Pino Procopio (1954) - SAVANA

Fine Art Giclèe "Savana"

- Multiple edition 1/99
- Original work on high-quality paper
- Dry stamp of the Artist's Studio
- Authentication hologram
– Certificate of authenticity provided

Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, an exponent of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but were completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” held 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 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.
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 Commission commissioned him in 2003 to create the painting to be affixed to the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to paint the image that would be placed on the Italian 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 Arts category.
The following year, in 2008, in Rome, the Boncompagni-Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art hosted “Ulysses, Scenes of a Journey,” an exhibition dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary 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, under the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa” took place, a revisitation of the Pinocchio tale, in a modern key, linked to the drama of migration.
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 Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo in 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 the sponsorship of the Marche Region and the Municipality of Recanati, he was invited to exhibit in a solo show focused on the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the aula magna of the town hall of Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Saline Warehouses (Magazzini del Sale) of the municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.