Pino Procopio (1954) - MEDUSA

Fine Art Giclèe "Medusa" - Original work on premium paper - dry stamp from the Artist's Studio - Authenticity hologram – Certificate of authenticity provided Pino Procopio, (Guardavalle, 16 June 1954), is an Italian painter, sculptor and illustrator, exponent of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but completed in Rome. In 1982 he graduated in architecture from La Sapienza University of Rome. In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” stages 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” invites him to exhibit at the Staurós Museum of Contemporary Sacred Art in San Gabriele. The work “Padre, nelle tue mani consegno il mio spirito” is today a permanent piece in the museum's collection. The following year, in 2002, he creates the painting for the poster of the “World Book and Copyright Day,” sponsored by UNESCO. The State Monopolies commission him, in 2003, to create the painting to be affixed to the ticket of the European Lottery and in 2004 he is commissioned to create the painting that will be placed on the ticket of the Italian Lottery. In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promotes in Rome an exhibition that traces the evolution of the Italian postal service over 100 years of history. In 2007 the Pescara Committee of the “Dante Alighieri Society” awards 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 hosts “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 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 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 focused on the chivalric 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 is 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 Magazzini del Sale in the municipality of Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.

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