Pino Procopio (1954) - VACANZE AL MARE

Fine Art Giclée "Holidays by the Sea"

- UNIQUE AUTHOR PROOF, different in size from others on the market
- Original work on premium paper
- Dry 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. 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” held his first solo exhibition. After two years 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 ticket of the European Lottery, and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would be placed on the ticket of the Italy Lottery.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications hosted in Rome a show that traces 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 Art section.
The following year, in 2008, in Rome, the Boncompagni-Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art hosted “Ulysses, scenes of a journey,” a show devoted to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he participated in the group show Corporate Art, concerning the close relationship between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with UNESCO and MIUR sponsorship, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa,” a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, tied to the tragedy of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to realize the Palio della Quintana of the historic August carousel.
Also in 2019, he exhibited in two solo shows, at the Palazzo del Pegaso of the Tuscany Region in Florence and subsequently at the Museum of the People of 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 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 focused on the figure of poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the Aula Magna of the Town Hall of Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses (Magazzini del Sale) of the comune of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.