BURLINI STUDIO, INC.
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

Burlini Studio of the Arts is a wonderful art studio where creative possibilities are limitless. Whether you are just beginning your creative journey or are an established artist, you will enjoy our small classes, well-equipped studio and outstanding facility. We are committed to awakening and inspiring artistic passion in an environment where you can feel successful with your effort while having fun and appreciating the process of making art. Christopher J. Burlini is a 3rd generation artist from Chicago, IL.  Burlini has received classical training at the prestigious Florence Academy of Art in Italy, and has over twenty years of experience from coast-to-coast as a fine art artist.  By combing his experience and techniques, Burlini is able to provide a unique teaching method to his studio in Boca Raton, FL. To see Burlini's artworks, please click on the link below: When the artist is no longer thinking about the ​mechanics of what they are doing,  is impossible to walk into Burlini Studio of the Arts in Boca Raton without immediately feeling enriched by the experience.  From the moment you walked in, you discover that you are being offered the rare opportunity to learn not only from an Italian – master – trained artist, but from someone with a genuine passion to nurture creatively and artistic expression in others.  “Working with Chris Burlini gives people the ability to do things they never did before and never thought they could,” said art student Shirley Kayne.”  “Chris and his wife Belinda have created a studio designed to provide an exceptional working environment.”    artists in South Florida will tell you that many of the area’s continuing education classes(i.e., painting, sculpting, pottery, etc.) leave them feeling a little…uninspired.  So they’ll be thrilled to hear about the recent opening of Burlini Studio of the Arts,helmed by third - generation artist Christopher Burlini.  “At a lot of the art institutions in America, they tell the artists that they’re doing great and then kind of leave them alone,” he says.  “But there are time-tested methods that can teach you how to think and see as an artist.”   In addition to offering inspiration to the students in his studio, Burlini strives to inspire the less fortunate by auctioning off pieces for charity or donating works to children’s hospitals to brighten patients’ lives.   ​MASTER IN THE MAKING Burlini, in his 40's, was an art instructor at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, launched his own Burlini Studio of the Arts in the same city in August, 2010.   But reaching this impressive plateau hasn’t come without the notorious struggle many young artists must persevere In his last year of college, Burlini created a portrait of Marilyn Monroe that drew the admiration of Richard Don of Edward Don restaurant supply family.  Don purchased the painting and, upon delivery, offered Burlini the choice of two envelopes, one thick and one thin.  The young artist instinctively selected the thicker one thinking it was stuffed with cash.  But upon returning home, he later found the contents were actually old brochures of Italian master painters.  A puzzled Burlini called Don. The savvy businessman explained that he wasn’t paying Burlini money for the painting, but rather something much more valuable; training at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy.  It was an opportunity of a lifetime! After studying in Florence, Burlini eventually relocated to South Beach with the dream of spreading artistic cultural awareness.  He made ends meet by selling erotic paintings in the hot-spot’s night clubs.  But over the years, Burlini stayed true to his love for pop pluralism.  Today, his work can be found in Chicago’s Field Museum, has been featured in the American Art Collector Magazine, and a painting commissioned for the 2008 McDonalds World-wide Convention is hanging in the AES Gallery in Chicago.  His steadfast attitude eventually earned him an invitation to be one of four presenting annual artists in the Boca Raton Museum of Art.  A lecture on his first exhibit produced the largest turnout in the museum’s history – 500 arrived to an auditorium built to accommodate 80.  And the rest is history.   "We don't teach at any other communities, but Polo is special to us. We are like family," says Chris. With a mission to awaken and inspire artistic passion in others, what inspires him is the dedication he sees from his Polo Club students.  "No matter what they are facing, from physical to emotional struggles, they still find a way to get here," he admires, sharing that he has students who started at age 90 and are still with him eight years later. we encourage them to paint how they see things through their feelings, not just paint what is in from of them.  this helps build confidence that their feelings have merit." If it sounds therapeutic, there is reason.  For some students, painting is a way to process something they have experienced.  "The story behind the painting can make the work remarkable," he adds.  And we are really impressed by the work that is coming out of Polo Club."    "I am a better teach than I am a painter." says Christopher Burlini, who teaches novices and near-professionals and anyone in beteween at this Burlini Studio of the Arts on Boca Raton Boulevard.     Burlini, a Chicago native who says his father and grandfather were sculptors, leaned toward product design in college - "it came with a nice paycheck," he says, and smiles - but an oil - painting class inspired a more painterly path.  Burlini Studio Of The Arts reserves the right to cancel classes with insufficient enrollment. If a class is cancelled by Burlini Studio Of The Arts, you will be issued a full refund within one week.