About

Valerio Perino alias Tempio Industriale was born in 1982 in Turin (Italy), the city of FIAT and of the Holy Shroud, a place where an industrial and a religious tradition 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.

For some years now he has lived and created his works between Turin and Santiago de Queretaro, one of the iconic cities of the mexican tradition. Hence the inspiration to mix official iconography with contemporary popular religiosity. In Mexico he collaborates with various art galleries and he exhibited his works at the Museum of Sacred arts of Queretaro and at the Jardin de las esculturas of Xalapa in occasion of the Festival de Arte Sacro. In Italy he exhibited his works in religious spaces including the Diocesan Museum of Cortemilia, the Hermitage of Santa Caterina and the Ucai branch in Albenga, In 2020, his installation entitled "Industrial Temple", a proper contemporary industrial chapel, was selected to participate in the edition of Paratissima as part of the "Think Big!" Section.

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)