Pino Procopio (1954) - LA LINCE

Fine Art Giclèe "Don Chisciotte della Mancia"

- Multiple work 1/99
- Original work on high-quality paper
- Dry stamp from the artist's studio
- Hologram of authenticity
– Certificate of authenticity provided

Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, exponent of figurativism. His artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but were completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from La Sapienza University in Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” hosted his first solo show. 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 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 be placed on the ticket of the Italia Lottery.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome a show 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 category.
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 show Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa” took place, a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio fable, in a modern key, linked to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Comune di Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to realize 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
Centered on the chivalric theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the City 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 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.