Pino Procopio (1954) - LA VESPA BLU

Fine Art Giclèe "Tra le logge su una vespa blu

- Multipla edition 1/99
- Original artwork on high-quality 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 associated with figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but 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 exhibition. After two years in Verona, in 1985 he settled in Giulianova, in Abruzzo.
In 2001, the Italian Foundation Stauròs Onlus invited him to exhibit at the Staurós Museum of Contemporary Sacred 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 produced the painting for the poster of the World Day for Books and Copyright, sponsored by UNESCO.
The State Monopoly boards 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 that would be placed on the Italian Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome an exhibition that recounts 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 “Ulysses, scenes of a journey,” a solo exhibition dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he took part in the group show Corporate Art, addressing the close link between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with UNESCO and MIUR sponsorship, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa,” a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, tied to the drama of immigration.
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 later 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 show focused on the knightly 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 poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the Aula Magna of the town hall in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Magazzini del Sale in the town of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.