Protect me, oh Lord!, 2025

Bernardo Vallarino is a Colombian-American mixed-media sculptor and installation artist interested in geopolitical issues of violence and human suffering. His works reflect his observations on the hypocrisy he perceives existing between the rhetoric of human life and the violent behavior of humanity. With his artworks, Vallarino strives to engage his audience visually but also morally and philosophically, finding inspiration in history, the media, his personal experiences, and his lifelong interest in insects and entomology. Vallarino, a NALAC (National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures) fellow, graduated with a BFA in sculpture from Texas Christian University, an MFA in the same field from Texas Woman’s University, and is the current coordinator of the Fort Worth Art Collective and an art commisioner for the City of Fort Worth. He has exhibited widely at galleries and nonprofit spaces in Texas, Oklahoma, York, England, and Barcelona, Spain. Vallarino received the 2020 SMU’s Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award from the Meadows Museum of Art and has displayed artwork at the Amarillo Museum of Art, San Angelo Museum of Art, Arlington Museum of Art, Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts, and the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas.