Price
₩700,000
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.
Horse of Byeongo 2
U Yongmin
- Category
- Korean Painting
- Material
- Ink on hanji
- Size
- 36×71cm · Size 20 · Medium How big is this? →
- Year
- 2026
- Price
- ₩700,000
- Availability
- For sale
About the Artist
Woo Yongmin is a Korean ink painting (hanguk-hwa) artist who has expanded the possibilities of ink wash through contemporary sensibility. He has held numerous solo exhibitions at venues including Haengchon Museum of Art (Haenam), Inyoung Gallery, Gallery Mua, Doin Museum of Art, and the Artist Center—presenting series such as 〈Duryun〉 (2020), 〈Tangjin Sumuk (Squandered Ink)〉 (2019), 〈Birch Trees of Inje〉 (2024), 〈Permano〉 (2023), and 〈Sumuk: Four Gentlemen〉 (2025). He has actively participated in international biennales and curated exhibitions, including the Jeonnam International Sumuk Biennale, the Pungryu Namdo Art Project, and the Whanki Art Festival. His monographs Duryun (Hexagon, 2020) and Jiri (Hexagon, 2025) have been published. His works are held in collections at the Haengchon Museum of Art, the Jeonnam Museum of Art, and Gallery Northbruga in Austria.
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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.