Mizin Shin | School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Born and raised in South Korea, Mizin Shin is a U.S.-based visual artist. Regularly leading printmaking workshops with collaborating art organizations, Shin focuses on both traditional and contemporary printmaking practices while promoting a multidisciplinary approach to the medium.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions across the United States, Belgium, Spain, the U.K., India, and South Korea. She was a juror for “The Paths We Cross: Perspectives from the Korean Diaspora,” 2022 Screenprint Biennial, and 2021 Southern Tier Biennial. Shin is the recipient of several fellowships and awards, including the Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, the University of Rochester Humanities Center Faculty Fellowship, and the Andrew & Barbara Choi Foundation Project Grant.

Shin graduated from Hong-ik University with a B.F.A. in printmaking and received her M.F.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Shin is an assistant professor in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Rochester as well as a co-founder of Mirabo Press in Buffalo, New York.  She has served as a board member of the Mid-America Print Council and vice president of the Print Club of Rochester from 2020–22, and she is currently a board member of Visual Studies Workshop. Recently, Shin published TeachPrint.com—a free resource of hypermedia educational materials for school teachers to promote printmaking in art classrooms.