Pino Procopio (1954) - SAVANA

Fine Art Giclée "Savana"

- Multiple artwork 1/99
- Original work on fine art 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. Art studies began in Catanzaro, but finished in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from 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 Contemporary Sacred Art in San Gabriele. The work “Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit” is today a permanent piece of the museum's collection.
The following year, in 2002, he produced the painting for the poster of the World Book and Copyright Day, sponsored by UNESCO.
The Italian 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 paint the image that would appear on the Italia Lottery ticket.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome a show 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 “Odyssey, 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 relationship between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Palace of Sport in Teramo, with UNESCO and MIUR sponsorship, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa,” a modern reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale tied to the drama of immigration.
In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create the Palio della Quintana for the historic August tournament.
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 show
Centered 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 centered on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the Aula Magna of the municipal building in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Magazzini del Sale in the city of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.