Robert Najlis was born in Brooklyn, NY, and resides in New York
City.

He studied abstract painting, and worked as a studio assistant with Frank O'Cain at
the Art Students League of New York. He also studied Chinese
Calligraphy. He previously studied figure drawing with Michael
Burban at the Art Students League, as well as drawing and painting
with Tom Morris at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in
Washington, DC.

Robert's artistic influences include Rembrandt, Miró, Cézanne, and

(Qi Bai-shi).