Orfeo Reda


Orfeo Reda was an Italian visual artist, who is most known as a painter.

Life and career

Reda was born in Pantanolungo di Carolei on 9 November 1932, to a homemaker mother and a father who was a farmer and veteran of the First World War.
At 16, he won first prize at the Fiera Campionaria in Cosenza with a scholarship offered by the Chamber of Commerce. He completed his maturity at the Art Institute and his drawing diploma at the Liceo Artistico Mattia Preti in Reggio Calabria under the guidance of the illustrious Art Historian Professor Alfonso Francipane.
He then dedicated himself to the teaching of artistic disciplines such as: Drawing and History of Art at the Higher Middle Schools and Artistic Education at the Middle Schools. He carried out his activity as a painter in his studio in Amantea where he lived for many years.
His works appear in public collections all over the world and numerous are the prizes awarded to the artist, such as: Riace Bronzes Prize in Reggio Calabria; Masters of Italian art trophy in Salsomaggiore; Drach Prize in Palma de Majorca; Kowloon Prize in Hong Kong; Expo arte Tirrenia 20th edition.
Reda died on 5 October 2025, at the age of 92.

Painting exhibitions