Coming this fall to ASIS Gallery: The Psychological Ledger
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ASIS gallery is pleased to present The Psychological Ledger: an exhibition of work by visiting artist, Anne Muntges, and UR faculty, Mizin Shin.
Anne Muntges will talk about her work on 9/15, at 3pm, in Sage Art Center (sculpture space). A reception is to follow from 4-6pm in the gallery. This event is open to all students, faculty, staff, and the greater Rochester community.
Describing their work, the artists say,
Through drawing, sculpture, and site-specific installation, I map the hidden infrastructures of the environments we inhabit, balancing my gaze between the collective systems of the city and the intimate, domestic taxonomies of personal survival. My practice examines the constant friction between our desire for individual privacy and our total reliance on the structures, spaces, and strangers around us. Using technical pens and other drawing tools, I translate these transient moments into life-sized environments, turning flat drawings into walkable architectural ruins that embody the tactile weight and immateriality of shared time.
This slow, obsessive drafting process functions as a continuous, systematic archive. My work stems from navigating a massive, overwhelming emotional and environmental weight; for me, the only way to survive it is to build a beautiful, meticulous cage around it with thousands of tiny ink lines. Whether I am documenting the overlooked systems of public maintenance or sorting through the fractured pieces of my own everyday coping mechanisms, I treat the page as a psychological ledger. This fiercely disciplined method gives a profound sense of permanence to the fleeting markers of our surroundings, proving that tracking the invisible upkeep of a city is deeply tied to the daily preservation required to keep a human life in motion.
This investigation moves fluidly between the microscopic and the monumental, living in hand-held ephemera and scaling up to rigid wooden frameworks layered with heavy, wallpapered paper. By constantly balancing distinct drawing styles and building deep nuance directly into the surfaces of these objects, I create a crazy, immersive world that pulls the viewer entirely inside. Ultimately, this grounded, deeply human accumulation of marks serves as a physical record of endurance, creating a space where we are forced to confront what it feels like to pay radical, urgent attention to the fragile systems that keep us whole.
Blended Complexities examines the omnipresence of the industrial corn economy through the lens of everyday consumer goods. The work maps an expansive index of consumption, tracing corn as both a central ingredient as well as an invisible presence underlying many industrial manufacturing processes. Dispersed throughout our daily routines, fragments of this single crop reveal the quietly expanding infrastructure of modern capital and production. While Blended Complexities is depicted as a mapping of connectivity through corn, it acts as a broader critique of system relationality and how diverse material items (and the economies surrounding them) are fundamentally linked.
More about the artists:
Anne Muntges (b. 1982) earned her BFA in Printmaking from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2005 and her MFA in Printmaking from the University at Buffalo in 2008. Based in Brooklyn, she focuses on highly detailed drawings, prints, and installations. Her work has been exhibited nationally at the Children’s Museum of the Arts in Manhattan, the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo. Most recently, her work is featured in Monumental Drawing at the More Museum in Gorssel, NL. Muntges’ art is held in collections such as the California College of the Arts, the Library of Congress, the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Among her numerous accolades, she was awarded the NYFA/NYSCA Fellowship in 2014, Sustainable Arts Finalist in 2021, and Interlude Grantee. Since 2010, she has participated in prestigious residencies and fellowships, including the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, BRIC, the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, and the Monira Foundation Artist Residency.
Born and raised in South Korea, Mizin Shin is a US-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 UK, 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; the Andrew & Barbara Choi Foundation Project Grant; and Genesee Valley Council on the Arts.Mizin 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 Associate Professor in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Rochester as well as a co-founder of Mirabo Press in Buffalo, NY. 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 a board member of Visual Studies Workshop from 2023-25. Recently, Shin has published TeachPrint.com—a free resource of hypermedia educational materials for school teachers to promote printmaking in art classrooms.
The Psychological Ledger
Anne Muntges and Mizin Shin
On view: September 15 - October 3, 2026
Artist presentation 9/15, 3pm
Reception 9/15, 4-6pm
ASIS Gallery
Sage Art Center
University of Rochester