Pino Procopio (1954) - LA BALENA ROSA

Fine Art Giclée "La balena rosa" - Original work on premium 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, representative of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but were completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from Sapienza University of Rome. In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” hosted his first solo exhibition. After two years spent in Verona, in 1985 he settled in Giulianova, in Abruzzo. In 2001, the Italian Stauròs Onlus Foundation 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 manifesto of the World Book and Copyright Day, sponsored by UNESCO. The State Monopolies commissioned him, in 2003, to create the painting for 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 organized in Rome an exhibition about 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 dedicated exhibition. In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he took part in the group exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art. In 2017, at the Teramo Palazzo dello Sport, with UNESCO and MIUR sponsorship, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa” took place, a modern reinterpretation of Pinocchio tied to the immigrant crisis. In 2019, the Comune di 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 focused on the knightly theme of the Quintana, with sponsorship from the Comune di Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Musei and the Marche Region. In 2021, with the sponsorship of the Marche Region and the Comune di Recanati, he was invited to hold a solo exhibition centered 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.

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