平台

Representation

Representation

One pursuit, and a door held open: through DE Global Art Agency, Taipei, and ALEA, Paris, Ku represents more than 250 artists across Asia and Europe.

For artists

Curation, art-fair applications, exhibitions with galleries abroad and nomination for awards, through DE Global Art Agency and ALEA.

Apply for representation
For corporations and institutions

Commissioned works, brand calligraphy, installations, lectures and an aesthetics course built on ESG and the SDGs.

Commission or book

藝術家

For artists

An agency in Taipei, an association in Paris.

Asian artists have the work, Ku says; what they lack is the route. DE Global Art Agency takes its artists to fairs, galleries, juries and the press outside Taiwan. ALEA, at 253 Rue Saint-Honoré, admits members and publishes a peer-reviewed journal in French and English.

The TEDxYongkang auditorium, Ku Chi-Chun on stage
TEDxYongkang, Tainan. Photograph courtesy of the artist.
250+artists represented across Asia and Europe
26universities on the academic board
Lisbon · Paris · Tokyo · Taipeiexhibition cities

代理內容

Curation abroad Art-fair applications and booth presentation Exhibitions with galleries outside Taiwan Nomination for international awards

The agency's academic board is made up of professors and department heads from 26 universities in Taiwan, France, Germany, the United States and Korea; its members serve as prize jurors and as reviewers for the journal. ALEA, the Association de la Lueur Éclairante de l'Art, is a registered association under French law, published in the Journal officiel. The artists and the exhibitions are listed at deglobalart-alea.com.

Agency exhibitions
  • 2027Kyla Artist Prize, final round Bunkyo Civic Center, Tokyo
  • 2026ONE ART Taipei Discovery sector
  • 2026American Club Taipei a three-month exhibition
  • 2025Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum JAALA International Art Exchange Exhibition, co-curated with Hakudō Kobayashi
  • 2025Vision Art Expo, Lisbon artists from four countries
  • 2025Art Shopping, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
  • 2024Discovery Art Fair, Frankfurt booth G6, Kyla Art Gallery
Ku Chi-Chun seated by a window in white, a blue calligraphy on the wall behind her
Ku Chi-Chun. Photograph courtesy of the artist.

創辦人

The founder

Two organisations, run from one studio.

Ku Chi-Chun registered her studio as a company, DE Global Art Agency, after years of carrying a box of business cards into galleries in France, Japan, Korea and the United States, without a grant. She later founded ALEA in Paris and directs both from the Taipei studio. The agency takes its artists to fairs and museums abroad and runs the Kyla Artist Prize. The association admits members and publishes ALEA, revue internationale d'art et de recherche, a peer-reviewed journal with an ISSN from the Bibliothèque nationale de France and an editor-in-chief at the University of Strasbourg; its calls for papers are listed by ArtHist.net, the UPenn CFP List and Calenda. She is a member of the Gallery Climate Coalition.

  • TaipeiDE Global Art Agency founder and chief executive
  • ParisALEA founder, president and publisher
  • JournalALEA, revue internationale d'art et de recherche ISSN 3130-477X; peer-reviewed, open access, French and English; calls listed by ArtHist.net, the UPenn CFP List and Calenda
  • MemberGallery Climate Coalition
Founder interview, UNIKORN · 13:55, in Mandarin

申請方式

How to apply

Three steps.

1 Submit Send the form below with a portfolio link, a statement of up to 600 characters and up to three images of recent work.
2 Review The academic board reads the application and decides whether the agency can place the work abroad.
3 Proposal and placement An accepted artist receives a written proposal naming the fairs, exhibitions, awards and curatorial projects on offer, and the terms. Placement begins once it is agreed.

Eligibility

A practising artist in any medium, with a body of work ready to exhibit A portfolio online: a website, an Instagram account or a portfolio link Works that can be crated and shipped for exhibition abroad

Applications are made through the form on this page.

Go to the application

常見問題

Questions

Before applying.

  • Eligibility

    Practising artists, in any medium.

    The more than 250 artists represented so far are based across Asia and Europe.

  • Scope

    The scope of representation.

    Curation, art-fair applications, exhibitions with galleries abroad, award nominations, publication in the ALEA journal and the circulation of releases to the agency's press list. The written proposal that follows review says which of these apply.

  • Timing

    After submission.

    The academic board reviews applications quarterly; accepted artists then receive the written proposal.

  • Terms

    Fees and terms.

    Terms, including any fees, are set out in the written proposal and agreed before placement.

  • ALEA and the Prize

    ALEA membership and the Prize.

    Represented artists are put forward for international awards, among them the Kyla Artist Prize, founded in Germany, whose next final round is held in Tokyo. ALEA, the association in Paris, admits artists as members and publishes the ALEA journal.

申請代理

Apply

Apply for representation.

Up to 600 characters.
Recent work, JPEG or PNG. Title, year, medium and dimensions in the file name.
Questions before applying

Applications are reviewed quarterly.

企業與機構

For corporations and institutions

Commissions, courses and programmes.

Ku Chi-Chun in a cream linen jacket over black, before a dark lacquered panel lettered in calligraphy
Ku Chi-Chun, founder of DE Global Art Agency. Photograph courtesy of the artist.

Commissions are made in the Taipei studio and scheduled from a waiting list: ink panels for the lobby of CityInn Hotel, Taipei, the Häagen-Dazs × Louvre edition, an installation at the Taichung Flora Expo. Cases are shown under Collaborations. For companies there is an aesthetics course built on ESG and the SDGs, and the Experimental Calligraphy workshop for teams. Lectures and corporate training, TutorABC among them, are arranged on enquiry, as are scope, dates and group size.

Ku now directs two art organisations, so she accepts invitations to speak or to teach only from listed companies and museums. A request for a single session is placed with a suitable artist represented by DE Global Art Agency, matched to the brief and the audience.

  • ESG · SDGsESG and SDGs aesthetics course for companies
  • WorkshopExperimental Calligraphy a workshop for teams
  • LecturesLectures and corporate training Ku speaks for listed companies and museums; single sessions go to represented artists
Read and answered from the Taipei studio.