Pino Procopio (1954) - SAVANA

Fine Art Giclée "Savana"

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- Authenticity hologram
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Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor, and illustrator, representative of figurative art. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro but were completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in Architecture from La Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” held 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 “Padre, nelle tue mani consegno il mio spirito” 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 create the painting to be placed on the ticket of the European Lottery, and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would be placed on the ticket of the Italia Lottery.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome a show that narrates 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 hosted “Ulisse, scenes of a journey,” a show dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he took part in the group exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Palazzo dello Sport in Teramo, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa” took place, a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, linked to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create the Palio della Quintana of the historic August joust.
Also in 2019, he exhibited in two solo shows, at the Palazzo del Pegaso of the Tuscany Region 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
Centered on the knightly theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Museums and the Marche Region.
In 2021, with sponsorship from the Marche Region and the Municipality of Recanati, he was invited to exhibit in a solo show focused on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, at the Aula Magna of the town hall building in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Magazzini del Sale in the municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.