Pino Procopio (1954) - IL GATTO E LA GEISHA

Fine Art Giclèe "Don Chisciotte della Mancia"

- Multiple edition 1/99
- Original work on fine paper
- Dry stamp from the Artist's Studio
- Authenticity hologram
– Certificate of authenticity provided

Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, exponent of figurativism. Art 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” staged 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 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 Commission commissioned him, in 2003, to paint the image to be placed on the ticket of the European Lottery and in 2004 he was commissioned to paint the image that would be placed on the Lotteria Italia ticket.
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 section.
The following year, in 2008, in Rome, the Boncompagni-Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art hosted “Ulisse, 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 Palazzo dello Sport, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa” took place, a modern reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale, linked to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of 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 focused on the knightly theme of the Quintana, with the sponsorship of 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 centered 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 Stores (Magazzini del Sale) of the Siena municipality in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.