Pino Procopio (1954) - ADELMA

Fine Art Giclée "Adelma" - UNIQUE PROOF PRINT on paper different from the copies marketed - Original work on high-quality paper - Blind 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, a notable exponent of figurativism. Artistic studies began in Catanzaro, but finished in Rome. In 1982 he earned a degree in architecture from Sapienza University of Rome. In 1980, the art center “La Bitta” hosted his first solo exhibition. After spending two years in Verona, in 1985 he settled in Giulianova, in Abruzzo. In 2001, the Italian Foundation 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 State Monopolies Commission commissioned him in 2003 to create the painting to be placed on the European Lottery ticket, and in 2004 he was commissioned to paint the image that would be placed on the Italian Lottery ticket. In 2005 the Ministry of Communications promoted in Rome a show about 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 “Ulysses, 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 show Corporate Art, concerning the close link between industrial patronage and art. In 2017, at the Teramo Sports Palace, with UNESCO and MIUR sponsorship, the exhibition “Baadaye, Pinocchio of Africa” took place, a reinterpretation of the Pinocchio tale in a modern key, tied to the tragedy 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 MuseuM of the Peoples of Abruzzo in Pescara. In 2020, he had a solo show at the Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo in Ascoli Piceno. Centered 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 was invited to exhibit in a solo show focused on the figure of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, in the Aula Magna of the city hall in Recanati. In 2022, he exhibited at the Bagagli of the Salt Stores in Siena in a solo show, sponsored by the Tuscany Region.

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