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June 5 – July 26, 2025
Valo Valentino
Bio
Exhibitions
Collections
Bio
Valo Valentino (born as Valentino Biago Berndt) is a German-Mexican visual artist whose interdisciplinary work transcends conventional boundaries.
Currently immersed in research exploring the relationship between frequency and color wavelength, Valo aims to merge the field of music, painting and sculpture. Through a fusion of sound vibrations —ranging from sequences and chords to tracks and riffs— with vibrant hues, Valo crafts a alluring body of work that intricately weaves together art, music, cybernetics, and cultural history.
Valo (b. 1988) was born in Mexico, has graduated in Sculpture at Fine Art Academy in Stuttgart, DE, previously studying stone masonry and digital music production. He works and lives in Stuttgart, Germany.
Exhibitions
Selection
| 2024 | The art is in the means (pure color, pure sound) (Orig.: Die Kunst steckt in den Mitteln), Adolf Hölzel Haus, Stuttgart, DE SOLO |
| 2023 | KUKAV (Kulturkasten), Animation, Installation, Tuttlingen, DE Two worlds meet Generation Ceo/Venture Women meet visual arts (Orig.: Zwei Welten begegnen sich , Generation Ceo/Venture Women treffen auf bildende Kunst), Container City, Stuttgart, DE Mineral watercolor: Artist residency in Jenesien, Hotel zum Hirschen, South Tirol at Bozen, IT Everyman’s Mask (Orig.: ‘Jedermannsmaske’), Auction at the European Stone-Festival Salzburg, AT |
| 2022 | Freezing Point, Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Neckar, DE 60×60 International Film-Collage, Museum Bread and Art, Ulm, DE On the farewell of an oddball (Orig.: Zum Abgang eines sonderlings), Projektroom Akku, Stoneheart 2022, Stuttgart, DE Hunters and Gatheres, Drawing Installation, Wunderkammer Naturalia, Artificialia, Bad Canstatt, DE The small attic (Orig.: Der kleine Dachboden), Colorful concrete, Car Park Züblin, Stuttgart, DE Synthesized Blu:z, the general bass, Artroom 34. Stuttgart, DE |
| 2020 | Eye-catcher (Orig.: Blickfang), Artstudio Kaufbeuren, DE MAVA In two or three hundred years, life on earth will be unimaginably beautiful (Orig.: In zwei oder Dreihundert Jahren wird das Leben auf der Erde unvollstellbar schön sein) with Marlon Lanziner, Space Nalon, Esslingen am Neckar, DE MAVA THE RAIN BRINGS THE COLOR with Marlon Lanziner, Werkstatthaus, Stuttgart, DE MAVA The dampness of the riverbanks (Orig.: Die Feuchte der Flussränder) with Marlon Lanziner, Bahnwärterhaus, Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Neckar, DE |
Collections
Hunter and Collector, hand-drawn stop motion (1 min) Collection Museum Bread and Art, Ulm, DE
Hotel zum Hirschen, Südtirol, IT
Braun Steine GmbH, Ulm, DE
Fischer and Collegs, Stuttgart, DE
Stereochrome
Project Statement
Stereochrome is a unique artistic technique devloped by the artist Valo Valentino himself. It fuses sound and visual art through the medium of cymatic reverse glass painting. This series explores how sound frequencies can influence and shape visual forms, using the natural patterns created by sound vibrations in water.
In this process, a glass plate is layered with water and enamel pigments. These elements are then set into motion using a sound generator connected to a membrane. As stereo sound waves pass through the water, they cause the pigments to move and form intricate, shifting patterns. Over time, the water evaporates, preserving these dynamic designs on the glass surface.
Water acts as both a visualizer and conductor, translating sound frequencies into visible structures. Variables such as water volume, pigment concentration, glass size, and the pitch and volume of the sound all influence the final composition, making each piece a direct result of the interaction between sound and matter.
Valo arranges this technique into groups of chords and poetic color spaces based on color circles by Adolf Hölzel.
The artist develops a basso continuo similar to the compositional principles of music to create duple tones, triads, chromatic and musical triads with color. The architecture of sound transforms into composition and forms that can either be seen as raw sound or as a balanced tone color.
Artworks
Valo - Even Gain Blooms
2019, Vibrations with cremical pigments on glass, 96 x 70 x 7.5cm
Valo Valentino - Drop in Drop out
2017
Audiosculpture, bronze, wood, cooper, loudspeaker, algorithm software, tap,
225 x 120 x 60 cm
Valo - Aereo CISlunar Edge
2019, Vibrations with cremical pigments on glass, 62 x 116 x 9.5 cm
Valo Valentino - Gentle Gravity Generator
2019,
Stereochrome technique, ceramic pigments on optiwhite glass, hardboard frame,
59 x 100 x 9.5 cm
Valo Valentino - Distortion Drives Gisela Down
2019, Stereochrome technique, ceramic pigments on optiwhite glass, hardboard frame, 59 x 100 x 9.5 cm
Valo Valentino - Varu
2024, Stereochrom technique, glass, wood, LED light, 33 x 20 x 20 cm
EXOgallery Installation View "Resonance" 2024
Artworks by Valo Valentino and Marina WitteMann (back)
EXOgallery Installation View "Resonance" 2024
Artworks by Valo Valentino
EXOgallery Installation View "Resonance" 2024
Artworks by Valo Valentino
Exhibitions
Selection of Shows at EXOgallery
Valo, WitteMann | Resonance
November 8 – December 21, 2024