Pino Procopio (1954) - ACCADIMENTI TRA LE LOGGE

Fine Art Giclée "Accadimenti tra le logge"

- Original work on high-quality Hahnemühle William Turner paper
- Dry seal of the Artist's Studio
- Authenticity hologram
– Certificate of authenticity provided

Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian figurative painter, sculptor, and illustrator. He began artistic studies in Catanzaro, but completed them in Rome. In 1982 he earned a degree in architecture from Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” hosted his first solo exhibition. 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 Day of the Book and Copyright,” sponsored by UNESCO.
The State Monopoly Board commissioned him, in 2003, to create the painting to be affixed to the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would appear on the Italia Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications organized in Rome a show illustrating 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 voyage,” a show dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he participated in the collective exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link 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 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 of the historic August joust.
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 chivalrous 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 display in a solo show focusing on the figure of the 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 town of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.