Pino Procopio (1954) - NAPOLEONE

Fine Art Giclèe "Napoleone"

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Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, exponent of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but completed in Rome. In 1982 he earned a degree in architecture at La Sapienza University of 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 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.
Monopoly State authorities commissioned him, in 2003, to realize 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 Italian 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 prize “Dante Alighieri 2007” in the Art section.
The year after, 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 Palace of Sport, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa,” a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio fable, in a modern key, tied to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned the realization of the Palio della Quintana of the historic joust in August.
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
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 of Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Magazzini del Sale of the municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.