RAFAEL MONTILLA

Caracas, Venezuela

Rafael Montilla

The work of Rafael Montilla (Caracas, Venezuela, 1957), also known as Kube Man, is a spiritual and visual journey through the symbolic power of geometry. Based in Miami, Montilla has developed a distinctive artistic language in which the cube—his central motif—becomes a portal, a symbolic structure, and a philosophical unit that connects the earthly with the sacred.

Spanning photography, urban art, performance, sculpture, and painting, his practice reflects a deep engagement with sacred geometry, energy systems, planetary sustainability, and the inner layers of human consciousness. Every line, volume, and structure in his work functions as a visual meditation—a search for universal order and inner balance.

Trained as an artist in Caracas between 1973 and 1992, Montilla channels his personal journey into a cohesive aesthetic discourse where geometric form becomes both containment and expansion. His creations invite the viewer into a sensory and contemplative experience that transcends form to touch the spiritual.

He has held solo exhibitions at notable venues in South Florida, including the Broward Art Guild (Fort Lauderdale, 2021), Hernán Gamboa Gallery (Coral Gables, 2020), and the Coral Gables Museum (2018). His work has also been featured in significant group shows across the Americas and Europe, including the Tijuana Triennial (2021 and 2024), establishing his international presence as an artist committed to the ethical and mystical dimensions of contemporary art.

Rafael Montilla, Kube Man, does not merely build forms: he constructs meaning, summons ancestral memory, and proposes—through geometry—a path toward harmony between the individual, the cosmos, and the planet.