Pino Procopio (1954) - AMERICAN CIRCUS

Fine Art Giclée "American circus"

- Limited edition multiple 1/99
- Original work on premium 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 representative of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but were completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in Architecture from La Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” hosted his first solo exhibition. 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 “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 Monopolies 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 organized in Rome a show that narrates 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 “Odysseus, scenes of a journey,” a show dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he took part in the collective exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial commissions and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with UNESCO and MIUR sponsorship, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” took place, a modern reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale tied to the tragedy of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create 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 Museum of the People of 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 lecture hall of the town hall of Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses of the city of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.