Rafa Mateo

Rafa Mateo — Geometric Abstraction Meets Pop Art

Rafa Mateo is a Spanish artist and designer whose work sits at the crossroads of geometric abstraction and pop art. Trained in industrial design and architecture, he approaches each composition with a structural eye — building images from precise geometric forms, hard edges, and carefully calibrated colour relationships. What sets his work apart is the hybrid process: each piece begins as a hand-drawn sketch, moves through digital refinement, and is completed as a physical painting on canvas. This analog-to-digital-to-analog cycle gives his work a layered quality that purely digital or purely traditional methods cannot replicate.

Works like Contramarinetti and Cerasus demonstrate his ability to merge bold graphic impact with painterly nuance. Flat colour fields lock together with architectural precision, while subtle tonal shifts and textural details reveal the hand behind the geometry. His compositions carry the energy of mid-century graphic design and the confidence of contemporary abstraction — art that reads clearly from across a room but rewards close inspection. Mateo's design background ensures that every element serves the whole, creating work that feels both spontaneous and meticulously considered.

Rafa Mateo Art Prints — Produced in Berlin

At Kuriosis, we produce Rafa Mateo's geometric abstractions as fine art prints and canvas prints in our Berlin studio. Fine art paper prints on 225g matte stock deliver the sharp edges and flat colour fields of Mateo's compositions with archival precision. Available in A3, 50×70 cm, 70×100 cm, and A0. Canvas prints on 400g cotton in 30×40 cm, 50×70 cm, and 70×100 cm add physical depth and warmth, enhancing the painterly quality of his layered process.

All prints use Japanese pigment inks rated for over 100 years. Frame in oak, black, or walnut brown — floating frames for canvas create a clean 5 mm shadow gap gallery look. Explore more abstract art, contemporary art, and geometric art prints at Kuriosis.