Official Announcement of the Winners — 4th Kyla Artist Prize 2026

Painting – Adult Category First Place (Gold Award):Reydel Espinosa Fernández (Cuba), an artist from Cuba

The Association de la Lueur Éclairante de l'Art (ALEA), a non-profit organization established under the French Law of 1901 and located at 253 Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris, in collaboration with DE Global Art Agency (Taipei), is honored to officially announce the winners of the 4th Kyla Artist Prize 2026.

Painting – Adult Category Second Place (Silver Award):Lü-Ying Pan (Taiwan)

A total of 17 award-winning artists were carefully selected by an international jury panel. Their nationalities span Taiwan, Japan, Cuba, the United States, and the United Kingdom, embodying the essence of cross-cultural dialogue and the pursuit of artistic excellence in contemporary art.

Painting – Adult Category Grand Prize:Naohito Watanabe (Japan) — Statue of Liberty

Material Arts – Adult Category

Grand Prize: Kate Huang

Gold Award: Jia-Hua Lü (Taiwan)

Silver Award: Wen-Ru Jiang (Taiwan)

Bronze Award: Wen-Min Zhang (Taiwan)

Honorable Mention: None

Painting – Adult Category

Grand Prize: Naohito Watanabe (Japan) — Statue of Liberty

Gold Prize | Reydel Espinosa Fernández (Cuba)

Silver Prize | Pan Lyu-Ying (Taiwan)

Bronze Award: Zhao-Yi Zhong (Taiwan)

Jury Special Mentions (Honorable Mentions): 

Jonathan Shih (United States) — 2003 4-3

Sifan Liu (House of Masks)

Nai-Wen Hsu (Mai)

Ya-Hsin Deng (A Flash of Romance)

Bernard L.(France)

Ya-Hsin Cheng (3983)

Mei-Chi Chen (Mixed Media)

Hai-Ting Huang (MG)

Painting – Youth Category

Gold Award: Isabelle Chapman (United Kingdom)

Silver Award: Hsin-Chun Wang (Taiwan)

Bronze Award: Lucas M.

Honorable Mentions: Emma D., Hugo L., Léa B., Arthur R.

Dance – Adult Category

Gold Award: Wei-Bo Hsu (Taiwan)

Interior Design Category

Gold Award: Goodpin International (Taiwan)

Silver Award: Jordan Yang

Bronze Award: Yao Hsu

Digital Multimedia Category

Gold Award: Chih-Hsiang Lai, Yung-Shih Huang (Taiwan)

Graphic Design Category

Gold Award: Hsin-Yi Lin (U.S.A.)

Silver Award: Ming-Yu Tsai (Taiwan)

Data Protection and Ethics Statement

In compliance with Article 8 of the GDPR, the French Data Protection Act, and Taiwan’s Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act, ALEA strictly fulfills its responsibility to protect the privacy of minor award recipients. Unless explicit consent is given, personal information such as school affiliations, contact details, social media accounts, and image rights will remain confidential and will not be disclosed publicly.

International Representation

This edition recognized a total of 17 outstanding artists, distributed as follows: Taiwan (12), Japan (1), Cuba (1), United States (1), United Kingdom (1), and overseas Chinese (1). Spanning Asia, Europe, and the Americas, this reflects the Kyla Artist Prize’s significant role as a global platform for contemporary art.

Next Steps

Award recipients will soon receive official notifications, details regarding the delivery of engraved French award plaques, links to jury evaluation videos, and invitations to the award ceremony. Jury comment videos will be gradually released on ALEA’s official channels and Instagram account @kylaartistprize_alea.