Raúl Lara

Raúl Lara is a contemporary figurative artist born in Morón de la Frontera, Spain, where he continues to live and work. His paintings explore human identity as something continuously shaped by experience and time: the distance between who we are and what we show to others, the presence of our past within us, and the parts of ourselves that remain hidden or unresolved.

His relationship with painting began in childhood, when he took traditional oil painting classes and spent much of his free time drawing. After a period away from painting, he returned to it at the age of 24, encouraged by his wife. For years he combined working in the family business with painting in the evenings. Largely self-taught, he developed his practice through sustained experimentation, personal research, and occasional courses and workshops.

An unexpected milestone came in 2012: after his wife submitted his work to a competition without telling him, Lara was selected for his first public exhibition at Agora Gallery in New York. That experience helped open the way towards a full-time artistic career. His work has since been exhibited in cities including London and Paris and presented at START Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery. His paintings have appeared on book ...

Primarily self-taught artist. Began studying traditional oil painting at the age of nine in Morón de la Frontera, Spain. Continued his artistic education independently through years of experimentation, personal research, and occasional courses and workshops, gradually developing his own approach to painting and image transfer.

2025- Pjez Unik Gallery  Kloosterstraat 53, 2000 Antwerpen (Bélgica)
2023 – Actual. Permanet Solo Exhibition Hotel Claude Marbella (Spain)
2021 Body Language Eclectic Gallery 16 Newman Street, W1T 1PB Fitzrovia, London
2021 Faces of Feminity Eclectic Gallery 16 Newman Street, W1T 1PB Fitzrovia, London
2020 Affordable Art Fair Battersea represented by Eclectic Gallery London (UK)
2020 Online Affordable Art Fair represented by Eclectic Gallery London (UK)
2020 The Real You Eclectic Gallery 16 Newman Street, W1T 1PB Fitzrovia, London
2020 Range of Arts Gallery 7 Rue des Capucins, Honfleur, (France)
2019 START Art fair Saatchi Gallery London (United Kingdom)
2019 Galerie Montmartre 11, Place Du Tertre Paris (France)
2019 Versatile Art Lisbon (Portugal)
2017 Gallery Different, 14 Percy Street London (UK)
2016 VEDO Corporate Art Exhibition London (United Kingdom)
2015 Selected artist for International Art Fair Barcelona Artbaho 2015 (Spain)
2014 Selected artist for International Art Fair Roma Romart 2015 (Italy)
2013 Actua Seville Plaza de la Encarnación s / n Seville (Spain)
2013 Elements of Abstractition Agora Gallery 530 West 25th Street New York, NY (United States)
2012 Portals of Perception Agora Gallery 530 West 25th Street New Y...