"Sul Tram" (2018) Painting by Valerio Scarapazzi

Born in Rome in 1978, since childhood we understand that he is endowed with the sacred fire of art, therefore choosing higher studies at the Primo Liceo Artistico in Rome, following above all the teachings of the masters Renzogallo and Bruno Conte, where then he graduated brilliantly. His artistic career thus began shortly thereafter.

Among the most important exhibitions are Telethon 2002, Work in Progress in Via Margutta (RM), the 2003 Rome Nature National Award (winner of the audience award), the Gran Premio Marco Aurelio (RM), New Italian Renaissance (RM), Italy Award for the Visual Arts (winner of the under 30 award in 2005, 2006 and 2007), Spoleto Festival Art (2014), Exhibition Market in Budapest (2016), "In Fabrica", personal painting exhibition at the White Cloud Studio, Rome (2017), Art Biennale, Viterbo, Palazzo Dei Priori, curated by Apai Arte (2018), Libertad Mi Frida, Sala Baldini, Rome, curated by Claudia Esposito (10/11/2019); #r_existiamo virtual group exhibition, then real, curated by Penelope Filacchione - ArtSharing (April - September 2020); L'UOMO COL NOSE UP, virtual collective exhibition  curated by Cartoline Volanti  (June 2020) ; COEX 2020 at Palazzo Ruspoli in Nemi, collective exhibition curated by Monica Bisin (September 2020).

In 2006 it was included and listed in the well-known art yearbook ''IL QUADRATO'' of Milan. From 2008 to today he has dedicated himself, in addition to bodypainting, working together with some photographers, also to teaching the basics of drawing, from life and not, as well as making numerous extemporaneous painting and drawing exhibitions during musical and theatrical events, such as the one at the Concert of S. Stefano, at the Ara Coeli, in 2009 in Rome. In 2010 he made extemporaneous sketches in the "JAZZ AL CENTRO" review, organized, in the exhibition, by the "NERO SU BIANCO" bookshop and by the "METROMORFOSI" magazine in Rome. He always proposes himself in the capital, as a live painter at the Celimontana Jazz Festival, gaining important visibility and continuous success. From the end of the same year he began to collaborate as an illustrator with the magazine El Tanguero, and from March 2012 again as an illustrator, with the well-known artist, actress and director Virginia Barrett. In 2014 he won the Pink Floyd Theme Exhibition competition exhibiting the work "Astronomy Domine" in Venice. In 2015 he was hired as a portraitist on stage for the show "Tango Cabaret" by Stefania Corradetti, at the Salone Margherita. He was a guest of the Tg2 Insieme show as an impromptu artist. He then illustrates "Tango Tehran", a novel by Ermanno Felli, and since 2017 he has been teaching painting at UPTER. In 2018 he teaches watercolor at the Center for Socio-Cultural Activities at a branch of the Bank of Italy, where he also exhibits some works for the solo show "Anthological Five". Also in 2018 he participates in the Rome Art Week event. He currently lives and works in Rome.

• Nationality: ITALY
• Date of birth : 1978
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Italian Artists