Pino Procopio (1954) - IL BAR SOTTO IL MARE

Fine Art Giclée "Il bar sotto il mare"

- Original work (UNIQUE PROOF PRINT) on fine art 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, an exponent of figurativism. Art studies began in Catanzaro, but completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” stages his first solo exhibition. After two years in Verona, in 1985 he settles in Giulianova, in Abruzzo.
In 2001, the “Fondazione Italiana Stauròs Onlus” invites him to exhibit at the Staurós Museum of Contemporary Sacred 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 creates the painting for the poster of the World Book and Copyright Day, sponsored by UNESCO. The State Monopolies Commission commissions him in 2003 to create the painting to be placed on the European Lottery ticket and in 2004 he is commissioned to create the painting that will be placed on the Italia Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promotes in Rome a show that chronicles the evolution of the Italian postal service in 100 years of history.
In 2007 the Pescara Committee of the “Dante Alighieri Society” awards him the “Dante Alighieri 2007” prize in the Art category.
The following year, in 2008, in Rome, the Boncompagni-Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art hosts “Odyssey, Scenes of a Journey,” a show dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he participates in the group show Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Palazzo dello Sport, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” takes place, a reinterpretation of Pinocchio’s fable in a modern key, linked to the drama of migration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissions him to realize the Palio della Quintana of the historic August joust.
Also in 2019, he exhibits 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 exhibits 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 Museums and the Marche Region.
In 2021, with the sponsorship of the Marche Region and the Municipality of Recanati, he is invited to exhibit in a solo show focused on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the main hall of the municipal palace of Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibits at the Magazzini del Sale in Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.