Pino Procopio (1954) - IL DIVANO

Fine Art Giclée "Il divano"

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Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor, and illustrator, an exponent of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but 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 “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,” supported by UNESCO.
The State Monopoly (Monopoli di Stato) 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 appear on the Lotteria Italia 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 hosted “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 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 of Africa,” a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, connected to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to realize the Palio della Quintana of the historic August tournament.
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 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 in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses (Magazzini del Sale) of the city of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.