Pino Procopio (1954) - MEDUSA

Fine Art Giclèe "Medusa"

- Original artwork on premium paper
- Blind stamp from 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. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but were completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture at 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 “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 paint the image that would be placed on the Italia Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome a show 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 Art section.
The following year, in 2008, in Rome, the Boncompagni-Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art organized “Ulysses, 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 collective exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial commissions and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the show “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” took place, a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, tied to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to realize the Palio della Quintana of the historic August 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
Centered on the knightly tema of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Musei and 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 auditorium of the municipal building in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses (Magazzini del Sale) of the Municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.