RAFFAELLA SILVI (Ellaví): I attended the Art School at the S. Orsola Institute in Rome, in 1989 I began my studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in via Ripetta in the painting school held by Prof. Brunori where I could learn the tempera painting technique and the relative chromatic scales; later then with Prof. A. Trotti I was able to deepen the figurative genre and I had the opportunity to express myself autonomously with the oil technique completing my studies and graduating with full marks in 1993. Subsequently I attended a restoration course of the " antique painting ". I have participated in many group exhibitions and have been awarded several times. Since 1995 I have not wanted to participate in other events despite having continued to work and experiment with other techniques: “It is through color that I organize shapes and spaces. My whole life is color, it is the mirror of my soul. "