RAFAEL MONTILLA ARTIST STATEMENT My work is based on geometric abstraction and the cube plays a central part of my proposal. The cube represents a symbol of harmony, unity and balance of our life both internally and as external.

1. RESUME
ART STUDIES
EDUCATION. CARACAS, VENEZUELA
Drawing and oil painting with Professor Lucio Rivas 1974
Drawing, School of Visual Arts Cristóbal Rojas de Caracas 1990-1991
Tapiz, School of Visual Arts Cristóbal Rojas de Caracas 1991
Sculpture and modeling in clay at the Art and Fire Workshop by Candido Millán
1991-1993
Sculpture in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas Sofía Ímber (MACC)
1992-1993
HONORS AND AWARDS:
* Special recognition for contribution to the Art in the community, delivered by the
Mayor of the City of Doral, Juan Carlos Bermudez, April 27, 2017
* Proclamation delivered by Tomas Regalado, City of Miami Mayor proclaimed
August 19, 2016 as Rafael Montilla’s Day in Miami Dade.
* First prize “Fair Category” Art + Communication Photography. International
Network of Social Journalism (INSJ) Award December 2015 (Art Basel week).
INSJ president Horacio Hnaeber presented the award.
* Second prize “Abstract Category” Art Communication Photography. INSJ Award
December 2015 (Art Basel week). INSJ president Horacio Hnaeber presented
the award.
* Recognition for contribution to the Art in the community. Acknowledgment was
delivered by Fabio A. Andrade of The Americas Community Center July 2013
ART GALLERY COORDINATOR:
Barrio Gallery​, Doral Conservatory 2900 NW 109th Ave, Doral, FL 33172

2.
Hernán Gamboa Gallery​, Humboldt International University & New Professions
Technical Institute 4000 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33134
SOLO EXHIBITION:
2018
* Kubes in Action Personalities, DATG concept Gallery, October 11 2018, 3625
Northwest 82nd Avenue, Doral, Florida 33166. Anny Bello curator.
* Kubes in Action, July 6th 2018 Coral Gables Museum 285 Aragon Ave, Coral
Gables, Florida 33134. Curators: Anny Bello, José Gregorio Noroño & Carlos
Sánchez Fuenmayor.
* Kubes in Action Personalities, June 22nd 2018 Hernán Gamboa Gallery, New
Professions Technical Institute & Humboldt International University, 4000 West
Flagler St. Coral Gables, FL. Anny Bello curator.
2017
* VBC 2017. Pierini Esthetic Surgery Events Hall December 12 2017 – 8353 NW
36 St Doral, FL 33166
* THROUGH MY EYES (Photo, Sculpture 3D) November 24th 2017 – Galeria
Adelmo 1165 SW 6th St, Miami, FL 33135
*I LOVE MIAMI (Photo Sculpture 3D) April 28th 2017 – Gallery Hernán Gamboa,
4000 W Flagler St, Coral Gables, FL 33134
* I LOVE MIAMI (Photo Sculpture 3D) GALA 4TO ANIVERSARIO de la emisora
PangeaFM.com Oct. 09 2017 – Pierini Center 8353 NW 36th St, Doral, FL 33178
2016
* VBC 2016. Pierini Esthetic Surgery Events Hall December 13 2016 – 8353 NW
36 St Doral, FL 33166

3. * Photo Sculpture, Miami Art Week November 30th 2016 Wynwood Walls (Miami
Art Basel Week) 50 Ne 29 St Wynwood 33137 Universal Casting.
* I LOVE MIAMI (Photo Sculpture) November 4th 2016 Doral Conservatory, 2900
NW 109th Ave, Doral, FL 33172.
* I LOVE MIAMI (Photo Sculpture & Photos) October 13rd 2016 Art Emporium
Gallery, 710 SW 13th Ave, Miami, FL
* I LOVE MIAMI (Photo Sculpture & Photos) August 19 2016 Gallery Hernán
Gamboa, 4000 W Flagler St, Coral Gables, FL 33134
* “TOWARDS LIGHT & MEDITATION” (Photos) Concert Conducted by Daniel
Andai and Photo exhibition by Rafael Montilla. Organised by Eduardo Marturet &
The MISO. April 9th 2016 Herbert And Nicole Wetheim Performing Art Center
FIU, Miami, FL.
2015
* I LOVE MIAMI (Photos) May 21 del 2015 Paseo de las Artes in 7800, 7812
NW 37th St, Doral, FL 33166
* I LOVE MIAMI (Photos) Abril 15 del 2015 Macondo 2494 NW 89th Pl, Doral, FL
33172
* I LOVE MIAMI (Photos) March 26th 2015 Marlins Park. 501 Marlins Way,
Miami, FL
* I LOVE MIAMI (Photos) February 27th 2015 Hernán Gamboa, New Professions
Technical Institute & Humboldt International University, Miami, FL.
2014
* HELP THE CHILDREN (Photos) December 12th 2014 Euro Suites –
Venezuelan Business Club.

