Pino Procopio (1954) - MARIONETTE

Fine Art Giclée "Marionette" - Limited edition print 1/99 - Original work on high-quality paper - Artist's Studio dry stamp - Hologram of authenticity – Certificate of authenticity provided Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, June 16, 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, a representative of figurativism. Art 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” showcased his first solo exhibition. 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 Contemporary Sacred Art in San Gabriele. The work “Father, into Your hands I entrust my spirit” is today a permanent piece in the museum’s collection. In 2002, The State Monopolies Commission commissioned him to create the painting to be placed on the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to create the painting that would appear on the Lotto Italia ticket. In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome an exhibition of his work that tells the evolution of the Italian postal service over 100 years. 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 organized “Ulisse, scenes of a journey,” a show dedicated to him. In 2015, in Rome, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM), he participated in the group exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art. In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, under the patronage of UNESCO and MIUR, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio d’Africa” took place, a revisitation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, linked to the drama of immigration. In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create 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 centered 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 focused on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the aula magna of the town hall in Recanati. In 2022, he exhibited at the Salt Stores (Magazzini del Sale) of the municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.

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