Pino Procopio (1954) - FEDERICO II

Fine Art Giclèe "Fededrico II"

- Multiple edition 1/99
- Original work on fine paper
- Dry stamp of the Artist 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 earned a degree in Architecture from Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the Centro d'Arte “La Bitta” held 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 Italian State Lotto commissions him in 2003 to create the painting to be placed on the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to produce the painting to be placed on the Lotto Italia ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome an exhibition of his that traces the evolution of the Italian postal service over 100 years of history.
In 2007 the Abruzzo 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 solo exhibition dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he participated in the collective exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial commissioning and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, under the auspices of UNESCO and MIUR, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa,” a revisiting of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, connected to the tragedy 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, subsequently, at the Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo of 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 focused on the figure of poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the aula magna of the municipal palace in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Saline Storehouses (Magazzini del Sale) of the Municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.