About Rachele Moneta
Rachele Moneta was born in Rome on May 20, 2000. She enrolled in a painting course at the Academy of Fine Arts and, from 2017 to 2020, also attended a private art course. During this time, she discovered her strong predilection towards various painting techniques. Rachele experimented with different mediums, including pencils, charcoal, watercolors, and acrylics. Finally, she found her passion in figurative art, using oil painting as her primary medium.
In December 2018, she participated in her first service camp in Nairobi with the GiacomoGiacomo ETS association, a very significant and intense experience. After a break during the pandemic, she returned to Nairobi in December 2022, and has done so every year since.
Rachele’s Art Technique & The African Influence
Upon her return from the camp in 2022, the idea for these paintings was born, created using the technique of oil painting on African fabric. Essentially, after assembling the wooden frame, instead of applying a white canvas, Rachele uses the fabric to paint directly on it. This idea emerged from her need to convey the experience she had, the reality she encountered during the camps, and the people she met. Struggling to express all this and her e motions in words, she decided to tell it visually. The individuals Rachele portrays are indeed all the children, women, and young people she met and who left a mark on her.
The paintings aim to invite viewers to open their eyes and hearts to this reality.
“The African fabrics in the background provide an additional cultural dimension, passing through the visual experience, while the children and people depicted represent the sweetness and the ability to make you feel welcomed despite differences,” Rachele explains.
In September 2023 and 2024, with the GiacomoGiacomo association, Rachele held two fundraising events, during which she displayed some of her paintings, which were then sold at auction, also for fundraising purposes.
In August 2024, she had her solo exhibition at the Camaldoli Monastery in the province of Arezzo.
