photos by Alejandro Ruiz
About
Tempio Industriale (Industrial Temple in italian) was born in Turín (Italy), the city of FIAT and the Holy Shroud, a place where industrial and religious traditions coexist. 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.
His works are made from the waste of contemporary society, found on the streets of various cities, from Doha to Manila, from Mexico City to Turin. The artist works with humble materials: scrap metal abandoned on the streets, debris left behind in abandoned factories, religious decorations sold at flea markets, clippings from old books, free newspapers. The low value of the materials used represents the transitory nature of our society, which rapidly turns everything into waste, as a new product must replace the old. The true value of an object lies in the gaze of the beholder and the emotions experienced by those who contemplate it, just as the true value of an icon or an altar lies in the prayers of those who prostrate themselves before it to ask for grace, and not in the richness of the materials they are made of.
VALERIO PERINO
Valerio Perino, also known as Tempio Industriale, graduated with a thesis in Sociology of Religions. Thanks to his work as a stage manager for large events, he has the opportunity to travel extensively and draw inspiration from the realities of distant countries, where spirituality is still a cornerstone of society. He currently lives in Mexico, specifically in Santiago de Querétaro, where he found the inspiration to blend traditional sacred 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, the Museum ex Convento Dieguino in Guanajuato, and in the Jardin de las Esculturas as part of the Sacred Art Festival in Xalapa. In Italy, he has exhibited his work in various religious and historical spaces, such as the Cloister of Sant'Agostino in Pietrasanta, the Diocesan Museum of Cortemilia, the Hermitage of Santa Caterina on Lake Maggiore, the Castle of Magliano, and the Oratory of San Giovanni Battista in the province of Varese. He participated with different projects in various editions of Paratissima in 2020, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
Tempio Industriale is represented by Techne Art Service:
https://www.techneartservice.com/
Personal Exhibitions:
2026 “Radici” Paratissima at Real Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Italy)
2026 “Hierofanias” at Museo ex Convento Dieguino, Guanajuato, Mexico
2025 “Ierofanie” Paratissima at Real Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Italy)
2025 “Ciudades Sagradas” Festival de Arte Sacro at Jardin de las esculturas, Xalapa (Mexico)
2024 “Fondamenta” Paratissima at Officine Snos, Turin (Italy))
2024 “Ad erigendam civitatem” Festival Libropolis at Chiostro di Sant’Agostino, Pietrasanta (Italy)
2024 “Confini Intrinseci” Castello di Magliano, Cuneo (Italy)
2023 “Compostela” Museo de Arte Sacro, Queretaro (Mexico)
2023 “Spazio (al) Sacro Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista, Buguggiate, Varese (Italy)
2023 “Religio Urbis” Sacripante Art Gallery, Roma (Italy)
2023 “Ars Sacra” Fundacion Carol Roland, Santiago de Queretaro (MExico)
2022 “Ixiptla” Galeria Impulso, Santiago de Queretaro (Mexico)
2022 “Shemà” Eremo di Santa Caterina, Leggiuno, Varese (Italy)
2022 “Arte Sacro Contemporaneo” Galeria El Cuadro, Santiago de Queretaro (Mexico)
2020 “Arte Sacra” Sede Ucai, Albenga, Savona (Italy)
Collective Exhibitions:
2026 “After God” Paratissima 2026, Real Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino (Italia)
2026 “Un Mexico Real”, Casa Mila, Queretaro (Mexico)
2025 “Biennale of Contemporary Sacred Arts”, Musee Marabini Bartac, Menton, (France)
2025 “Insolitas imagenes de Fe”, El Reynita, Queretaro (Mexico)
2024 “Speranza” Sede Ucai, Albenga (Italy)
2024 “Partage – Start” Il Quartiere, Saluzzo, (Italy)
2024 “Delirium” Galeria Impulso, Santiago de Queretaro (Italy)
2023 “Ars Steas” Museo Archeologico del Sannio Caudino, Montesarchio, Benevento (Italy)
2023 “El Bodegon” Galeria Libertad, Santiago de Queretaro (Mexico)
2023 “Madre nuestra padre mio” Art Gala, Santiago de Queretaro (Mexico)
2023 “BAW, Balvanera Art Festival”, Santiago de Queretaro (Mexico)
2022 “ Exhibicion de Arte”, DART Galeria de Arte, Boye, Queretaro (Mexico)
2021 “Cortemilia è cultura” Museo di Arte Diocesano di Cortemilia, Cuneo, (Italy)
2021 “Rarədə” Galeria Vive Arte, Santiago de Queretaro (Mexico)
2020 “Tempio Industriale” Progetto Selezionato nell’ambito del progetto “Think Big!” Paratissima 2020, Turin (Italy)
2020 “E’ una vita che ti ricerco” 2° edizione, Accademia di Artiglieria, Turin (Italy)
2020 “Bias – Biennale di arte sacro contemporaneo”, Castello di Morsasco, (Italy)
2018 “Into Action”, Production Club, Los Angeles (USA)
