Pino Procopio (1954) - IL NIDO DELLA BALENA

Fine Art Giclée "The Whale's Nest"

- Original work on premium paper
- Dry stamp of the Artist 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 finished in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture at 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 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 Commission commissioned him in 2003 to create the painting to be placed on 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 in Rome an exhibition 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 set up “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 show 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 show “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” took place, 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 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 Museum of the People of Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palace of the People of Ascoli Piceno, a solo show centered on the chivalric theme of 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, in the aula magna of the town hall of Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses of the Municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.