valentino loyola




Ancient Reflections Other Worldly, 2023

This work contemplates our current environmental state of distress, and how Indigenous practices must be prevalent in the fight against climate change as a sustainable approach.

Body As Environment, 2023

A composite image around caring for our environment in the way we care for our bodies with protection, preservation, and good health in mind.


Long Future Ecology, 2023

Speculative-imaginative photographic composite that considers rising sea levels, how the melting ice caps in Greenland affect the Bay Area, among other critical spaces (the Marshall Islands for example), and wonderment of how humans will adapt/respond.


Love Is Resilient, 2023

A creative expression of a hopeful future for all through love and poetic collaboration between people and land.




Valentino recognizes the critical threat of climate change and climate justice and is committed to learning more about sustainable art practices and how to implement them into his creative environment and applications. Valentino's commitment to climate-forward values and goals entails looking first at Indigenous ecological stewardship, social equality, and sustainability.