Artist Bio. Rafa Montilla ART STUDIES EDUCATION. CARACAS, VENEZUELA Drawing and oil painting with Professor Lucio Rivas 1974 Drawing, School of Visual Arts Cristóbal Rojas de Caracas 1990 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 Sculpture in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas Sofía Ímber (MACC) 1992
HONORS AND AWARDS: Special recognition for contribution to the Art in the community, delivered by the Mayor of the City of Doral (Miami Dade), Juan Carlos Bermudez, April 27, 2017 Tomas Regalado, City of Miami Mayor proclaimed August 19, 2016 as Rafael Montilla’s Day. 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: Hernán Gamboa Gallery, Humboldt International University & New Professions Technical Institute 4000 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33134 Barrio Gallery, Doral Conservatory 2900 NW 109th Ave, Doral, FL 33172
ART STATEMENT “Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.” Sir Thomas Browne Ever since I can remember, I have given importance to two things in my life: internal seeking and art. My works of art are concrete and essential approximations of my own inner and outer experiences. They are simple; they reflect me. I have based my work on the flower of life and Metatron’s Cube. Geometric Abstraction allows me to convey deeper thoughts to my audience as a divine human gift. My art is a strong response to the chaotic world around us. Exploring the elements of geometric shapes, light, and color in the combination, I try to bring about harmony, unity, and balance. I would like to reduce my artistic vocabulary to dots, lines, and shades of white. My biggest challenge is to simplify my art expression.
SOLO EXHIBITION: 2018 Kubes in Action Personalities, DATG concept Gallery, Octuber 11 2018, 3625 Northwest 82nd Avenue, Doral, Florida 33166. Anny Bello curator.
Kubes in Action, Coral Gables Museum 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. 33134. Anny Bello curator.
2017 VBC. 2017. Pierini Esthetic Surgery Events Hall Dicember 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 Dicember 13 2016 – 8353 NW 36 St Doral, FL 33166. 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) Octuber 13rd 2016 Art Emporium Gallery, 710 SW 13th Ave, Miami, FL. I LOVE MIAMI (Photo Sculpture & Photos) Agust 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 in7800-, 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 CHINDREN (Photos) December 12th 2014 Euro Suites – Venezuelan Business Club.
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.
Biennial & Art Fair: 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, Curator’s Voice Art Projects booth #522 Palm Beach County Convention Center 650 Okeechobee Boulevard West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Milagros Bello, Curator.
2018 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 Sante Fe Convention Center DATG CONCEPT BOOTH #220 ArtExpo NYC 2018 April 18th to 22nd 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 COCEPT Booth #613 Miami Biennale Artists for Venezuelan journalists August 19 2017 3000 North Miami Ave Fl 33127 STREET ART INTERVENTION: Miami, Downtown Miami, Miami Design District, Wynwood, Midtwom Miami, Hialead, Medley, Doral, Coral Gables, Weston, Las Vegas, New York City, Caracas, Venezuela.
COLLECTIVE EXPOSITION: 2019 Writing on the walls exhibition May 24, 2019 Blink Group Gallery, 888 Biscayne Blvd Miami, Florida 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 Jan 30 22 2019 Curator Voice Art Project 350 NE 75th St. Unit 105 Miami 33138 Milagros Bello curator.
2018 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. 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 Art Miami Week/ Art Basel – Spectrum Miami 1700 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132, DAGT COCEPT Booth #613 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 URBAO” Exposición internacional de Fotografía. Tributo a la artista “MACU SANZ” 1ro de Diciembre 2017,CN gallery C/ Lagasca 95, 28006 Madrid España. Art EXPOMIAMI 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
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 Octuber 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 – Octuber 1st 2017 Miami Biennale Artists for Venezuelan journalists August 19 2017 3000 North Miami Ave Fl 33127 COLLETIVE 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
Painting & Photos, June 2nd 2017 Gallery Hernán Gamboa, 4000 W Flagler St, Coral Gables, FL 33134 PHOTO 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 2017 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
2016 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, Dicenber. 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 de 2016 Grand Palms Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort, Pembroke Pines, FL.
WHITE’S ART GALLERY EXHIBITION February 16th de 2016 White’s Art Gallery, Miami, FL.
2015 Nina Torres Fine Art, INSJ Photography Awards, Decembre 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 Americas Julio 19th 2013 Lucy Saenz Art Studio Pembroke Pines, FL.
2012 UNIDOS POR EL ARTE November 2nd 2012 Galeria Hernán Gamboa, New Professions Technical Institute 4000 West Flagler Street Coral Gables,, Florida 33134
Art critics and curators who have written about my artwork: Víctor Fuenmayor: Caballero de Las Artes and Letras of the French Republic, Doctor of Semiology (Paris VII University) and Member of AICA, International Association of Art Critics. Katherine Chacon: Art Critic Rolando Peña (The Black Prince): Artist
Anny Bello: Art Critic José Gregorio Noroño: Art Critic Carlos Sánchez Fuenmayor: University Curator and Art Critic Johanna Pérez Daza: Art Critic Juan Antonio González: Art Critic Publications: El Nuevo Herald, Nagari Magazine, El Universal, El Nacional, MiamiDiario.com, MujerLatinaUSA.com, Revista Crear Ambientes, E.M.E De Mujer USA, Incubadoravisual.com, Voyagemia.com, Mpacart.com, Wynwoodtimes.com. Rafael Montilla http://www.rafaelmontillaart.com/ rafaelmontillaart@gmail.com +1 786 286-3748 @rafamontilla