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.
That Place
Jeong Mijeong
About the Artist
Jeong Mijeong is a painter who layers time, space, and the textures of memory in multi-stratified works. After graduating from the Department of Painting (Western Painting) at Sejong University, she completed her M.A. in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London. Her many solo exhibitions include 〈Palimpsest – Things That Remain While Disappearing〉 at Space Thunder (2025), 〈Connection〉 at Gallery Sil (2024), 〈Time, Space and Memory〉 at E-Land Gallery (2023), 〈YONDER〉 at Fill Gallery (2022), and 〈Rendezvous〉 at the E-Land World Headquarters (2020). She received the Grand Prize at the 2018 IBK Industrial Bank of Korea Emerging Artist Competition and the New Wave Emerging Artist Excellence Award at the 2021 Busan International Art Fair (BIAF). Her works are held in MMCA Art Bank, the Seoul Museum of History, Gyeonggi Museum of Art, and the Yangju Museum of Art Chang Ucchin.
About this work
〈That Place〉 is a Painting work by Jeong Mijeong. Created in 2022 on Oil on canvas, measuring 72.7x53cm. Available as an original Korean contemporary artwork at SAF Online.
Key Career Highlights
M.A., Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK
B.F.A., Painting (Western Painting), Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Palimpsest - Things That Remain While Disappearing, Space Thunder, Seoul
2024 Connection, Gallery Sil, Place Nakyang, Nakyang Mosa
2023-2024 Time, Space and Memory - Storing Time and Space as Memory, E-Land Gallery Artro / E-Land Cultural Foundation, Seoul (Shin Guro NC Department Store)
2022 YONDER, Fill Gallery, Seoul
2022 The Time in Between, Seoul Shinmun-Seoul Gallery Exhibition Artist Competition Selected Artist Exhibition, Seoul
2021 I Run Into You, Sai, Eunpyeong Cultural Foundation Youth Artist Support Project, Art Soombi, Seoul
2021 Line and Light, Art Space W, Wooshin Jewelry, Seoul
2020 Rendezvous, E-Land World HQ, E-Land Cultural Foundation, Seoul
2020 TIME, Fill Gallery, Seoul
2018 Intersected Time, Seum Art Space, Seoul
2017 MY STORY, Fill Gallery, Seoul
2017 Remembrance, Sai Art Document, Seoul
2016 Self-Transformation, Invitational, Jeong Gallery, Seoul
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Summer Salon, Gangseo Artrium Gallery Seo (Gangseo Culture Center), Seoul
2025 Gaze of the Gap, P&C Total Gallery, Seoul
2025 3-Person Invitational, MH Gallery, Gyeonggi-do
2024 Stay, 3-Person Exhibition, Gallery hoM, Seoul
2023 Far Away, 3-Person Exhibition, Gallery hoM, Seoul
2021 Reaching, Dongtan Art Space Emerging Artist Competition 3-Person Exhibition, Hwaseong Cultural Foundation, Gyeonggi-do
2016 YAP (Young Artist Project), Relay 3-Person Exhibition, Jeong Gallery, Seoul
and numerous others
Awards
2021 BIAF New Wave, Busan International Art Fair, Emerging Excellence Award
2021 Insa Art Plaza Gallery Artist Competition, Encouragement Prize
2018 IBK Industrial Bank of Korea Emerging Artist Competition, Grand Prize
2018 K-Painting Emerging Artist Competition, Excellence Award, Yunseung Gallery / Value Creative Foundation
2017 Yangju Municipal Chang Ucchin Museum of Art, 2nd New Drawing Project, Selection
2016 GAMMA Young Artist Competition, Selection
Collections
MMCA Art Bank, Seoul City Hall Museum, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Yangju Municipal Chang Ucchin Museum of Art,
Korean Fine Arts Association, Yunseung Gallery / Value Creative Foundation, Jogyejong Anguk Seonwon,
Fill Gallery, Gallery Jeong, Seum Art Space, Sophis Gallery
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