Pino Procopio (1954) - LA BALENA ROSA

Fine Art Giclée "La balena rosa"

- Original work on premium 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 proponent of figurativism. He began his artistic studies in Catanzaro, but completed them in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from La Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” held his first solo exhibition. After two years in Verona, in 1985 he settled in Giulianova, in Abruzzo.
In 2001, the Italian Foundation 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 (Monopoli di Stato) commissioned him in 2003 to create the painting to be affixed to the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would be placed on the Italy Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted a Roma exhibition about 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 hosted “Ulisse, scenes of a journey,” a 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 commissions and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Palace of Sport, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” took place, a reinterpretation 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 later at the Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palace of the Captains of the People of Ascoli Piceno, a solo show focused on the chivalric theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Musei and the Marche Region.
In 2021, with sponsorship from the Marche Region and the Municipality of Recanati, he was invited to exhibit a solo show focused on the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the main aula of the municipal building in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses of the City of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.