title: Elena Rede
text: # Elena Rede
  
  Elena Rede, pseudonym of Elena Re Depaolini, (born November 18, 1967) is an Italian sculptor of contemporary art.
  
  ## Artistic practice
  
  Rede was trained in painting and sculpture in her childhood by her grandfather, a carpenter and sculptor, replicating the mannequins of her parents' tailoring with occasional materials. After graduating from high school, she studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. She deepens her studies in sculpture, but it is the encounter with Igor Mitoraj that drives her to follow her artistic vocation. She exhibited at Villa Pamphilj, Rome, at Stattbad, Berlin, at the Carrousel du Louvre Paris, ad Art Basel, Miami, at the Pavilion Expo Italy Milan, at the Sanat Fuari Istanbul, at the Grimaldi Forum (Principality of Monaco), exhibits from (2011–2012), to the Italian Pavilion of Torino, Sala Nervi, where the 54th Venice Biennale was held, an exhibition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy by Vittorio Sgarbi, to Matalon Foundation, 2017, Milan, Sanremo with the installation art of public works ‘’Re Nasci’’. They are interested in her artistic production, Giovanni Faccenda, Vittorio Sgarbi, Philippe Daverio, Dario Fo.
  
  