Price
₩3,000,000
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
68 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.
Mobile Garden 69-Vanishing 3
Go Jayeong
About the Artist
Ko Jayoung holds a Ph.D. from Seoul National University's College of Fine Arts. She has continuously explored the self and the principles of the world through the subjects of 'gardens' and 'plants,' and was selected as the SEO Young Artist in 2007.
About this work
〈Mobile Garden 69-Vanishing 3〉 is a Painting work by Go Jayeong. Created in 2012 on Oil and acrylic on canvas, measuring 60x60cm. Available as an original Korean contemporary artwork at SAF Online.
Key Career Highlights
Education
Ph.D., College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Gallery Art Link
2008 Doctor Park Gallery
2007 SEO Gallery, 2007 1st Young Artist Selected
2004 Gallery Art Link
2004 Sejong Gallery
Group Exhibitions
2009 The Flower, KAIST Graduate School of Technology & Management
2009 Songeun Art Awards, Insa Art Center
2009 Flower Garden, 63 Sky Art
2009 Streaming Life, Gallery H
2009 Come to Life, Moin Gallery
2008 Yangpyeong Environmental Art Festival - Inevitable Cloud, Manas Gallery
2008 International Art Book Making Festival, Baum Art Gallery
2008 New Acquisitions, Seoul Museum of Art
2008 Korean Contemporary Prints 1958-2008, MMCA Gwacheon
2007 Incheon International Women's Art Biennale, Incheon
2007 Trees I Barely Remember, IM ART Gallery
2007 Bubble Wrap, Yeh Gallery, Korea Arts Council International Exchange Fund Selected
2007 Seoul Art Competition - Print, Seoul Museum of Art
2007 Aesthetics of Edition, Masan Art Center
2007 Spectrum of the Korean Contemporary Print, Russia
2007 Hello Chelsea! 2007, PS 35 Gallery, USA
2007 Geumgang Art Competition, Daejeon Museum of Art
2007 Tough Thickness of Time, Topohaus
2007 Personality & Passion, Doctor Park Gallery
2007 Sofa Museum, Jinheung Art Hall
2006 Print Spectrum, Sun Gallery
2006 Printing Our Society, Kookmin University Museum
2006 Seoul Print 2006, Moran Gallery
2005 Trembling Exhibition, Topohaus
2005 Seoul Print 2005, Topohaus
2005 Dwelling Exhibition, Seoul National University Wooseok Hall
2004 Asian Youth Art Festival, Changwon Seongsan Art Hall
2004 Seoul National University College of Fine Arts Online Alumni Exhibition, Open Art
2003 Digital + Camera Exhibition, Joheung Gallery
2003 Imaginary Library Exhibition, Stone & Water Gallery
2003 Korean Contemporary Print Exhibition & International Print Exchange Exhibition, Sejong Center Museum
2003 Heyri Festival - Art in Architecture, Community House
2002 Korean Contemporary Printmakers Association Exhibition, Gwanhun Gallery
2001 Seoul National University Graduate School - Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts Exchange Exhibition, Beijing, China
2001 Layer Upon Layer Exhibition, Boda Gallery
2001 Korean Contemporary Printmakers Association Competition, Seoul Museum of Art
2000 Print! Club Small Meeting Exhibition, Joheung Gallery
2000 Korean Contemporary Printmakers Association Competition, Jongno Gallery
2000 The Other Side Exhibition, KEPCO Plaza Gallery
Collections
MMCA Art Bank (Gwacheon), Seoul Museum of Art, Samsung Hospital Cancer Center, Industrial Bank of Korea, Seoul Central District Court, Namseoul University, SEO Gallery
Awards
2000 Korean Contemporary Printmakers Association Competition Special Selection
2001 Korean Contemporary Printmakers Association Competition Excellence Award
2006 Space International Print Biennale Selected Works
2007 Korea Arts Council Fund for Arts Promotion
2007 Emerging Artist Support Category Selected
2007 Geumgang Art Competition Special Selection
2008 30th JoongAng Art Competition Selected Artist
2009 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Artistic Expression Activity Support Selected
2009 Songeun Art Awards Selected Artist
Teaching
2003-2005 Lecturer, Sangmyung University
2007 Lecturer, Baekseok University
2002-2010 Lecturer, Seoul Arts High School
Thesis
2001 Study on Multi-layered Visual Experience Expression Using Plant Subjects
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