Pino Procopio (1954) - PIAZZA LEOPARDO

Fine Art Giclée "Piazza Leopardo"

- Multipla 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, exponent of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from the University La Sapienza of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” held his first solo exhibition. 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 of the museum's collection.
The following year, in 2002, he created the painting for the poster of the “World Day for Books and Copyright,” sponsored by UNESCO.
The State Monopolies commissioned him, in 2003, to produce the painting to be placed on 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 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 “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 corporate commissioning and art.
In 2017, at the Palazzo dello Sport in Teramo, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa,” a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, linked to the drama of migration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned the creation of 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 Regione Toscana in Florence and subsequently at the Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palace of the People’s Captains (Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo) of Ascoli Piceno, a solo show focusing on the knightly theme of the Quintana, with the sponsorship of the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Musei and Regione Marche.
In 2021, with the sponsorship of the Regione Marche and the Municipality of Recanati, he was invited to exhibit in a solo show centered on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, at 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 Regione Toscana.