4. 2013
* Rafael Montilla Art (Photos) May 24th 2013 Arepazo2 in Doral City, FL.
* Rafael Montilla Art (Photos) April 18th 2013 Galeria Hernán Gamboa, Coral
Gables, FL.
MUSEUM,​ ​BIENNIAL & ART FAIRi
2020
* ​Biennale Wynwood 2020​, June 25 2020 – 145 NW 36 Street, Miami Florida 33127
* ​Art Palm Beach 2020​, Curator’s Voice Art Projects booth #439 Palm Beach County
Convention Center 650 Okeechobee Boulevard West Palm Beach, Florida 33401.
Milagros Bello, Curator.
2019
* ​ICFF Javits Center​, NYC May 19 – 22, 2019 655 W 34 St, New York NY 10001 Booth
103 Milagros Bello, PH.D. curator
* ​Art Palm Beach 2019​, Curator’s Voice Art Projects booth #522 Palm Beach County
Convention Center 650 Okeechobee Boulevard West Palm Beach, Florida 33401.
Milagros Bello, Curator.
2018
* ​Coral Gables Museum​ Kubes in Action, July 6th 2018 - 285 Aragon Ave, Coral
Gables, Florida 33134. Curators: Anny Bello, José Gregorio Noroño & Carlos
Sánchez Fuenmayor.
* ​Art Miami Week/ Art Basel​ – RED DOT Art Fair by DATG CONCEPT​, Booth #216
December 5 – 9 2018 Mana Wynwood Convention Center 2217 NW 5 Ave, Miami, FL
33127
* ​Art Santa Fe 2018 ​Contemporary Art Show July 12 – 15, 2018 Santa Fe Convention
Center DATG CONCEPT BOOTH #220

5. * ​ArtExpo NYC​ 2018 April 18​th​
to 22​nd ​
DATG CONCEPT BOOTH #126 Pier 94 711 12th
Avenue New York, NY 10019
* ​OUTSIDE THE BOX​ 3 is the fourth biennial hosted by Elayne Mordes -Friday, March 9,
2018 Whitespace Collection 2805 N Australian Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33407
* ​Artexpo Las Vegas ​January 28th 2018 DATG CONCEPT BOOTH #215 LAS VEGAS
MARKET PAVILION 2 475 S. Grand Central Pkwy. Las Vegas, NV 89106
2017
* ​Art Miami Week/ Art Basel​ – Spectrum Miami 1700 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132,
DAGT CONCEPT Booth #613
* ​Miami Biennale Artists​ for Venezuelan journalists August 19 2017 3000 North Miami
Ave Fl 33127
COLLECTIVE EXPOSITION:
2020
* BLACK HISTORY MONTH ​February 20, 2020 Broward Art Guild City Hall Ft
Lauderdale, 100 N Andrews Avenue Ft. Lauderdale Fl 33301
* BLUE Exhibit ​February 1, 2020 Broward Art Guild 3280 NE 32nd St, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida 33308
* Miami Art Mob Super Bowl. ​ January 29 2020 ​– ​8 South Miami Avenue Miami, FL
33130
* ​Wynwood Juried Show Winter Edition. ​Milagros Bello curator. Curator’s Voice Art
Projects 350 NE 75th Street Unit 105 Miami, FL 33138
2019
* PREMIUM JURIED SHOW/ART BASEL SEASON 2019/​ December 2nd 2019 Curator’s
Voice Art Projects 350 NE 75th Street Unit 105 Miami, FL 33138. Milagros Bello
curator.

