Pino Procopio (1954) - L'INGANNO DEI BUGIARDI

Fine Art Giclée "L'inganno dei bugiardi"

- Original work on Hahnemuhle William Turner fine art paper
- Dry 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 from the University of Rome "La Sapienza".
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” held 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 commit 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, endorsed by UNESCO.
The State Monopolies 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 that would be placed on the Italian Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome an exhibition 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 set up “Odysseus, scenes of a journey,” a solo exhibition 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 commissioning and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” took place, a modern reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale linked to the drama of migration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to realize 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 Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo in Ascoli Piceno, a solo show focusing on the chivalric theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Musei and the Marche Region.
In 2021, under the patronage of the Marche Region and the Municipality of Recanati, he was invited to exhibit in a solo show centered on the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the Aula Magna of the town hall 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.