Degrees
M.F.A. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
B.F.A. Studio Art/Art Education K-12, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
AWARDS
Creative Artists Grant Recipient, Arts Foundation of MI
Michigan Individual Artist Grant Recipient, Michigan Council For The Arts
Our Town Gold
Scarab Club Gold
Photography Gold
16 Minute Outstanding Video Award (IMCA)
Administration
B.A. Graphic Design Program Director, Oakland University
Academic Advisor, B. A. Studio Art with K-12 Certification, Oakland University
Academic Advisor, Arts Intensive Travel Abroad, Oakland University
Senior Art Director, Galbreath Rumsey Design
Senior Art Director, GT Creative
Senior Art Director, Walton, Kleene & Jensen
Art Department Chair, Bloomfield University School
INSTRUCTION
Oakland University
College For Creative Studies
University of Detroit Mercy, School of Architecture
Macomb Community College
Wayne State University
Bloomfield University School
EXHIBITIONS
One & Two Person
“Lynn Galbreath —Retrospective,” The Gallery, University Ligget School, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, 2014
“Graphite,” Madonna University, Detroit, MI, 2003
“Transitions In Time,” Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI, 2001
Ten Paintings – One Year,” Suites of Governor John Engler, Detroit. MI, 2000
“Recent Works,” Flatlander’s Gallery, Blissfield, MI, 1998
“Rhymes & Riddles/Riddles & Rhymes,” Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI, 1998
“Lynn Galbreath Presents,” Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services, Lansing, MI, 1998
“Lynn Galbreath/Andrea Eis,” The Gallery Mary Grove College, Detroit, MI, 2008
“Six paintings — Six Locations,” Detroit Children’s Hospital, Detroit, MI, 2006
“Beyond The Border,” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI, 2005
“Illusive Landscapes,” District Arts Center, Birmingham, MI, 2004
“Graphite,” Madonna University, Detroit, MI, 2003
“Lynn Galbreath & Connie Samaras,” Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1998
Group Exhibitions
2023
“Our Town,” Community Center, Birmingham, MI
“Michigan Fine Art Exhibition,” Birmingham Bloomfield Center For The Arts, Birmingham, MI
“Cake Worthy,” Royal Oak, MI
“The Actual Size Biennial, Volume 1 & Volume 2,” Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
2022
“Seven + Seven”, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
“Art@The Max VII,” Matrix Human Services, Detroit, MI
“Gold,” The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
“Nature,” CASS CAFE, Detroit, MI
“Our Town,” Community Center, Birmingham, MI
“Pandemic Plein Air,” Royal Oak, MI
2021
“The Actual Size Biennial, Volume 1 & Volume 2,” Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
“In The Air: 2021 SC Plein Air Challenge,” Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
“Art@The Max VII,” Matrix Human Services, Detroit, MI
2019
Laurie Tenet Pop Up Show
2018
“WITH (re)PURPOSE,” 9th Annual Juried Regional Exhibition, SHCA, South Haven, MI
“Where We Live,” GAGA (Gaylord Area Arts Council, Gaylord, MI
“At Your Service,” Oakland University Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2017
“Michigan Fine Art Exhibit,” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
“Drawn Together: Lynn Galbreath, Sue Carman-Vian, Coco Bruner, Joyce Brienza,” Scarab Club Detroit, MI
2015
“Natural Selection Works,” The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
“Employees Only, Biennial Faculty Exhibition,” OUAG, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
“Real Paint,” Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
“The President’s Hallway,” Oakland University, Rochester, MI
“Mundane,” The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
2014
“Everyday Objects, Unframed,” 3370 Solarridge Street, Las Cruces, NM
“The Selfie Show,” Museum of New Art /Armada 15655 33 Mile Road, Armada, MI
2013
“SOSA Open,” SOSA, Pontiac, MI
“Stretch The Strangle Hold,” 4731 Gallery, Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI
“Art Works Detroit,” Federal Reserve Building, 160 W. Fort Street, Detroit, MI
“Belle Isle Conservancy & Restoration,” Belle Isle Conservancy, Detroit, MI
“Evolving The Sacred,” Madonna University, Livonia, MI
“Still Life — A Historical Perspective,” Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, AR
“Photography Exhibition,” The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
“Women & Water Issues,” The Phipps Center For The Arts, Hudson, WI
2012
“Line By Line,” Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
“Four,” Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
“1982-2012 - Art Endures: Thirty Years and Counting,” Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
“Biennial Faculty Art Exhibit,” Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI 2011
“Michigan Presents,” Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC, Redford, MI
“Unmentionables - The UnderWear, Show” DAM, Detroit, MI
“Artifacts,” Exhibiting Artist Available Upon Request. Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2010
“Politics of Fear,” Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
“FAUX Real,” Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
“Wordage,” Detroit Artist Market (DAM), Detroit, MI
“Wayne State University At DAM,” Detroit Artist Market (DAM), Detroit, MI
