ABOUT BURLINI SCULPTURE

Joseph A. Burlini

 

As an active artist and sculptor, Joseph Burlini (b. 1937) is well known and respected in the Midwest and throughout the United States. He is a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago and has lived and worked most of his life in Metropolitan Chicago.

After receiving a degree in industrial design from the Art Institute, where he won the prestigious Palma-Knapp scholarship for design his senior year, he spent six years designing toys and other products for Sears Roebuck and Co. Later, he taught sculpture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. A master of kinetic sculpture, Burlini works in a variety of metals and materials.

Major commissions of his work include: Walt Disney Studios; US Air Force; the Pentagon; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; and the University of Chicago. He has produced numerous large scale sculptures for corporate sites. His work has been shown in retrospectives at the Chicago Art Institute and the Museum of Science and Industry.