Pino Procopio (1954) - IN UN MARE PERICOLOSO

Fine Art Giclée "iN UN MARE PERICOLOSO"

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Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, a representative of figurative art. He began his artistic studies in Catanzaro, but completed them in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” hosted 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 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 Monopoly Commission commissioned him in 2003 to create the painting to be placed on the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to paint the one to be placed on the Italy Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome a show that recounts 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 Arts 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 journey,” a show dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he participated in the collective show Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage 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 retelling of Pinocchio’s tale linked to the tragedy of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create the Quintana Palio for 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 later at the Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palace of the People’s Captains in Ascoli Piceno, a personal exhibition focused on the knightly theme of the Quintana, sponsored by 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 lecture hall of the town hall of Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses of the city of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.