Pino Procopio (1954) - IL CARABINIERE

Fine Art Giclèe "Il carabiniere"

- Multipla work 1/99
- Original work on quality paper
- Dry stamp of the Artist's Studio
- Hologram of authenticity
– Certificate of authenticity provided

Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, an exponent of figurativism. He began his artistic studies in Catanzaro, but completed them in Rome. In 1982 he earned a degree in architecture from 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 entrust my spirit” is today a permanent piece of the museum’s collection.
In the following year, 2002, he created the painting for the poster of the World Book and Copyright Day, sponsored by UNESCO.
The State Monopolies commissioned him in 2003 to create the painting to be affixed to the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting to be affixed to the Italian Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted a Roma-based exhibition telling the evolution of the Italian postal service in 100 years of history.
In 2007 the Abruzzo Chapter of the “Dante Alighieri Society” awarded him the “Dante Alighieri 2007” prize in the Arts 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 voyage,” a show dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAM), he participated in the group show Corporate Art, concerning the close bond between industrial commission and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” took place, a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, linked to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create the Palio della Quintana for the historic August joust.
Also in 2019, he exhibited in two personal 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 personal show centered 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 patronage of the Marche Region and the Municipality of Recanati, he was invited to exhibit in a personal show focused on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the main aula of the town hall in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Stores (Magazzini del Sale) of the Municipality of Siena in a personal show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.