Pino Procopio (1954) - NAPOLEONE

Fine Art Giclée "Napoleone"

- Multiple work 1/99
- Original artwork on high-quality paper
- Dry stamp of the Artist Studio
- Authenticity hologram
– Certificate of authenticity provided

Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, a figure 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 Museo Staurós di Arte Sacra Contemporanea in San Gabriele. The work “Padre, nelle tue mani consegno il mio spirito” is today a permanent piece in 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 Commission commissioned him, in 2003, to create the painting to be placed on the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to paint the image that would be placed on the Italian Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications organized in Rome a show that tells the evolution of the Italian postal service over 100 years of history.
In 2007 the Pescara Committee of the “Dante Alighieri Society” awarded him the “Dante Alighieri 2007” prize in the Arts section.
The following year, in 2008, in Rome, the Boncompagni-Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art hosted “Ulisse, 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 exhibition, Corporate Art, concerning the close ties between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Palace of Sport, under the patronage of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa” took place, a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio fable in a modern key, linked to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Comune di Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create the Palio della Quintana for the historic August joust.
Also in 2019, he exhibited in two solo shows, at the Palazzo del Pegaso of the Region of Tuscany in Florence and, subsequently, at the Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo in Ascoli Piceno, a solo show focused on the chivalric theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Comune di Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Musei and Regione Marche.
In 2021, with the sponsorship of the Marche Region and the Comune di Recanati, he was invited to exhibit in 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 Magazzini del Sale of the municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Regione Toscana.