Olga Carolina Rama, known as Carol Rama (17 April 1918 – 24 September 2015) is an Italian self-taught artist whose unconventional painting encompasses an erotic, and often sexually aggressive universe populated by characters who present themes of sexual identity with specific references to female sensuality. Her work was relatively little known until curator Lea Virgine included several pieces in a 1980 exhibition, prompting Rama to revisit her earlier watercolour style. Her first exhibition in 1945 at Galleria Faber was shut down by the Turin police. Her early works were watercolour paintings and beginning in the 1950s she began incorporating objects such as hypodermic syringes and small mechanical parts into her art. In the 1960s, her primary material became strips of rubber from tyres.
Carol Rama: Eye of Eyes - Lévy Gorvy, New York, NY
Carol Rama - Repetto Gallery, London.
Carol Rama: Antibodies - New Museum, New York City, NY
Carol Rama. The lacerations of the world - De Primi Fine Art, Lugano
Carol Rama: Spazio anche più che tempo - Palazzo Canova, Venezia
Carol Rama - Galerie Haas AG, Zurich
Passion According to Carol Rama - Galleria Civica d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAM), Turin
Carol Rama - Fergus McCaffrey, New York City, NY
The Passion According to Carol Rama - Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin
Carol Rama - Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Passion According To Carol Rama - EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
La Passion selon Carol Rama - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris
The Passion According To Carol Rama - Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona
Carol Rama: Prints - CRG Gallery, New York City, NY
Carol Rama - Oltre L'opera Grafica - Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna Ascona, Ascona
Spazia Anche Piu Che Tempo - Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Carol Rama - Böse Zungen - Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf
Carol Rama - Cadeau & Idilli - Galerie Ute Parduhn, Dusseldorf
Carol Rama - Appassionata - Ex Chiesa Anglicana, Alassio, SV
Autorattristatrice - Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Good Manners - Maccarone Gallery, New York City, NY
Carol Rama. L'occhio degli occhi - Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Carol Rama, works on paper - Galerie West, The Hague
Eroica - Galerie Steinek, Vienna
Carol Rama - Galleria Franco Masoero, Turin
Carol Rama - Galleria Balmelli Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona
Carol Rama - Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
Carol Rama - Antologica. Opere su carta 1939-2005 - MMMAC - Museo Materiali Minimi D´arte Contemporanea, Capaccio, SA
Carol Rama - La coda della cometa - Galleria dell'Incisione, Brescia
Carol Rama l’opera incisa 1944-2005 - Ca’ Pesaro, Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna, Venice
Carol Rama - Seduzioni - Galerie Ute Parduhn, Dusseldorf
CAROL RAMA - "FA VISSUTO" - MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Salzburg
Carol Rama - Galerie Steinek, Vienna
Carol Rama - BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
Carol Rama - Appassionata - Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
Carol Rama - MART- Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
Carol Rama - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Carolrama - Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam
Carol Rama - Monica De Cardenas - Milano, Milan