Pino Procopio (1954) - LA CAVALCATA DEI BUGIARDI

Fine Art Giclèe "La cavalcata dei bugiardi"

- Original artwork on fine paper
- Dry stamp from 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 were completed in Rome. In 1982 he earned a degree in architecture at the Sapienza University of Rome.
In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” mounted 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 produced the painting for the poster of the “World Book and Copyright Day,” sponsored by UNESCO.
State Monopolies Commission commissioned him, in 2003, to create the painting to be placed on the ticket of the European Lottery, and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would be placed on the ticket of the Italia Lottery.
In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome an exhibition that chronicles 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 prize “Dante Alighieri 2007” in the Art section.
The following year, in 2008, in Rome, the Boncompagni-Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art organized “Ulisse, scenes of a journey,” an exhibition dedicated to him.
In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he took part in the collective exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art.
In 2017, at the Teramo Palace of Sport, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa” took place, a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, connected to the drama of migration.
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 subsequently at the Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo in Pescara.
In 2020, he exhibited at the Palace of the Captains of the People in Ascoli Piceno, a solo show
Centered on the chivalrous theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Museums 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 figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, at the aula magna of the town hall building in Recanati.
In 2022, he exhibited at the Magazzini del Sale of the municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.