The Old Chapel, Solva, Pembrokeshire SA62 6UU

01437 721907

You can visit Raul’s website here

A Cuban artist living & working in Wales, exhibiting worldwide, Raul gives workshops and undertakes commissions – including murals.

WORK/EXHIBITIONS/BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Raul Speek was born in Guantanamo, Cuba in 1958 just as Castro’s revolution started.  He studied art in Havana and rose to be one of Cuba’s top young artists.  In 1989 the BBC Arena programme visited Cuba to make a documentary on the artists and writers there and a year later bought Raul to the UK to take part in an exhibition in London.  Since then he has exhibited across Europe and his paintings feature in many public and private collections across the world.  He moved to Solva in Pembrokeshire in 1995 and has been resident there since,  travelling widely to exhibit and give workshops in schools, art groups and for FAS itself.   Raul is also a talented musician writing his own music performing solo and with his musicians.  He wrote and performed (with a group of Welsh musicians) Pembrokeshire Weather Report,  a semi classical piece on piano and organ, in St Davids Cathedral.  He is currently writing a piece of music called The Welsh Symphony.

Raul believes in the power of community and works to bring art to all age groups.  He is involved In 

an ecological project to protect the world from an ever rising tide of plastic. 

1995 to date: Painting in studio, giving workshops in painting and sculpture, printing

Workshops (painting, drawing, screen-printing and woodcut), Video creation, Live Music Performance at The Old Chapel, Solva.  All works continuously on show as part of revolving exhibition.

November 2025 Havana, Cuba, Exhibition – Lecturing at Habana University

May 2025 Canfas ‘Wales through my Eyes’

November 2024` Guantanamo, Cuba  Exhibition.  

November 2024 Havana, Cuba  Exhibition ‘Mystery’ : 

September 2024 Clynfyw Mansion, My Pilgrimage (Invitation Only)

June 2024 100m mural part of Solva Live

Summer 2024 FAS Annual Exhibition Tregwynt Mansion

November 2023 Tenby Museums workshops on Merlin .

October 2023 St Davids Cathedral, One Man Show  “My Life is a Prayer!

August 2023 FAS Annual Exhibition Tregwynt Mansion – won joint first prize

August 2023 The Old Chapel, Concert – Jazz and CubanTradiitional Music

June 2023 Mural, Solva as part of Solva Live

April/May 2023 Picton Castle FAS Exhibition

March 2023 Havana, Cuba  Retrospective

 For full CV please see website  http://www.raulspeek.co.uk  

 E:   raul@raulspeek.co.uk