Paola Romano (1951-2021) - Omaggio ad Arman

Tribute to Arman; a unique work by Paola Romano
Mixed media on Panel
Dimensions 30 cm
Year 2019
*Paola Romano (1951 - 2021)* was an Italian painter, sculptor and designer.

Biography

- *Born:* September 17, 1951 in Monterotondo (Rome)
- *Died:* September 15, 2021 in Monterotondo, aged 69
- *Education:* RUFA - Rome University of Fine Arts, in Rome

She trained in the Roman artistic environment, where she lived and worked until 2011. In 2012 she opened a showroom in the ancient quarter of her hometown, Monterotondo.

Artistic career

Around 2000 she began a more active period, with a materia-inspired painting dominated by the white/black, red and gold contrast. The material becomes the protagonist of her works.

Her most famous series:
- *Lune* - the best known, in 2012 it "invaded" the sky of Via Margutta in Rome
- *Planimetrie*
- *Plastiche*
- *Zoom*
- *Affreschi*
- *Bronze sculptures*
- *Monochromes* - particularly the white ones

Key moments

- *2005:* First personal show at the Gallery dei Leoni in Via Margutta. Pupi Avati notes her and commissions 3 works for the film _La cena per farli conoscere_
- *2007:* International Arcaist Award in Tarquinia
- *2009:* Approdi d'Autore Award and Rome Award
- *2011:* Participates in the *54th Venice Biennale of Art*, Italy Pavilion at the Arsenal, with a large three-dimensional installation in Plexiglass and material. Presented by Giovanni Puglisi, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi. In the same year she published the book _Paola Romano. Il mare della tranquillità_ (Maretti Editore)
- *2012:* Exhibition _Equilibri Astrali_ at the Sant’Andrea al Quirinale complex in Rome
- *2013:* Solo show _Io, Paola Romano_ at the Philobiblon Gallery in Rome
- *2014:* One of her works from the Monochromes series appears in Carlo Verdone's film _Sotto una buona stella_

Works in museums

Her best-known work, *Luna sospesa bianca (2011)*, is housed at the Avellino Art Museum.

Her works are also part of permanent collections at the Magna Carta Foundation in Rome and at the Vatican’s Urban Rooms.

Were you looking for her, the Monterotondo-based artist, or another Paola Romano? Because there is also a Paola Romano at the University of Benevento, with the same name.