Chiara Rapaccini
RAP
Hello
My name is Chiara, known artistically as RAP. I am a writer, painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and children’s author. I am the mother of a wonderful daughter named Rosa. I became a children’s author by telling her fairy tales for hours when she wouldn’t fall asleep.
I was born in Florence, the most famous art city in the world, but at twenty I flew to Rome, the city of "La Dolce Vita" and international cinema.
A true artist, to truly deserve that name, must see and experience places, things, and people. They must be aware that in order to seek fresh, new, revolutionary ideas, one can never learn enough.
I tried. These are the results!
My Story
Chiara Rapaccini “RAP,” originally from Florence, lives in Rome, where she holds the Chair of Illustration at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED). A painter, sculptor, illustrator, and writer, she has published numerous children’s books and novels for adults with major Italian publishers, and has collaborated with various Italian weekly and daily newspapers.
With her partner, film director Mario Monicelli, she wrote and produced the documentary "Vicino al Colosseo c’è Monti" in 2008, which was presented at the Venice Film Festival in 2015 and at major international festivals.
Her artworks have been exhibited from New York to Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Havana, Paris, Lisbon, Rome, Venice, and Milan.
In 2019, she created the documentary "AMORI DI LATTA". Close Encounters with Teenagers for Rai Storia, premiered at the Rome Film Festival.
She also directed the animated short film for the campaign “Torniamo a Sorridere” for the City of Bologna’s New Year’s Eve 2021 celebration.
In 2023, her latest novel, "Mio amato Belzebú", was published by Giunti Editore. With this book she won the Premio Afrodite in Rome, the Premio Bertoldo in Florence, and the Premio Il Ceppo in Pistoia.
Rap has a daughter named Rosa. She lives in the heart of Rome, in her fantastical home-studio just steps away from the Colosseum.