“Mind,” Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
“12th Annual Faces International Exhibition,” Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
“Faculty/Student Art Exhibit,”, President’s Hallway, Wilson Hall, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2009
“International Drawing Exhibition,” Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
“sought/found,” Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Pontiac, MI
“Artworks for Life: Michigan AIDS Coalition,” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
“Faculty/Student Art Exhibit,”, President’s Hallway, Wilson Hall, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
“Actual Size”, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID), Detroit, MI
2008
“Image and Text, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
“The Chrysler Group Exhibits,” The Chrysler Corporation, Southfield, MI
“Actual Size,” Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID), Detroit, MI
2007
“Exhibition of Art Collection,” Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI
“Driven,” Copper Country Arts Center, Hancock, MI
“Actual Size Biennial,” Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID), Detroit, MI
“September 1-October 22: n-turpt,” Northville Art House, Northville, MI
2006
“Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate - Computer Punch Card Art,” WPAS, Sious Falls, SD
“Wish You Were Here,” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
“Search,” Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
“Michigan Artists,” Gallery On Main, Bay Harbor, Petoskey, MI
“The Group Show - Phase I,” Ambient Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI
2005
“The Actual Size Biennial, Volume 1 & Volume 2,” Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
“The Art of Healing,” The Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI,
“The Hitchhiker,” http://www.jpallas.com/hh/
“Summer Group Exhibition,” The District Arts Gallery, Birmingham, MI
“The Group Show - Phase II,” Ambient Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI
“Untitled, (ART SHOW), 2005,” 197 Cezar Chavez Blvd., Pontiac, MI
2004
“Femmes Detroit,” Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2003
Actual Size Biennial,” Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
2002
“New Faces,” Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
“Eccentric Objects,” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2001
“The Actual Size Biennial,” The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
“Made In Michigan,” Paint Creek Center For The Arts, Mary Aro, Rochester, MI
2000
“The Catharctic Circle,” Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
1999
“Making Marks — Making ReMarks,” The MaryGrove Gallery, Mary Grove College, Detroit, MI
“Beyond The Surface,” Paint Creek Art Center, Rochester, MI
“Inaugural Upload & Gallery Opening Invitational,” www.Imstudio.com/gallery
1997
“Ambient Luminosity,” Detroit Artists Market (DAM), Detroit, MI
1995
“Water,” The Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
“New Landscapes,” Michigan Bell World Headquarters, Troy, MI
1992
“Michigan Painters,” Rubiner Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI
“Images Unfold: Contemporary Screens,” Troy Place, Troy, MI
“Joint Ventures Landscape,” UAW-GM HR Center, UAW Regional
Headquarters, Auburn Hills, MI
“Message and Medium,” The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
“Expressive Visions/Exquisite Images Part II: Michigan Artists,” MBA, Oakland University, Rochester. MI
“Unseen Landscapes,” Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University. Detroit, MI
1991
“Salon de Refuse,” The Detroit Artists Market. Detroit, MI
1988
The Detroit Artists Market Presents,” The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1987
“Michigan Sesquicentennial,” The Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1984
“New Talent,” Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
1983
“Detroit Area Artists – The Market Presents,” The Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI
1980
Michigan Artists,” The Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2022
“Nature At Cass Cafe”, Kim Fay, Real Art Detroit, Detroit, MI, March, https://kimfay.substack.com/p/nature-at-cass-cafe
2018
www.ouartgallery.org, Light Aspects: Florence/ Light Aspects Venice
“At Your Service”, by Sadie Layher, The Oakland Post, January 17
2016
“Drawn Together: Lynn Galbreath, Coco Bruner, Sue Carman-Vian, Joyce Brienza”, Scarab Club Detroit, MI. Detroit. Art Review
2013
“Evolving The Sacred”, www. FREEP.COM, January 24
“Stretch The Strangle Hold — Artists Against War”, artifizz blog, By Jim Welke, October 4
2012
“Four”, Candgnews.com. New Exhibit Opens at PCCA, Paint Creek Center For The Arts. Thursday, January
“Women and Water”, Emily Stergar, The Phepps Arts Center, Wisconsin. July
2011
“Unmentionables: The Underwear Show”, http://detroitartistsmarket.org,
June 10
“Art and Art History Newsletter”, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. CAID Affiliated Participants. Fall
2010
“Wordage”, Motown Review of Art, Vince Carducci. mptpwmrevoewpfart.blogspot.com. Wednesday, July 14
“Gallery Project Exhibit Tackles The ‘Politics of Fear’”, John Carlos Cantu, Art Review, Ann Arbor, MI
“Wordage”@DAM,” Vince Carducci, Motown Review of Art. Detroit Arts blog.
