Born in
southern Italy in 1958, Mirella Luigia Raganato (Rami) has displayed a
remarkable talent for drawing and painting since childhood. In 2007, she
ventured into sculpture and, in 2009, she began studying iconography at Pulsano
Abbey, an ancient Apulian monastery. She earned a 'Master of Arts Certificate'
in 2012 and received the 'Academic Diploma of Doctor of Arts – Honoris Causa'
from the Santa Sara Academy in Alessandria, Italy, in 2015. She has
participated in art exhibitions in Italy and abroad, winning various awards
including the 'Jury and Critics Prize' in Piacenza in 2016, the Michelangelo
International Prize in Rome in 2019, the 'Certificate of Excellence' in a
Circle Arts online platform monthly competition in June 2022, and the 'Winner Certificate'
in the 59th Artavita Online Art Contest in July 2023.

Some of her sculptures can be found in catalogues published
by EA Editore in Palermo, including Annuario di Scultura Contemporanea, edited
by Paolo Levi; Annuario d'Arte Contemporanea Artisti, edited by Vittorio Sgarbi
(2014); and Eccellenze. Sguardi sulla scultura contemporanea, edited by P.
Levi, S. Bison, S. Russo and S. Serradifalco (2015); the Biennale
Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea, edited by Paolo Levi and Sandro
Serradifalco (Mantova, 2017); the 13th issue of World Wide Art Magazine, Santa
Barbara, CA, USA, https://wwab.us/wwa-magazine-13; and the 10th issue of Circle
Foundation for the Arts Magazine, Lyon, France, 2023, https://circle-arts.com/circle_quarterly_10/.

She has
received various awards, including:

Ø  “Primo Premio” e “Diploma di Merito” al Concorso Nazionale “Modern Art 2013” –
Alessandria;

Ø   Premio Biennale “Gondola per l’Arte” - Venezia, 2012;

Ø  “Premio della Giuria e della Critica” al Concorso Internazionale La
Spadarina, Piacenza 2016;

Ø  “I° Premio della Critica”
- Accademia Santa Sara di Alessandria, 2015;

Ø  “Prima classificata” al concorso “Italia Mostra 2016” – Alessandria;

Ø  Premio
Internazionale Michelangelo
– ART NOW - Palazzo Brancaccio, Roma, 2019;

Ø  Finalist
Certificate March 2021 – Artavita online contest 2021;

Ø  Finalist
Certificate June 2021 – Artavita online contest 2021;

Ø  Finalist
Certificate November 2021 – Artavita online contest 2021;

Ø  Certificate of Excellence  June 2022– the Circle Foundation for the Arts online
platform;

Ø  Winner Certificate July 2023 – the 59^th
Artavita Online Art Contest.

Ø  Finalist Certificate March 2024  – the 63th Artavita online contest 2024;

Ø  Finalist Certificate October 2024 – the 67^th Artavita online
contest 2024;

Ø  Circle Foundation for the Arts – Masterful Mind Award May 2025

https://www.webartgallery.it/mirellaraganato

http://www.artavita.com/artists/17168-rami

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