Mottilla is part of the Element Advocates program and divides his time between art projects and design projects at Studio Petit Pois (where he is a partner with wife and designer Marianna Cersosimo). He held exhibitions across the world as part of the collective Daslu Urban Art based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In October 2009, he made his first solo exhibition debut at +SOMA gallery in Sao Paulo, titled "O Peru de MOTTILAA".