Pino Procopio (1954) - STUDIO MEDICO

Fine Art Giclée "Studio medico"

- Original work on high-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 notable exponent of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but were completed in Rome. In 1982 he earned a degree in architecture from La Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” hosted 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 “Padre, nelle tue mani consegno il mio spirito” is today a permanent piece in the museum’s collection.
In the following year, 2002, he created the painting for the poster of the “World Book and Copyright Day,” sponsored by UNESCO.
The State Monopolies (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 appear on the Italian Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications organized in Rome a show tracing 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 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 group exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with UNESCO and MIUR sponsorship, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa,” a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key tied to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create 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 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 a solo show focused 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 Siena in a solo show, under the patronage of the Tuscany Region.