Rabarama Italian, b. 1969

RABARAMA, aka Paola Epifani, born in 1969 in Rome, Italy, is an artist who lives and works in Padua. She is a daughter of art, and from an early age she showed a natural talent for sculpture. Rabarama began his training at the Treviso School of Art, then later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. She graduated in 1991 with high marks and immediately began participating in a large number of national and international sculpture competitions, which brought her much praise from the public and critics.

RABARAMA creates sculptures and paintings with men, women or hybrid creatures, often also passing through the eccentric. The skin of the subjects created by the artist is always decorated with symbols, letters, hieroglyphics and other figures in a variety of forms. The "membrane", the "cloak" that seems to envelop these figures constantly changes, always enriching itself with new signs, symbols and metaphors. Thanks to his multifaceted talent, Rabarama has experimented and created, over time, his works in different materials, from the first ones in terracotta, to then move on to the more classic and well-known painted bronzes, also recalling the fascinating unique pieces in marble, glass and rare stones, resin inclusions, silicone resin monotypes, precious artist jewels and, obviously, also the splendid paintings and silk-screen prints.
Her long journey, full of successes, led her to be present at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011 with the monumental work Abbandono, made entirely of Carrara marble.
In addition to this fundamental recognition, her works have been exhibited in the major world capitals of the art scene such as, among others, Paris, Florence, Cannes, Miami, Shanghai.
Furthermore, numerous and important are the acquisitions of his works by important public and private institutions such as the Beijing Biennial Art Museum, the Sculpture Space in Shanghai and the Copelouzos Museum in Athens, without forgetting the three monumental works purchased by the Municipality of Reggio Calabria and exhibited at the Falcomatà seafront.
In 2015, Rabarama won the international competition organized by the Municipality of Vallo della Lucania (SA). Following this victory, Leud was created, the largest marble work ever created by the artist, today exhibited in the characteristic historic center. Furthermore, the artistic understanding and collaboration with Cirque du Soleil remains unforgettable.