Carol Rama Award

Now in its sixth edition, the Carol Rama Award is strengthened by an important new partnership. Alongside Fondazione Sardi per l’Arte, whose vision has been fundamental in establishing and sustaining the project, the Prize now welcomes the GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea of Turin, thus enhancing institutional dialogue within the city. The collaboration with Artissima and with the award’s promoters lays the foundation for future growth, consolidating the Award’s role as a platform for artistic recognition. This year as well, the Carol Rama Award will be conferred upon the artist who, through their practice, most effectively embodies the ideal of unconventional female creativity and artistic freedom, powerfully represented in the work and personality of Carol Rama. The winner will receive a monetary prize of 2,500 euros in support of their artistic research. Established in 2020, the Award originates from Pinuccia Sardi’s long-standing commitment to Carol Rama’s artistic legacy, which also included support for the publication of the catalogue raisonné and, in 2019, the acquisition of the contents of the apartment at Via Napione 15 in Torino. This residence, where Carol Rama lived and worked from the 1940s until her passing in 2015, became a gathering place for artists and cultural figures alike.

In 2024, the prize was awarded to Belen Uriel (presented by the gallery Magragoa, Lisbon).