2009
“Faculty Showcases Art”, Amanda Meade. Oakland Post, Pontiac, Michigan.
“Faculty Showcases Art”, The Oakland Post, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2006
www.detroitartsblog.com, Ann Gordon, January
www.thedetroiter.com, Nick Sousanis, January
“N-turprt”, Northfille Art House, Aaron Timlin, detroiter.com
“Meadowbrook Faculty Show”, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
www.detroitartsblog.com, Ann Gordon, January
2005
www.thedetroiter.com, Nick Sousanis, December, 2005
2001
The Metro Times, Glen Manisto, December
“Thoughtful New Shows Delight, Inform, “Beyond the Border: Landscapes & Mindscapes”, Detroit FreePress, Entertainment
2004
“Art From The Motor City”, http://www.ylem.org/artists/pallas/hh/demoisellehh/
“Studio Art Instructor to Exhibit in New York”, By Jeff Samoray, Oakland Post, Oakland University.
“Illusive Landscapes, Lynn Galbreath at District Arts Gallery”, By Nick Sousanis. The Detroiter, ws@thedetroiter.com
2001
“Telltale Eyes, Transitions In Time: New Paintings by Lynn Galbeath”, Metro Times. wwwwwwExhibitions
“Speaking of Art”, Oakland Post
2000
“The Art of The Catharctic Circle”, Introduction by Dick Goody, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, ISBN 0-925859-10
1998
“Rhymes and Riddles, Paintings by artist Lynn Galbreath”, The Mining Journal, Lifestyles
“Galbreath-Samaras”, By Joy Hakanson Colby, Detroit Free Press, Other Exhibitions
“Grants Available for State Artists”, By K. Michelle Moran, Detroit FreePress
1997
“Ambient Luminosity”, Introduction by Douglas Bulka, page 8. Detroit Artist’s Market. Detroit, Michigan
The Detroit News, Bates-Rudd, May
Ground Up, David Celmer, April
The Detroit News, Joy-Hakanson Colby, April
1996
“Hidden Assets Hold Clues to These Artistic Questions”, By Joy Hakanson Colby, Detroit FreePress
1995
“Water Moves Local Artists”, By Linda Ann Chomin, The Observer
1992
“Images Unfold”, Introduction by Gerry Craig, page 11, Detroit artist’s Market, Troy Place
“Message and Medium”, Introduction by Jim Luckey, Detroit Artist’s Market. Detroit, Michigan
The Detroit News, Joy-Hakanson Colby, April
The Detroit Free Press, Marsha Miro, April
“Message and Medium”, Jim Luckey, March
The Detroit News, Mary Klemic, October
“Unseen Landscapes”, Jim Nawara, December
The Detroit Free Press, Marsha Miro, December
1989
The Detroit News, Joy-Hakanson Colby, December
1983
The Detroit Free Press, Marsha Miro, January
PRESENTATIONS
“Oakland University Studio Presentation,” Painting Processes, Pontiac, MI, Fall, 2022
“The Gold Show, Conversations With The Artists”, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, January 2022
“Seven + Seven Conversations With The Artists”, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, February, 2, Spring, 2007
“Art@The Max VII,” Matrix Human Services, Detroit, MI
“Becky Heart & The Founder’s Society” Detroit Institute of Arts, Pontiac, MI, Apr. 26, 2006
“Mini Grant Review Panel,” Michigan Council for Arts/Oakland County Cultural Affairs, Pontiac, MI, Apr., 2006
“Trajectories/Transitions” Panel Discussion, MBA, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, Jan 2006
“The Art of Drawing,” Fine Art’s Day, Madonna University, Detroit, Michigan, Feb. 18, 2003
“Eccentric Conversations, Eccentric Objects,” Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Center, Birmingham, MI, Jun. 17, 2002
“Free Hand Perspective,” Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI, Nov. 27, 2001
“Symposium: How to Survive as an Artist In Metro Detroit” MBAG, Rochester Hills, MI, Mar. 31, 2001
“Finding Your Facture,” The Gallery at MaryGrove, MaryGrove College, Detroit, MI, Oct., 1999
“Rhymes & Riddles — Riddles & Rhymes,” Oasis Gallery, Artists Cooperative, Marquette, MI, Aug., 1998
“Grant Writing Seminar,” Oasis Gallery, Artists Cooperative, Marquette, MI, Aug. 1998
“Landscape Painting in Detroit” The Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Nov., 1992
COLLECTIONS
Wayne State University
Oakland Univerity
Detroit Receiving Hospital
Detroit Children’s Hospital
Hutzel Women’s Hospital
Michigan Endoscopy Center
Numerous Private Collections