Pino Procopio (1954) - LA FOTO

Fine Art Giclèe "La foto"

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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 were completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from La 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”, sponsored by UNESCO.
State Monopolies commissioned him, in 2003, to realize 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 Italia 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 Boncampagni-Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art organized “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 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 immigration.
In 2019, the Comune di Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to realize 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 Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo in Ascoli Piceno, a solo exhibition centered on the chivalric theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Comune di Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Musei and Regione Marche.
In 2021, with the sponsorship of the Regione Marche and the Comune di 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 in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Magazzini del Sale of the Comune di Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Regione Toscana.