Pino Procopio (1954) - QUATTRO ASSI E UN ERMELLINO

Fine Art Giclée "Quattro assi e un ermellino"

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Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, exponent of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but completed in Rome. In 1982 he earned a degree in architecture from La Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” hosted his first solo show. After two years spent in Verona, in 1985 he settled in Giulianova, in Abruzzo.
In 2001, the “Fondazione Italiana Stauròs Onlus” invited him to exhibit at the Staurós Museum of Sacred Contemporary Art in San Gabriele. The work “Father, into Your hands I commend my spirit” is today a permanent piece of the museum’s collection.
The following year, in 2002, he created the painting for the poster of the World Book and Copyright Day, sponsored by UNESCO.
The State Monopolies commissioned him in 2003 to realize the painting to be affixed to the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would be placed on the Italy Lotteries ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted a Roma exhibition recounting the evolution of the Italian postal service in 100 years of history.
In 2007 the Pescara Committee of the “Dante Alighieri Society” awarded him the “Dante Alighieri 2007” prize in the Art section.
The following year, in 2008, in Rome, the Boncompagni-Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art organized “Odyssey, scenes of a journey,” a show dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he participated in the group show Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Palazzo dello Sport, with UNESCO and MIUR sponsorship, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa,” a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, linked to the immigrant drama.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to realize the Palio della Quintana of the historic August tournament.
Also in 2019, he exhibited in two solo shows, at the Palazzo del Pegaso of the Tuscany Region in Florence and later at the Museum of the Peoples of Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palace of the People’s Captains in Ascoli Piceno, a solo show
Centered on the chivalric theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Musei and the Marche Region.
In 2021, with the sponsorship of the Marche Region and the Municipality of Recanati, he was invited to exhibit a solo show focused on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the aula magna of the municipal building in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Stores of the City of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region."