# Ku Chi-Chun 辜琪鈞 > Taiwanese contemporary artist working in mineral pigment (膠彩), ink, gold leaf and calligraphy. Exhibited at Art Shopping, Carrousel du Louvre, and Art Capital, Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris; held by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture Art Bank. Studio in Taipei, office in Paris (253 Rue Saint-Honoré). New work is made to commission. Also known as: 辜琪鈞, Corrine Ku. Founder of DE Global Art Agency (Taipei) and ALEA (Paris). TEDxYongkang speaker: "The Power of Devoting a Lifetime to One Pursuit" (一生只做一件事的力量). ## Pages - [Ku Chi-Chun 辜琪鈞 — Mineral Pigment, Ink & Gold Leaf Artist](https://www.kuchichun.com/): Ku Chi-Chun, Taiwanese artist in mineral pigment, ink and gold leaf. Shown at the Grand Palais Éphémère and at Art Shopping, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris; held by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture Art Bank. Studio in Taipei, office in Paris. Every series is in private and public collections. New work is made to commission. - [Ku Chi-Chun — The Artist](https://www.kuchichun.com/artist): Ku Chi-Chun 辜琪鈞, Taiwanese painter and calligrapher in mineral pigment, ink and gold leaf: biography, training, technique and patent, exhibitions, collections and auctions. Studio in Taipei; office in Paris. - [Ku Chi-Chun — Works](https://www.kuchichun.com/works): Five series by Ku Chi-Chun: mineral pigment on more than twenty layers of hand-mounted paper, calligraphy on cobalt grounds, hand-embroidered heroines, Heart Sutra handscrolls in gold ink, and commissions for brands and interiors. Every series is in private and public collections; new works are made to commission. - [Ku Chi-Chun — Mineral Painting](https://www.kuchichun.com/works-mineral): Series I · Mineral Painting 膠彩 by Ku Chi-Chun: lotus mandalas in mineral pigment bound with animal glue on more than twenty layers of hand-mounted paper, finished with gold leaf, mica and crystal, a method under utility-model patent. One work hangs at the Taipei Representative Office in France; every work is in a private or public collection, and new works are made to commission. - [Ku Chi-Chun — Calligraphy](https://www.kuchichun.com/works-calligraphy): Series II · Calligraphy 書法 by Ku Chi-Chun. One character to a sheet, ink on rice paper; Monologue on imperial-yellow paper; silver and gold leaf on silk fans. Two works in the collection of the Taiwan Ministry of Culture Art Bank. - [Ku Chi-Chun — Buddhist Calligraphy](https://www.kuchichun.com/works-buddhist): Series IV · Buddhist Calligraphy 經書 by Ku Chi-Chun: the Heart Sutra copied one character at a time on handscrolls in gold ink on black paper, ink on saffron and ink on white, written for temples, families and private collections. - [Ku Chi-Chun — Heroine](https://www.kuchichun.com/works-heroine): Series III · Heroine 女英雄 by Ku Chi-Chun. Two heroines drawn by the artist and worked in silk thread by embroiderers trained in the palace flower-and-bird technique, finished with engraving and foil. Shown at Art Capital, Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris. - [Ku Chi-Chun — Collaborations](https://www.kuchichun.com/collaborations): Series V · Commissions. Ink panels for the lobby of CityInn Hotel, Fuxing North Road, Taipei, Mona Lisa in camouflage for the Häagen-Dazs × Louvre Mid-Autumn edition, fashion partnerships with Kiton, Stefano Ricci, Fabiana Filippi and Shiatzy Chen, mandalas projected inside a pavilion at the Taichung Flora Expo. Works are made to commission only. - [Ku Chi-Chun — Representation](https://www.kuchichun.com/representation): DE Global Art Agency, Taipei, and ALEA, Paris. How Ku Chi-Chun represents more than 250 artists abroad, how to apply, and the commissions, courses and lectures she undertakes for corporations and institutions. - [Ku Chi-Chun — Talks & Press](https://www.kuchichun.com/talks-press): The TEDxYongkang talk The Power of Devoting a Lifetime to One Pursuit, with English subtitles; six clips from it; artists and collectors on camera; lectures; and the press record from Venice, Frankfurt, Paris and Osaka. - [Ku Chi-Chun — Acquire](https://www.kuchichun.com/acquire): Every series by Ku Chi-Chun 辜琪鈞 is in private and public collections. New works are made to commission only, from a waiting list, each with a certificate of authenticity, the patent documentation and a provenance record. Guided viewings at the annual art fairs, by booking. - [Ku Chi-Chun — Contact](https://www.kuchichun.com/contact): Write to the Taipei studio of Ku Chi-Chun 辜琪鈞 about a commission, a series, the annual Market Note, representation or press. Guided viewings at the annual art fairs, by booking. ## Other languages - [zh-Hant](https://www.kuchichun.com/index-zh) - [fr](https://www.kuchichun.com/index-fr) - [ja](https://www.kuchichun.com/index-ja)