Fine Art Giclée "Safari su rinoceronte" - Multiple artwork edition 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, a representative of figuration. He began his artistic studies in Catanzaro, finishing in Rome. In 1982 he earned a degree in architecture from Sapienza University of Rome. In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” hosted his first solo show. After two years 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 now a permanent piece in the museum’s collection. The following year, in 2002, he painted the poster for the World Book Day 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 that would be placed on the Italian Lottery ticket. In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted a Roma 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 Arts 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 show dedicated to him. In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he took part in the group show Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art. In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with UNESCO and MIUR sponsorship, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” took place, a reimagining of Pinocchio’s tale in a modern key, tied to the tragedy 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 later at the Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo in Pescara. In 2020, he exhibited at the Palace of the Capitani of the People in Ascoli Piceno, a solo show Centered on the chivalric theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Musei and the Marche Region. In 2021, with sponsorship from the Marche Region and the Municipality of Recanati, he was invited to exhibit in a personal 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 Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.