Pino Procopio (1954) - LA LINCE

Fine Art Giclée "Don Chisciotte della Mancia"

- Multipla edition 1/99
- Original work on high-quality paper
- Dry stamp of the Artist's Studio
- Hologram of authenticity
– Certificate of authenticity provided

Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor, and illustrator, representative of figurativism. Art 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” 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 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 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 appear on the Italy Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome an exhibition that tells 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 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 show Corporate Art, addressing the close link between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Palazzo dello Sport, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, took place the exhibit “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa,” a revisitation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, linked to the drama of migration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to realize the Palio della Quintana of the historic August joust.
Also in 2019, he held two solo shows, at the Palazzo del Pegaso of the Tuscany Region in Florence and later at the Museo delle Genti d’Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palace of the People’s Captains of Ascoli Piceno, a personal exhibition focused on the knightly 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 present a solo exhibition centered on the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the aula magna of the municipal palace in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses of the Municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.