Pino Procopio (1954) - IL BAR SOTTO IL MARE

Fine Art Giclée "Il bar sotto il mare"

- Original work (ONE-OF-A-KIND PROOF) on premium paper
- Dry seal from the Artist's Studio
- Authenticity hologram
– Certificate of authenticity provided

Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, exponent of figuration. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but finished in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture at La Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” held his first solo show. After two years 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.
State Monopolies Commission commissioned him, in 2003, to create the painting to be placed on the ticket for the European Lottery and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would be placed on the ticket for the Italia Lottery.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome one of his exhibitions 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 organized “Odysseus, 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 Sports Palace, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” took place, a reimagining of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, linked to the drama of immigration.
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
Centered on the chivalric 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 exhibit in a solo show focused on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, at the Aula Magna of the town hall building in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Sale Warehouses of the Municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region."