6. * ​Black & White​ Exhibition Broward Art Guild Gallery 3280 NE 32nd Street (In the
North Beach Restaurants and Shoppes Plaza) Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308. Awards
Reception Saturday, August 3, 2019.
* ​Latin American Ar​t Festival 18 de Agosto 2019, Hamilton Ontario Canadá. Aquiles
Ortiz, curator.
* ​Galleria Il Laboratorio​. Italia Lazio Roma. via del Moro, 49 06 9360201. August 12
2019
* ​Galerie Artes​ – 11, rue Frédéric Sauton – 75005 Paris – M° Maubert – Mutualité –
France. 7 de Julio 2019. Montaje Goyart internacional.
* ​Museum Galerie Rosmolen Universart​, Bovendorpsstraat, 21, Gelderland, Holanda,
June 6 2019
* Orbits​ June 8 2019 Curator Voice Art Project 350 NE 75th St. Unit 105 Miami 33138
Milagros Bello curator.
* Writing on the walls exhibition​ May 23 2019 The Blink Group Gallery. 888 Biscayne
Blvd, Miami, FL 33132 Aldeide Delgado Puebla curator.
* ACCESSED TERRITORIES​ May 11 2019 Curator Voice Art Project 350 NE 75th St. Unit
105 Miami 33138 Milagros Bello curator.
* De-Quit​ April 13 2019 Curator Voice Art Project 350 NE 75th St. Unit 105 Miami
33138 Milagros Bello curator.
* Vortex 2019​, Curator’s Voice Art Projects 350 ME 75 street Unit 105 Miami 33138,
curator Dr Milagros Bello, Feb. 2 2019
2018
* ART CONTEST MIAMI BASEL SEASON​, Curator’s Voice Art Projects 350 ME 75 street
Unit 105 Miami 33138, curator Dr Milagros Bello, November 29 2018

7. * Corta el Hambre desde el Arte, ​Monday, December 3, 2018, Hosted by Fundación
CDEI Miami, Brickell House 1300 Brickell Bay Dr, Miami, Florida 33131
* Swing for Venezuela, ​Friday, November 30, 2018, Hosted by Fundación CDEI Miami,
Red Tiger Trump National Doral, 4400 NW 87th Ave, Doral, FL 33178
* Exhibition of venezuelan painters, ​July 28th, 2018 Ontario Canada, Aquiles Ortiz,
curator.
* Store Jewellery exhibition ArtServe, Inc. ​July 14th, 2018 1350 East Sunrise
Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
* DATG concept Art Hub Grand Opening​, Thursday, July 5 2018 3625 Northwest 82nd
Avenue, Doral, Florida 33166.
* ​Betty Croquer​ April 24​th​
2475 NW 95 Ave Unit 7 Doral 33172
* Art Synergy Interbroker​ April 24​th​
8750 NW 36 ST suit 55 Doral 33178
* ​Art Fusion​ Interbroker March 22​nd​
8750 NW 36 ST suit 55 Doral 33178
*Collective Exhibition Series 1-3​ White’s Art Gallery March 17th 2018 (Bird Road Art
District) 7428 SW 42 St. Miami, FL 33155
*And Still I Rise Collective Exhibition inspired by Maya Angelou​ March 9th 2018
Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment on 4800 Palm Avenue Hialeah. ​Ana
Juncadella Barbosa​, curator
*Art Is a Universal Language​ February 22nd 2018 Barrio Gallery 2900 NW 109th Ave,
Doral, FL 33172
*Doral Photography Exhibition​ Thursday, February 22nd Doral Government Center
8401 NW 53rd Terrace Doral 33166
*Art & Wheels February​ 22nd, 2018 Dezer Collection 2000 NE 146 St. North Miami,
Florida 33181 America Developing Smiles. Art & Wheels Event where 11 artists of
Photography and Plastic Arts very generously donated their work to benefit two
educational centers: Centro La Chinita and Centro Domingo Savio in Zulia State,
Venezuela.

