Pino Procopio (1954) - IL GATTO BIANCO E LA GEISHA

Fine Art Giclée "Il gatto bianco e la geisha" - Author's proof (different in size from those on the market) - Original artwork on premium paper - Dry stamp from the Artist Studio - Authenticity hologram – Certificate of authenticity provided Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, representative of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but were completed 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 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 created the painting for the poster of the “World Book and Copyright Day,” sponsored by UNESCO. The Monopoli di Stato commissioned him in 2003 to create the painting to be placed on the European Lottery ticket and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would be placed on the Italia Lottery ticket. In 2005 the Ministry of Communications organized in Rome a show of his 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 Art (GNAM), he took part in the mixed show Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art. In 2017, at the Teramo Palazzetto dello 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, linked to the drama of immigration. In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to realize the Palio della Quintana of the historic August game. Also in 2019, he exhibited, in two solo shows, at the Palace of Pegaso of the Tuscany Region in Florence and subsequently at the Museum of the Peoples of Abruzzo in Pescara. In 2020, he exhibited at the Palace of the Captains of the People of Ascoli Piceno, a solo show Centered on the chivalric theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Museums and Marche Region. In 2021, with sponsorship from 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, in the main lecture hall of the municipal building of Recanati. In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Warehouses (Magazzini del Sale) of the municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.

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