Pavel Barta

Pavel Barta was born in the Czech Republic. He worked as graphic designer in a Publishing House in Prague. During that time he started to consider an “escape” from computer art and became interested in “hand-made art”. He used material such as wood, clay, paper, and metal to create miniature sculptures. His first exhibition took place in Prague in 1996. Each miniature sculpture is original and unique as he does not use molds or patterns.

He came to Canada in 1997. Here he became interested also in stone and bronze sculptures. In 2007 he started to work with another medium -fiberglass- to create large scale outdoor sculptures. His large scale sculptures can be seen throughout British Columbia. Pavel’s sculptures are in private collections across Canada, in Europe, USA, New Zealand, and Australia. His sculpture design was chosen as The Okanagan Art Council Award for 2008. In 2012 Pavel finished two public art projects: Installation of 16 sculptures in the new foyer of Kelowna General Hospital, and also entrance signs for Village of Clinton. “The best reward I can get is to know that thanks to my art someone’s day became brighter.”