8. *Collective Exhibition Series 1-2​ White’s Art Gallery February 17th 2018 (Bird Road
Art District) 7428 SW 42 St. Miami, FL 33155
*Jose Martí​ January 26th 2018 Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment on 4800
Palm Avenue Hialeah. ​Ana Juncadella Barbosa​, curator
*Collective Exhibition ​ White’s Art Gallery January 20th 2018 (Bird Road Art District)
7428 SW 42 St. Miami, FL 33155
*Contemporary Art Exhibition ​January 19th 2018 Hernán Gamboa Gallery 4000 W
Flagler St, Coral Gables, FL 33134
*Photo Pro Exhibit​ Thursday, January 18th 2018 Embajadores del Arte Gallery 3900
NW 79TH Ave, Bldg 4, 2nd floor, Suite 466, Doral 33166
2017
*Annual Art Miami-Dade Exhibit, ​World Aid Day Exhibit, December 4, 2017,​ ​111 NW
1st Street Miami, FL 33128 in the Stephen P. Clark Center Lobby.
* World Aid Day Exhibit, ​Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 22d St. Miami. FL 33127,
December 1, 2017
* “PAISAJE URBANO” ​Exposición internacional de Fotografía. Tributo a la artista
“MACU SANZ” 1ro de Diciembre 2017,CN gallery C/ Lagasca 95, 28006 Madrid España.
* Art EXPO MIAMI ​Friday, November 10, 2017, at Gallery Hernán Gamboa, 4000 W
Flagler St, Coral Gables, FL 33134 … ​Rafael Montilla​, Exhibition Coordinator
* Art Influential Award Ceremony ​Thursday, November 2, 2017, at the Doral
Conservatory School of Arts, 2900 NW 109 Avenue, Doral, Florida 33172 … ​Rafael
Montilla​, Exhibition Coordinator
* Hispanic Heritage Month 2017​ -18th Annual Hispanic Expressions Exhibit Oct 2nd
to 30th, Stephen P. Clark Center 111 NW 1st Street Miami, FL, 33128. The
Miami-Dade Hispanic Affairs.
* ​Rafa Montilla’s Kubos, ​Urban Intervention Project, KERGallery 3281 NW 78th Ave.
Miami, FL. Saturday, September 02, 2017

9. * ​The Fieldwork Miami Showcase, ​works-in-progress artworks and performances
Showcase/Exhibition. Sunday, October 29, 2017 at Atelier Esperanza, 6502 NE 2nd
Court, Miami, FL 33138.
* City Remix.Remix, ​Revist, Rethink and Reimagine the essence of city life and its
urban spaces.​ KER Gallery ​3281 NW 78th Ave., Miami, Florida 33122 & ConcreteSpace
Art Gallery Art Projects 3400 Northwest 78th Avenue, Doral, FL, 33122 , Oct. 21
2017. ​Christopher Rodriguez Barake,​ curator
* ​La Mano Hispana,​ Hispanic Heritage Month​ with a grand Collective Art Exhibition
by 70 plus artists elite at Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment on 4800 Palm
Avenue Hialeah. October 6, 2017 celebrates the rich cultural expressions of Hispanic
traditions, history and contemporary life. ​Ana Juncadella Barbosa​, curator
* ​The Magic of Latin America / 150th Anniversaryof Canada, ​Monday October 2nd
2017, Rotunda,55 John St, Toronto, ON M5V 3C6, Canada.
* ​Festival Hispano bajo la sombrilla: ​Embassy of Art – Embajada del Arte 3900 NW
79th ave, Doral, Florida 33166​ – ​ October 1st 2017
* ​Miami Biennale​ Artists for Venezuelan journalists August 19 2017 3000 North Miami
Ave Fl 33127
* ​COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION, ​August 19 2017, White’s Art Gallery (Bird Road Art
District) 7428 SW 42 St. Miami, FL 33155
* ​DOCUMENTA EXHIBITION, ​August 3 2017, Art & Design Gallery / 8690 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, 33138
* ​Solo Pros​, ​July 21th 2017, Gallery Hernán Gamboa / 4000 W Flagler St, Coral
Gables, FL 33134
* ​Summer Edition, ​July 15th 2017, White’s Art Gallery (Bird Road Art District) 7428
SW 42 St. Miami, FL 33155
* ​Interbrokers Collective Exhibition, ​June 23rd 2017, 8750 NW 36th St. suite 550
Doral, FL 33178

10. * ​Painting & Photos, ​June 2nd 2017 Gallery Hernán Gamboa, 4000 W Flagler St, Coral
Gables, FL 33134
* ​FOTO Fusion ​May 25th 2017 Roy Gallery 5665 NW 84th Ave, Miami, FL 33166
* ​Bajo la sombrilla: ​Embassy of Art – Embajada del Arte 3900 NW 79th ave, Doral,
Florida 33166​ – ​ 29 de Abril 2017
* Exposición en Honor al Poeta y Héroe José Martí. ​April 27 201​7 ​Doral
Conservatory, 2900 NW 109th Ave, Doral, FL 33172.
* ​Open Art EXPRESSIONS​, ​Collective Exhibition​ March 18th de 2017 / White’s Art
Gallery (Bird Road Art District) 7428 SW 42 St. Miami, FL 33155
* ​Atrium con su nueva paleta de colores: ​Embassy of Art – Embajada del Arte 3900
NW 79th ave, Doral, Florida 33166​ – ​Viernes 24 de Febrero 2017
* ​Capture Doral Photography Exhibit: ​Doral Government Center Thursday, February
23, 2017 8401 NW 53rd Terrace Doral, FL 33166
2016
* ​Cosa Más Grande​: Memories of the Legendary Tres Patines, Art Emporium Gallery,
Miami, FL, December. 15th 2016.
*​ Expo 2016 Under THE ART BASEL​ (Photo Sculpture) Miami Collection Exhibition
Nov. 19th 2016 White’s Art Gallery, Miami, FL.
*​ Cosa Más Grande​: Memories of the Legendary Tres Patines at Miami Dade
College(MDC) West Campus, Sept. 19th 2016.
Exposición para celebrar la vida y la carrera del aclamado actor y comediante cubano
Leopoldo Fernández. West Campus 3800 NW 115th Avenue Doral, Fl, 33178 Room 1102
* ​Smile of Hope 2016​, America Develoment Smiles, Abril 29th 2016, Midtown Athletic
Club 2300 Royal Palm Blvd. Weston, FL.
* ​Art to Celebrate​ March 24th 2016 Grand Palms Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort,
Pembroke Pines, FL.

