photos by Alejandro Ruiz
About
Valerio Perino, alias Tempio Industriale, was born in 1982 in Turin (Italy), the city of FIAT and the Holy Shroud, a place where an industrial and a religious traditions coexist. He is graduated with a dissertation in Sociology of Religion and thanks to his job as stage manager he has the possibility of traveling a lot and being inspired by the reality of many countries were the spirituality is still one of the pillars of the society. Tempio Industriale's work draws inspiration from today's secularized and deindustrialized society, which has left people without reference points and identity. Tempio Industriale, through his works, seeks to rediscover the religious identity of contemporary man through the simplest, and therefore authentic and sincere, forms: essential drawings, humble altars, rusted icons, simple votive offerings. Tempio Industriale's works are made from the refuse of contemporary society: scrap metal found on the street, forgotten debris from abandoned factories, or discarded religious decorations sold at flea markets. The low value of the materials used represents the emptiness of our society's products, which quickly turns everything into garbage as a new product replaces the old. True value is not measured in money: the humble altars he creates express popular faith, devotion, and respect for the Sacred.
Tempio Industriale lives and creates his works between Turin and Santiago de Querétaro, one of the symbolic cities of Mexican tradition. Hence the inspiration to blend official iconography with contemporary popular religiosity. In Mexico, he collaborates with several art galleries and has exhibited his work at the Museum of Sacred Art in Querétaro and at the Sculpture Garden in Xalapa (Veracruz) during the Festival of Sacred Art. In Italy, he has exhibited his work in religious spaces including churches, diocesan museums, parishes, and chapels. In 2020, his installation entitled "Tempio Industriale," a true contemporary industrial chapel, was selected to participate in the "Think Big!" section of Paratissima at the former Academy of Artillery. In 2024, he presented the exhibition "Fondamenta" at Paratissima, a work inspired by the industrial roots of the city of Turin.
Personal Exhibitions:
2025 “Ciudades Sagradas” Festival de Arte Sacro at Jardin de las esculturas, Xalapa (Mexico)
2024 “Fondamenta” Paratissima at Officine Snos, Torino (Italia)
2024 “Ad erigendam civitatem” Festival Libropolis at Chiostro di Sant’Agostino, Pietrasanta (Italia)
2024 “Confini Intrinseci” Castello di Magliano, Cuneo (Italia)
2023 “Compostela” Museo de Arte Sacro, Queretaro (Messico)
2023 “Spazio (al) Sacro Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista, Buguggiate, Varese (Italia)
2023 “Religio Urbis” Sacripante Art Gallery, Roma (Italia)
2023 “Ars Sacra” Fundacion Carol Roland, Santiago de Queretaro (Messico)
2022 “Ixiptla” Galeria Impulso, Santiago de Queretaro (Messico)
2022 “Shemà” Eremo di Santa Caterina, Leggiuno, Varese (Italia)
2022 “Arte Sacro Contemporaneo” Galeria El Cuadro, Santiago de Queretaro (Messico)
2020 “Arte Sacra” Sede Ucai, Albenga, Savona (Italia)
Collective Exhibitions:
2025 “Insolitas imagenes de Fe”, El Reynita, Queretaro (Mexico)
2024 “Speranza” Sede Ucai, Albenga (Italia)
2024 “Partage – Start” Il Quartiere, Saluzzo, (Italia)
2024 “Delirium” Galeria Impulso, Santiago de Queretaro (Messico)
2023 “Ars Steas” Museo Archeologico del Sannio Caudino, Montesarchio, Benevento (Italia)
2023 “El Bodegon” Galeria Libertad, Santiago de Queretaro (Messico)
2023 “Madre nuestra padre mio” Art Gala, Santiago de Queretaro (Messico)
2023 “BAW, Balvanera Art Festival”, Santiago de Queretaro (Messico)
2022 “ Exhibicion de Arte”, DART Galeria de Arte, Boye, Queretaro (Messico)
2021 “Cortemilia è cultura” Museo di Arte Diocesano di Cortemilia, Cuneo, (Italia)
2021 “Rarədə” Galeria Vive Arte, Santiago de Queretaro (Messico)
2020 “Tempio Industriale” Progetto Selezionato nell’ambito del progetto “Think Big!” Paratissima 2020, Torino (Italia)
2020 “E’ una vita che ti ricerco” 2° edizione, Accademia di Artiglieria, Torino (Italia)
2020 “Bias – Biennale di arte sacro contemporaneo”, Castello di Morsasco Alessandria, Italia
2018 “Into Action”, Production Club, Los Angeles (USA)
