Pino Procopio (1954) - MARIONETTE

Fine Art Giclée "Marionette"\n\n- Multiple original work 1/99\n- Original work on fine art paper\n- Dry seal of the Artist Studio\n- Authenticity hologram\n– Certificate of authenticity provided\n\nPino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, a representative of figurativism. He began artistic studies in Catanzaro, but completed them in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from the University of Rome La Sapienza. 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. In 2003, State Lotteries commissioned him to create the painting to be affixed to the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would be placed on the Italy 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 hosted “Ulisse, scenes of a voyage,” 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 commissioning and art. In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa,” 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 realize the Palio della Quintana of the historic August tournament. Also in 2019, he exhibited in two solo shows at the Palazzo del Pegaso of the Tuscany Region in Florence and later 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 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 exhibit in a solo show centered on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the aula magna of the municipal building in Recanati. In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses (Magazzini del Sale) in the municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region."