11. * ​WHITE’S ART GALLERY EXHIBITION​ February 16th de 2016 White’s Art Gallery,
Miami, FL.
2015
* ​Nina Torres Fine Art​, INSJ Photography Awards, December 16th 2015 1800 N
Bayshore Drive, CP1, Miami, FL
* ​“Hearth” Celebrating Earth Month, BEART​ Foundation May 13th 2015 Artifice
Gallery, Miami, FL.
* ​New Expressions of LatinAmerican Art​ in South Florida, BEART Foundation May 6th
2015 Ana G Mendez University System, Miramar, FL.
2014
* ​“Hearth” Celebrating Earth Month​, BEART Foundation April 15th 2014 Euro Suites
in Doral City, FL.
* ​New Expressions of LatinAmerican Art in South Florida​, BEART Foundation May 3rd
2014 Ana G Mendez University System, Miramar, FL
2013
* ​Septimo Salon de las Américas​ Julio 19th 2013 Lucy Saenz Art Studio Pembroke
Pines, FL.
2012
* ​UNIDOS POR EL ARTE​ November 2nd 2012 Galería Hernán Gamboa, New Professions
Technical Institute 4000 West ​Flagler Street Coral Gables,, Florida 33134

12.
ARTIST STATEMENT
COSMIC OF THE UNIVERSE
RAFAEL MONTILLA
My work is based on geometric abstraction and the cube plays a central part of my
proposal.
The cube represents a symbol of harmony, unity and balance of our life both
internally and as external.
Experimentation with different materials, techniques and different types of visual art
are the lines of my evolution and development. My goal is to bring the work to its
minimal geometric expression using the most basic and fundamental elements of
human manifestation. I build and deconstruct the cube recreating it in multiple
combinations to wake up curiosity in the observer and make them want to look closer
and achieve a connection between the viewer and the work of art.
I work painting, sculpture, artistic jewelry, urban interventions and performance. I
I express in all of them through simplicity and expressive reduction.
My colors are born from the African color chart that uses unusual contrasting
combinations and not conventional. I prepare a color matrix with unexpected
combinations like purple with yellows, browns with pink, oranges with blues and
grays. I have previously created a letter personalized that I digitize later and that
serves as a guide to create my paintings. The colors they always maintain their
personality, they never change, what changes is our perception of them.
In painting, I use simplified expressions in monochrome or dichromates, coupled with
rectilinear to emphasize the focal expressive power of the work. I work the shades
and saturation of the color, but the perception of the work will vary according to the
environment, the shadows, the lights, but it will also depend on our life experiences
and our state of mind. In my sculptures, I work the marine board, where the cube is
cut and multiplied in ascents and centrifugal lines. In other Cubic geometries that
expand in its dimensions are cut in acrylic and PVC.
In artistic jewelry, I create necklaces and earrings that have the sense that the person
can in a practical way wear one of my sculptures.
In my urban interventions, I paint the cube in situ creating unexpected interventions
of street and transformations of wall architectures. In my performance, I have
created the performance I am You, the #kubeman in which I dress in a white suit and
the head is a cube-mirror made of acrylic in which people can see themselves

13. reflected, is a dialogue of the people with themselves, because where my identity is
not seen but what is reflected in the cube-mirror.
With my work I want to open a door to new dimensions, I want to open the possibility
of a multidimensional perception of the work and a superhuman vision of life.
http://www.rafaelmontillaart.com/
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@rafamontillaart
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