Pino Procopio (1954) - ARGONAUTI

Fine Art Giclée "Argonauti"

- Unique author's proof, different in size from others on the market
- Original work on fine paper
- Blind stamp of the Artist's Studio
- Authenticity hologram
- Certificate of authenticity provided

Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor, and illustrator, a representative of figurativism. His artistic studies began in Catanzaro but were completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from 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, 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 commit 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 Commission commissioned him in 2003 to create the painting to be placed on the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting to 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.
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 “Odysseus, scenes of a journey,” a dedicated exhibition.
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 Sports Palace, under the patronage of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” took place, a modern reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale tied to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create the Palio della Quintana for the historic Augosto jousting festival.
Also in 2019, he exhibited in 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 Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo in Ascoli Piceno, a solo show focused on the knightly theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Museums and the Marche Region.
In 2021, with the sponsorship of the Marche Region and the Municipality of Recanati, he was invited to exhibit in a solo show centered on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the Aula Magna of the town hall in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Stores (Magazzini del Sale) of the Comune di Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.