Pino Procopio (1954) - PIAZZA PETTIROSSO

Fine Art Giclée "Piazza Pettirosso" - Multiple edition 1/99 - Original work on high-quality 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. His artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but completed in Rome. In 1982 he earned a degree in architecture at 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 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. State Lottery Monopolies 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 appear on the Italian Lottery ticket. In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted a Roma exhibition that tells the evolution of the Italian postal service over 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 “Odysseus, 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 collective exhibition Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial commissions and art. In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with the sponsorship of UNESCO and MIUR, took place the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa,” a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale, in a modern key, related to the immigrant drama. In 2019, the Municipality of Ascoli Piceno commissioned him to create the Palio della Quintana of the historical August joust. Also in 2019 he exhibited in two solo shows, at the Palazzo del Pegaso of the Tuscany Region in Florence and later 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 a solo show centered on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the aula magna of the municipal building in 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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