Art protects art
8 out of 10
artists are shut out by banks
354
loans extended to fellow artists
95%
repayment rate — trust comes full circle
~KRW 140M
interest saved vs. predatory rates
Until the next exhibition, the next performance. For artists, income gaps are an unavoidable reality. For fellow artists forced into predatory loans just to afford paint, canvas, and studio rent, proceeds from this artwork become the Seed Fund — extending a fair hand at fair rates.
Voices of fellow artists
“The memory of going hungry for three days, alone, so my children wouldn't know.”
— 50s, theater artist
“I've been putting off urgent dental treatment because I can't afford it. I should be seeing a doctor regularly, but enduring instead of going has become a habit.”
— 50s, actor
“I kept delaying ear treatment because I had no money, and the symptoms in both ears worsened.”
— 30s, musician
“I couldn't pay my hospitalized mother's bills, so we had to delay her discharge, and she had to give up tests and treatment she needed.”
— 50s, actor/broadcaster
“Because of money troubles I had nowhere to go — drifting between gosiwon rooms and rehearsal studios, and for a while sleeping rough.”
— 30s, musician
“Because of unpaid rent, my collective was forced to vacate our shared workspace and home. Neither bank loans nor artist loans could help.”
— 50s, actor
“Without money, life collapses — and creating art? Out of the question.”
— 50s, artist
“It's painful that solving this month's money problems has to come before the work itself. As an artist, I can only earn well when the work succeeds — yet I have to chase odd jobs every month instead. It feels like being trapped in a vicious cycle.”
— 40s, musician
“Debt collection calls disrupted my rehearsals and performances, and the psychological burden made every day painful and the next day frightening.”
— 40s, theater artist
“Many times the loan payments looming each month forced me to step away from performing and focus on part-time work.”
— 50s, actor
“Sleeping less than four hours a night, juggling part-time jobs and theater — but the more I performed, the more debt piled up. Eventually I decided to quit performing.”
— 30s, actor
“When things were hardest, I couldn't even attend close friends' weddings or funerals — and as a result, relationships were severed.”
— 50s, actor/broadcaster
“When I said I was a stage actor, the loan officer called me "unemployed."”
— 50s, actor
“The shame and severed friendships that came with borrowing from people I knew, the pressure of failing to pay it back, the helplessness.”
— 50s, cartoonist/visual artist
“Even with programs meant for low-income citizens, I feel shame when I can't produce enough documentation simply because I'm an artist.”
— 30s, film/broadcasting professional
94 artworks sold, each becoming a seed of solidarity
One artwork becomes the oxygen that keeps a fellow artist creating.
Sales proceeds go to the artist mutual-aid fund.
Playing at Daein Market
Park Seongwan
About the Artist
Park Seongwan depicts everyday landscapes with bold, rough brushstrokes and vivid colors. He graduated from Chonnam National University's College of Arts, Department of Fine Arts, and completed his M.A. in Fine Arts (Western Painting) at the same university's graduate school.
About this work
〈Playing at Daein Market〉 is a Painting work by Park Seongwan. Created in 2019 on Oil on canvas, measuring 45.5x53cm. Available as an original Korean contemporary artwork at SAF Online.
Key Career Highlights
Education B.F.A., Department of Fine Arts, College of Arts, Chonnam National University M.F.A., Department of Fine Arts (Western Painting), Graduate School, Chonnam National University Solo Exhibitions 2024 People Met at Candlelight Square, Gallery Saenggaksangja, Gwangju 2023 Park Seong-wan Solo Exhibition, Gimnaetgwa Gallery, Gwangju 2023 Studio The Tamsa, Candlelight Gallery, Namyangju 2022 Landscape Beyond the Wind, Buk-gu Culture Center, Gwangju 2021 April Heading to May, Chonnam National University Yongji Hall, Gwangju 2021 Park Seong-wan Exhibition, Cheomdan Veterans Hospital, Gwangju 2020 Light and the Heart's Hometown - Everyday Ideal, Haedong Culture & Art Village, Damyang 2019 Sea Frog, Sochon Art Factory, Gwangju 2018 Strange Memory of the City, 515 Gallery, Gwangju 2018 Park Seong-wan Invitational, Jangsu Museum of Art, Jangsu / Art G&G, Daegu 2018 Conscience Emission, Ppongppong Bridge, Gwangju 2018 Young Artist Invitational, Soam Museum of Art, Gwangju 2017 Unexpected