Lynn Breslin

Lynn’s work is based on subjects that are personal or autobiographical and that explore themes of presence and absence. She works from common objects or subjects that are transformed by inner and unconscious associations triggered in the process of creating them. She distills her subjects until the essential elements of the image convey a sense of intimacy and personal history.

Her graphite drawings are currently on view at the Albany Institute of History & Art. Her paintings were shown recently at the Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, and the Art Museum SUNY Albany. Her paintings have been exhibited at the OK Harris Gallery, NYC, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY, the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery at SUNY Ulster, the Salena Gallery, Brooklyn, and the Drawing Biennial at the Muscarelle Art Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia. She is represented by the BCB Art gallery in Hudson, NY.

Lynn currently teaches at Parsons, The New School in New York City. She grew up in the Pennsylvania Dutch farmland. After graduating from Drexel University in Philadelphia, she moved to New York City where she designed album covers and book jackets during the day and took night classes in painting at the School of Visual Arts. She received her MFA in painting from Hunter College, NYC. After working in Soho for almost a decade she moved her studio to the Hudson River Valley where she currently resides and works. She also has taught at Fordham University and the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Education

• BS Drexel University
• MFA Hunter College

Companies

• teacher Parsons, The New School for Design (2008)
• adjunct professor School of Visual Arts (1994 — 2001)
• assistant professor Fordham University (1984 — 1985)