Island Compound Eyes: Multiple Images of Taiwan

This photobook exhibition uses images as an entry point into Taiwan, presenting multiple views of the island through the works of photographers from different generations. From local photographers’ reflections on land, memory, and identity to young artists’ sharp responses to contemporary realities, the exhibition invites Polish audiences to turn the pages and encounter a Taiwan that is fluid, complex, and full of vitality—opening space for cross-cultural understanding and imagination through photography.

The exhibited works include publications by artists such as:

Yao Jui-Chung

Yao Jui-Chung was born in 1969. Lives and works in Taipei. Graduated from The Taipei National University of the Arts with a degree in Art Theory. His works has been widely exhibited in numerous international exhibitions. In 1997, he represented Taiwan at the Venice Biennale.

Yao specializes in photography, installation and painting. The themes of his works are varied, but most importantly they all examine the absurdity of the human condition.

Yao Jui-Chung now works as an artist and Department of Fine Arts Adjunct Professor at the National Taiwan Normal University Department of Fine Arts & Taipei National Taiwan University of the Arts.

Jui-Chung Yao, Psychic Geography, Yanshui Catholic Church, 2025

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Yang Teng-Chi

Manbo Key (born 1986 in Taichung, Taiwan) is a rising artist gainin recognition across a wide range of creative fields. He first earned acclaim in fashion photography, with his work appearing in magazines and media such as Vogue Taiwan. In 2019, he won the Grand Prize at the Taipei Art Awards for Father’s Video-tapes, and in 2022, he held a major solo exhibition at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, marking a significant step into the world of contemporary art. Born into a Hakka family (Han Chinese who migrated to southernChina), Manbo is also the founder of the queer platform Homo Pleasure. As someone deeply engaged with queer culture and multiple layers of identity, he represents the diversity and complexity of contemporary Taiwanese society.

Yang Teng-Chi, Father’s Videotapes (父親的錄影帶)

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Tsai Sheng-Da

Tsai Sheng-Da is a Taiwan-based documentary photographer and visual artist working through long-term engagements with Indigenous communities. His practice focuses on relationships between land, memory, and lived experience, developed through sustained fieldwork across multiple communities, including the Takivatan Bunun, Tao, Kacalisian, and Pangcah (Amis). Working in remote environments across diverse natural landscapes, his images reflect how cultural knowledge is embodied through movement, ritual, and everyday life, while exploring the lasting impact of colonial displacement on landscape and identity.

Tsai Sheng-Da, The Hidden Navel of Home

The exhibition is held thanks to the Ministry of Culture, The National Center of Photography and Images (NCPI) Taiwan in cooperation with Middle Art Space Gallery. 

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cover photo: Yang Teng-Chi