016, the Lize Puppet Art Colony’s Artist-in-Residence (AiR) Program has served as a creative platform for contemporary puppeteers, visual storytellers, and interdisciplinary artists. The program is dedicated to providing an environment that nurtures both creation and exchange, encouraging practices rooted in puppetry or expanded into new and cross-disciplinary art forms.
Location: Yilan, Taiwan
Rewards: Accommodation, rehersal space, material fee, and more
Photo: Lize Puppet Art Colony
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