Since 2014, Apollo Art Gallery and the O-Bank Education Foundation have jointly organized the Composition Taiwan Visual Arts Call for Entries, dedicated to discovering and supporting emerging artists under the age of 35. In 2025, the program enters its fourth edition, continuing to accompany young creators in broadening their horizons, shaping their artistic vocabularies, and building a solid foundation for their practice.

Among this year’s ten shortlisted artists, Chen Yi-An received first prize with Wanderer of the Metaverse Series — Floating Boundaries, a mineral pigment painting that captures the increasingly blurred line between reality and the virtual, reflecting contemporary phenomena. Fu Sheng-Ya, awarded second prize for Flattened and Folded Time 02, used origami to transform images into memories of living with her grandmother, portraying women’s expected roles within the family. Third prize went to two artists: Chen Ting-Fei, whose work 5000ml draws on the daily experience of carrying water and reshapes bottled containers in hammered red copper to create a new visual language; and Liu Kang-Yen, whose Your Home Is My Home uses oil pastels and ink to depict the textures of Taiwanese architecture, reimagining familiar urban landscapes.

The other shortlisted works also reveal distinct perspectives. Yu Tsai-Hsuan’s Forgotten Colors: Whispers of Taiwan’s Coastline photographs the vivid traces humans leave in nature, contrasting colors that voice the coastline’s indictment of humanity. Lin Chien-Wei’s +∞CXQD employs fiber to express Taiwan’s seasonal cycles, evoking the island’s shifting contours through time. Lin Peng-Ying’s Tranquility in the Alleyways captures sunlit Taiwanese alleyways in oil, where light and shadow breathe new life into ordinary corners. Jin Chi-Long’s Evening Glow in Taipei’s East District portrays Taipei’s bustling streets at sunset, where golden hues and bluish-purple tones reveal another facet of urban life. Kao Kuan-Chun’s Land-sc(r)ape — Urban Skyline — For Sale draws from graffiti landscapes on corrugated iron fences marked with “For Sale,” highlighting the tension between nature and civilization. Peng Kuan-Ming’s Rope Image-1 references traditional Taiwanese amulets in an interactive installation that embodies faith and resilience, offering wearers renewed energy to face challenges.

Presented in conjunction with Taipei Art Week, the exhibition opens on October 18. Audiences are invited to experience firsthand the creative energy of Taiwan’s new generation, to encounter their profound reflections on both the times and the self, and to witness the diverse facets of contemporary art along with the boundless possibilities for the future of Taiwanese art.