Everyday, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju 2017 From Berlin to Georgetown, China House, Penang, Malaysia 2017 Tru Blue, Dalmoe Museum of Art, Damyang 2015 Construction Site Diary, Kumho Gallery, Gwangju 2015 Conscience Emission, Ppongppong Bridge, Gwangju 2015 Under Construction, Space K, Gwangju 2014 Park Seong-wan Invitational, Coffee Roasting House Maru, Gwangju 2013 Around the Neighborhood, Lotus Gallery, Gwangju 2012 Construction Site Picture Diary, Asia Culture Maru, Gwangju 2012 Landscapes Abound, Gallery Saenggaksangja, Gwangju Group Exhibitions 2025 Acrylic Smashing, Gallery B, Seoul 2024 For a World Where All Are Equal, Donggok Museum of Art, Gwangju 2024 May Art Festival, Citizen Gallery, Gwangju 2024 Interwoven Stories, Sakima Art Museum 2024 Climate Is Strange, Yeonnam-jang, Seoul 2023 May Exhibition, Mudeung Gallery, Gwangju 2023 Armistice 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Eunam Museum of Art, Gwangju 2022 Dear My Gwangju - Art Market, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju 2022 Climate Justice, Catholic Lifelong Education Center, Gwangju 2022 City's Boundary and Crack, Lee Kangha Museum of Art, Gwangju 2022 Damyang Art Week - Leisurely, Damidam Art District, Damyang 2021 Pulse of Namdo Figurative Painting, Muan Oh Seung-woo Museum of Art 2021 Ode to Green Bamboo, Dambit Art Warehouse, Damyang 2021 Korea-China Exchange Exhibition - Reinterpretation and Expansion of Space, Dambit Art Warehouse, Damyang 2021 Art That Became Roh Moo-hyun, May Museum of Art, Gwangju 2020 DEEP DIVE INTO YOU, Kumho Gallery, Gwangju 2020 5.18 40th Anniversary May Art Festival - We Were There, May Museum of Art, Gwangju 2020 Mudeung-gil Art Walk, Gukyun Museum of Art, Gwangju 2019 Stuffed Memory, Eunam Museum of Art, Gwangju 2019 Cinema Gwangju - Into the Memory, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju 2019 Contemporary Art in Namdo, Dambit Art Warehouse, Damyang 2019 Bitgoeul Yesterday and Today, Yesulgonggan Jip, Gwangju 2019 Living City, Art of Life, Haedong Culture & Art Village, Damyang 2018 100 Artists' Art Exhibition, Gwangju Museum of Art Geumnam-ro Branch 2018 Korea-France International Art Exchange Exhibition - Connecting, Eunam Museum of Art, Gwangju 2018 Art Gwangju 18, Kim Dae-jung Convention Center, Gwangju 2018 Our Neighborhood Winter Story, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju 2017 Korea-Thailand Contemporary Art Exhibition, Silpakorn University Museum / Arteri Gallery, Thailand 2016 RIVERS: Transformative Way of Life - Asian Contemporary Art Network, Gwangju Museum of Art 2016 Ode to Youth 5-Person Exhibition, 515 Gallery, Gwangju 2016 Prologue, Penang, Malaysia 2015 Kim Whanki International Art Exhibition, Kim Whanki Birthplace, Sinan Anjwa-do 2014 New Spring Chat, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju 2014 Eyes of Asia, Baekmin Museum of Art, Boseong 2014 KATALISTA, La Salle University Gallery, Bacolod, Philippines 2013 Platform Warehouse Sale, Art Platform, Incheon 2013 Passion of Our Times, Baekmin Museum of Art, Boseong 2013 Aesthetic Sense, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju 2012 Heroes of the Times, Muan Oh Seung-woo Museum of Art 2012 Young Artist Support Exhibition, Daedong Gallery, Gwangju 2012 Spring Flounder, Dohwaheon Museum, Goheung 2012 Three Lights in Bloom, Woo Je-kil Museum of Art, Gwangju 2012 Critical Point, Space K, Gwangju 2012 Charity Bazaar, Space K, Seoul 2012 V-Party Vol 3, Schulz & Jung Gallery, Gwangju 2011 Gongpyeong Art Fair, Gongpyeong Art Center, Seoul 2011 Promising Buds, Hakmyeong Museum of Art, Gangjin 2011 Art Process, Mudeung Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju 2011 V-Party Vol 2, Gallery D, Gwangju 2010 Residency Artist Exhibition, Daedong Gallery, Gwangju 2010 Young Perspective, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju 2010 8th Gwangju Biennale Man In Bo, Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju 2010 Hue, Cheonan Civic Culture Women's School Residency 2020 Honglim Creative Studio Resident Artist 2012 Mali Home Residency, Penang, Malaysia Awards 2012 Eodeung Art Festival Grand Prize
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Two beginnings made by one piece
- For you —
- One-of-a-kind in the world
- For the artist —
- the next month of their practice
- For a fellow artist —
- a new ₩3,000,000 path of low-interest support
354 artists have walked this path of recovery; 95% returned to open it for the next.