Pino Procopio (1954) - IL CARABINIERE

Fine Art Giclèe "Il carabiniere"

- Multipla edition 1/99
- Original work on fine-quality 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, a representative of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but were completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from La 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 Contemporary Sacred 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,” sponsored by UNESCO.
The State Monopolies commissioned him, in 2003, to create the painting to be placed on the ticket of the European Lottery and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would appear on the ticket of the Italia Lottery.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications organized in Rome a show that tells the evolution of the Italian postal service over 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 “Ulysses, 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 group exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial commissioning and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Palazzo dello Sport, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa” took place, a modern reinterpretation of the Pinocchio fable linked to the tragedy of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create the Palio della Quintana 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, 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 focused on the knightly theme of the Quintana, with the sponsorship of 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 town hall in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Magazzini del Sale in the town of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.