Colin Breslin
Colin Breslin is an artist and muralist in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He paints large-scale murals and original works on canvas, and builds dimensional installations. Cars, buildings, water, birds, and the streets he grew up on are frequent subjects.
As a sixth grader, he was moved into a high school figure-drawing class. He trained under Anthony Lauro at the AutoNation Academy of Art + Design at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale on a multiple-year full scholarship, then earned his BFA at Florida State University, where he received the Andy McLachlin Memorial Award in 2024.
His work moves between technical realism and abstraction. The realism comes from years of drawing from life. The abstraction started at FSU, where he began building paintings from a grid and letting the shapes break out of it. Both show up in the murals.
South Florida is part of the subject matter too, from Las Olas Boulevard and Miami Beach to the architecture, street art, water, and wildlife around him.
He also grew up around custom woodwork and architectural fabrication. Recent work draws on that experience, moving off the flat surface into carved, layered, and mounted forms.
In 2024 he was selected from over 78 applicants for the first class of Business for the Arts of Broward's Mural Mentorship Program, joining four other emerging artists to paint a mural designed by Lori Pratico at Broward Health Medical Center. Through the organization he went on to assist Cey Adams with the installation of several Lead With LOVE murals in Broward County. In 2026 he designed and painted Song of the Cypress, a 25' × 10' acrylic mural for Scouting America South Florida Council in Davie, donated by BBX Capital through BFA Broward's Art Walls program.
His work is on exhibition at the Las Olas River House Art Gallery and on display at Hoffman's Chocolates on Las Olas. He is completing a dimensional art installation for The Beck Group's office lobby on Las Olas Boulevard.
Selected Recognition & Experience
BFA, Florida State University
Andy McLachlin Memorial Award, 2024
AutoNation Academy of Art + Design at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, full scholarship
BFA Broward Mural Mentorship Program, inaugural class, 2024
Las Olas River House Art Gallery, juried exhibition, 2026
Featured in VoyageMIA, July 2026.
“Every painting begins with a sense of rhythm — structure, color, and light working together to create movement. I approach each piece as both craftsman and explorer, blending control with curiosity.”