Rabarama Italy, b. 1969

Paola Epifani, alias Rabarama, was born in Rome in 1969.

Daughter of an artist, from her early childhood she showed a talent for sculpture. She started her artistic education at the Arts High School in Treviso, and continued later at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts. She graduated with top marks in 1991 and immediately started taking part in a large number of national and international sculpture competitions, earning growing acclaim with both the critics and the general public alike. In 1995 she started a collaboration with the gallery Dante Vecchiato. In 2000 the artist exhibited a collection of works at the Mudima Foundation in Milan and in 2001 she created a monumental sculpture for the Boca Raton Museum of Modern Art in Florida. During this period her figures, which previously had shown no aspirations whatsoever, come to a further metamorphosis; they rip off the skin-wrapping they had been covered in from the beginning, symbolizing the need to cast off their casing, in the relentless attempt to free themselves, an exhausting and never-ending struggle. The first works belonging to this second experimental phase were exhibited at the end of 2000, at the Enrico Navarra Gallery in Paris. In 2001 Rabarama’s research focused on a series of monumental sculptures with a highly visual impact. These works were displayed in public spaces and foundations, such as the Palazzo Bricherasio Foundation in Turin, the Dolores Olmedo Patio Museum in Mexico City (Mexico), the Fleury Museum, Lodéve (France), Open 2002, Venice Lido (Venice), the important Beijing International Art Biennal (China 2003) and the Museums of San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome. Nowadays Rabarama lives and works in Padua. 

Rabarama is considered an all-round artist by her critics and most demanding collectors, thanks to the steady flow of official recognition and awards she has received on the national and international art scene. Her artistic value is confirmed by the extraordinary participation to the Biennale of Venice, the 54th International Art Exhibition, where she was chosen as artist for the Italian Pavilion; From June 4th to November 27th the visitors from around the world could admire one of her large marble sculptures at the Arsenale, one of the most fascinating locations.