Pino Procopio (1954) - DON CHISCIOTTE

Fine Art Giclée "Don Chisciotte" - Multiple edition 1/99 - Original work on fine art 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, a representative of figurativism. He began his artistic studies in Catanzaro, but completed them in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from La Sapienza University of Rome. In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” hosted his first solo exhibition. 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 Contemporary Sacred Art in San Gabriele. The work “Father, into Your hands I entrust my spirit” is today a permanent piece of the museum's collection. The following year, in 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 paint the image to be placed on the European Lottery ticket and in 2004 he was commissioned to paint the image that would be placed on the Italy Lottery ticket. In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome an 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 Art section. The following year, in 2008, in Rome, the Boncompagni-Ludovisi Museum of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art hosted “Ulisse, scenes of a journey,” a show dedicated to him. In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAM), he participated in the group exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art. In 2017, at the Palace of Sport in Teramo, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa,” a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio fable 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 for 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 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 centered on the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the main hall of the town hall in Recanati. In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses (Magazzini del Sale) in the town of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.

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