Name: 1988 Jeonnam Gangjin
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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

63 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.

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CategoryPhotographyMaterialPigment ink on FineArt Paper print What's a pigment print? →Size80×50.5cm · Size 25 · Medium How big is this? →Year2026Price₩1,000,000

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About the Artist

Jeong Yeongsin, born in 1958 in Hampyeong, South Jeolla Province, is a documentary photographer and novelist who has devoted 40 years to exploring Korea's traditional five-day markets (oiljang). A traveler of the wind who has documented all 600-plus five-day markets held across the country, she yearns for these markets as if they were her hometown garden, a guileless country person searching for something she left behind at the market.

About this work

〈1988 Jeonnam Gangjin〉 is a Photography work by Jeong Yeongsin. Created in 2026 on Pigment ink on FineArt Paper print, measuring 80x50.5cm. Available as an original Korean contemporary artwork at SAF Online.

Key Career Highlights

Solo Exhibitions

'From Market to Cultural Heritage' Jeong Yeongsin Solo Exhibition, 2025, Gallery Bresson
'The Market and People Are My Medicine' Jeong Yeongsin Market Photo Exhibition, 2025, Gallery Index
'Jinan: That Fond Landscape' / Community Museum Gyenam Jeongmiso
'Mother's Land' (2024, Jeonju Seohak-dong Photo Art Museum)
'Janghang Line Market Road Traveled Alone' Publication Memorial Exhibition (2023, Gallery Index, Insadong)
Jeong Yeongsin's 'Market Day' 2021-2022, Donuimun Museum Village Artist Gallery
'Mother's Land' 2021, Insadong Namu Art
'Let's Go to the Market' 2020, Gallery Bresson
'Capturing a Million Expressions at the Market' (2018, Jeongseon Icicle Festival)
'Jeong Yeongsin's Korean Markets' (2017, National 5-Day Market Expo)
'Market Day' (2016, Ara Art)
'Let's Go to the Market Project 2' (2015, Jeongseon Bus Terminal Cultural Space)
'Let's Go to the Market' (2015, Ara Art)
'Jeong Yeongsin's Market' (2012, Deokwon Gallery)
'Jeong Yeongsin's Market Day Installation' 2008, Jeongseon Mt. Manji Seonangdang Site
'Jeong Yeongsin's Rural Market' (2008, Jeongseon Arirang Festival Installation)

Group Exhibitions

2022 Time of Memory - Damyang Exhibition
'Soonsilsion' (2017, Namu Gallery)
'Byeongshin Muran Hayaje' (2017, Arisu Gallery)
'Candlelight History Exhibition' (2017, Gwanghwamun Square)
and numerous other group exhibitions

Publications

'Beloved Land, Beloved Market - Jeollanam-do Edition' 2025, Nunbit
'Puppies Met at Rural Markets' 2023, Isup
'Janghang Line Market Road Traveled Alone' 2023, Nunbit
'Mother's Land' 2021, Nunbit
'Let's Go to the Market' (From Rural Market to Cultural Heritage) 2020, Isup
'Jeong Yeongsin's Market Stories 3' 2019, Ramoretter e-book
'Jeong Yeongsin's Market Stories 2' 2019, Ramoretter e-book
'Jeong Yeongsin's Market Stories 1' 2019, Ramoretter e-book
'Market Day' Nunbit Photographer Series 29, Jeong Yeongsin Photo Collection, 2016, Nunbit
'Jeong Yeongsin's National 5-Day Market Pilgrimage' 2015, Nunbit
'Korean Markets' 2012, Nunbit Archive
'Rural Market Stories' 2002, Jinseon Publishing
2013-2014 Nongmin Shinmun "Jeong Yeongsin's Market Pilgrimage" serialization
2014 TBN Traffic Broadcasting "Jeong Yeongsin's Stories from the Market"

Current

Member, Writers' Association; Committee Member, Inter-Korean Literary Exchange Committee
Editorial Board Member & Contributing Reporter, Seoul Culture Today
'Jeong Yeongsin's Market Stories' currently serialized in Seoul Culture Today