EDUCATION
University of South Florida, B.A. in History from the College of Social and Behavioral Studies, 1983.
Directed studies in Composition and Sculpture with Jerry Meatyard (brother of Ralph Eugene Meatyard).
Hillsborough Community College Pre-Liberal Arts with emphasis in Music and Art, 1980.
EXHIBITIONS
2025 January 10-April 27, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Dignity: The Light Within, Tarpon Springs, FL
2024 October 30-November 21, Hillsborough Community College FASTA Exhibition Tampa, FL.
2024 August 14-September 7, Carrollwood Cultural Center, Narratives, Tampa, FL.
2024 June 8-June 30, Stirling Gallery, Whispers Of The Natural World, Dunedin, FL.
2024 January 12-February 24, Mount Dora Center For The Arts. Solo Exhibition: Under One Sun, Mount Dora, FL.
2023-2024 June 26-March 4, Hillsborough Community College, Selections from the Permanent Collection.
2023 Professional Development for Artists Grant Recipient from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County, FL.
2023 August 19-September 2, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Juried Exhibit-The Streets, Minneapolis, MN.
2023 July 12 – July 29, Soho Photo Gallery, 28th National Juried Competition, Soho, New York, NY.
2023 July, Invited Artist, Online Exhibition July 9-15th, 2023 Peace, Love, Art: Showcase.
2023 June 1-August 5, Arts Center Sarasota, Identity, Exploring The Human Condition, Juried Exhibition, Sarasota, FL.
2022/2023 Sarasota Arts Center, Black and White, Juried Exhibition, Sarasota, FL.
2022 October 1-October 31 Five Deuces Galleria, Black and White, Juried Exhibition, Saint Petersburg, FL.
2022 August 15-September 29, Hillsborough Community College, FASTA Juried Exhibition, Gallery 221, Tampa, FL.
2022 August 14-October 14, Museum of Science and Industry, Group Exhibition, Tampa, FL.
2022 July 13-August 7 Soho Photo Gallery National Competition, New York, NY.
2022 May 6-May 28 SE Center for Photography, Abstract Juried exhibition, Greenville, SC.
2022 March 19-May 14 PhotoSpiva, George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, National Juried Exhibition, Joplin, MO.
2022 March Art Fluent, International, Juried Exhibit Online, Humanity.
2022 February 14-March 14 Biafrin Canada, International Juried Exhibit Online, LOVE.
2022 January 6-January 29 Los Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Juried Exhibit, Human Faces and Figures.
2022 January 6 -February 27 Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA..
2021-2022 November-December 2021 12th Annual Photo book Show Dignity No Matter What: The Light Within Collector Edition Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson New York.
2021 November 13th-27th Praxis Photo Arts Center, Juried Exhibit-Open Theme, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2021 August 21-September 4th Praxis Photo Arts Center, Juried Exhibit-The Artist Intervenes, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2021 February 6th, Invited Artist - Athletes/Artists and Causes, Tampa, FL.
2021 January 8th - March 28th Museum of Art, Deland, FL . Solo Exhibit Rampolla: Dignity: The Light Within.
2021 February 4th-May 9th Juried Exhibit Art and History Museum, Maitland, FL.
2020 October 5th-December 10th Hillsborough County Community College Gallery 321, Rampolla: Three Generations Illuminate Human Dignity, Tampa, FL.
2020 January 11th-February 8th Juried Exhibit-I Am- Morean Arts Center, St Petersburg, FL.
2019 Professional Development for Artists Grant Recipient from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County, FL.
2019 November-December Exquisite Corpse Games Exhibit Grace Howl Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
2019 Invited Artist - Exquisite Corpse Games, St Petersburg, FL.
2018 October-December The Wine Bar Cafe, Tampa, FL.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Hamburg Collection, Tampa, Florida.
Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center, Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Hillsborough Community College Permanent Collection, Tampa, Florida.
The R. Lynn Whitelaw Collection, Palm Harbor, Florida.
The George Bolge Collection, Boca Raton, Florida.
SE Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina.
Praxis Gallery, St Paul Minnesota-Permanent Collection.
Maitland Museum of Art and History, Florida-Permanent Collection.
Museum of Art-Deland, Florida-Permanent Collection.
PUBLICATIONS
PhotoSnack featured photographer September, 2024
PhotoSnack featured photograph August, 2024
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Group Exhibit-The Streets, August 2023.
Working Title Magazine, ‘Renato Rampolla: Photography as an Art’, 2022 a review by George S. Bolge, Director Emeritus The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Director Emeritus The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida.
SE Center for Photography, Group Exhibition, Abstract, 2022.
Bildersturm, contemporary photography books, features Dignity No Matter What, Collector Edition 2021.
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Group Exhibition, Open Theme, 2021.
Dek Unu Fine Photography Magazine, Featured Artist: Renato Rampolla, May 2021.
Dignity No Matter What: The Light Within Collector Edition, by Renato Rampolla, 2020.
Dignity No Matter What: The Light Within, by Renato Rampolla, 2018, 2019.
Frank Rampolla: Drawings from the personal sketchbooks of Frank Rampolla, by Renato Rampolla, 2011.
PRESS
LensCulture featured portrait LensCulture website, 2019.
Creative Loafing, Best of the Bay Best Human Photography for a Social Cause, 2019.
ABC Action News, Photographer Captures Peoples Untold Stories, November 2019.
WTAJ Pennsylvania, Florida Artist Brings Attention to Homeless in a Creative Way, November 2019.
Kat Kanavos Show, Podcast Interview. January 15th, 2019.
Carrollwood Cultural Center, Lecture on The Dignity Project, July 10, 2019.
Arts Council of Tampa Bay, August, 2019.
The Tampa Times, “To Understand Homeless People, Tampa Photographer Spent 18 Months Meeting With Them.” , Paul Guzzo, October 16th, 2018.
WFLA Daytime, Television Interview with Renato Rampolla, Cindi Edwards, November 14th, 2018.
Tippy Talk Show, Podcast Interview, November 21, 2018.
Creative Loafing, “New photography book features Tampa Bay's Homeless”, Jennifer Ring, December 27th, 2018.
BOOK SIGNINGS, LECTURES AND FLASH SHOWS
2019 November 14th, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL.
2019 November 10th, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL.
2019 September 10th, Ybor City Chamber of Commerce, Tampa, Florida.
2019 September 3rd, Land O’ Lakes Photography Club, Land O’ Lakes Florida.
2019 August 23rd, Cafe Con Tampa, Oxford Exchange, Tampa, Florida.
2019 July 26th, Arts Council of Tampa, Florida.
2019 July 17th Tampa Language Center, Tampa, FL.
2019 July 10th, Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa, Florida.
2018 November 25th, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida.
2018 October 20th, The Wine Bar Cafe, Tampa, Florida.
