Price
₩1,800,000
A unique original — the only one in the world
Art protects art
8 out of 10
artists are shut out by banks
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
166 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.
Memory of African Coffee
Cheon Jisu
- Category
- Painting
- Material
- Mixed media on canvas
- Size
- 53×65.5cm · Size 15 · Medium How big is this? →
- Year
- 2024
- Price
- ₩1,800,000
- Availability
- For sale
About the Artist
Cheon Jisu is an artist working across painting, illustration, and book criticism. From 〈Giggle〉 at Moro Gallery in Seoul (2001) to 〈Library Fantasy〉 at The Space Gallery in Osan (2025), she has held nine solo and curated invitational exhibitions, with international engagements including 〈A Midsummer Night's Dream〉 at the Korean Embassy in Italy in Rome (2005) and a two-person exhibition at Kuga Museum of Art in Fukuoka, Japan (2018). She received the Grand Prize (Primo Premio) at the 4th Giovanni Pericone National Art Competition in Italy (2003), and in 2008 participated in the rock mural restoration at the UNESCO-designated Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. In 2021, she published the illustrated book-review collection Reading Atelier (Cheonnyeon-ui Sangsang). Her works are held in the collections of the Korean Embassy in Italy, the Rotary Club Fiuggi, and the Asia Publishing Culture Information Center.
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Two beginnings made by one piece
- For you —
- One-of-a-kind in the world
- For the artist —
- the pride of standing with a peer
- 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.