Biography

Pavla Parik is an established Israeli painter of Czech origin whose work explores humanity’s relationship with nature, time, mortality, memory, and the systems of value that shape civilization. Working between realism, symbolism, and semi-abstraction, Parik has developed a distinctive artistic language in which landscape, human existence, environmental responsibility, history, and the consequences of civilization are brought into dialogue. Her artistic practice combines philosophical inquiry with a strong sense of structure, composition, and spatial organization informed by her academic and professional background in architecture.

Parik has built an extensive exhibition career in Israel, presenting numerous solo exhibitions and participating in numerous group exhibitions. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions curated by prominent Israeli curators, including Revital Silverman Grün, Dr. Shahar Marnin-Distelfeld, and Ariela Shamir. Her paintings are held in private collections in Israel and abroad, and her artistic activity includes collaborations with Israeli cultural, environmental, and scientific organizations.

Parik is represented online by Art.Salon, where she was personally selected by Felix Brosius for inclusion. Her representation on the platform places her work within an international online art context and provides access to her paintings for collectors and audiences beyond Israel.

A particularly significant part of Parik’s career is her long-term collaboration with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, through which she has created five solo exhibitions exploring different aspects of humanity’s relationship with the natural and cultural environment. These exhibitions connect painting with environmental awareness, landscape, history, cultural heritage, and questions concerning human responsibility and the passage of time.

Among these exhibitions are "Humanity and Nature", "Roots", "Sea of Oceans", "Flowers and Pollinators", and "The Past Before Us". Presented at Ein Afek Nature Reserve and in settings connected with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, the exhibitions have explored subjects ranging from Israeli landscapes and ecological systems to marine pollution, biodiversity, pollinators, cultural heritage, and the human presence within historical landscapes.

"Humanity and Nature" brought together more than 25 large-scale paintings inspired by Israeli nature reserves, alongside environmental works addressing plastic pollution, illegal dumping, marine pollution, and other consequences of human activity. "Sea of Oceans" focused on seas and oceans, combining large-scale paintings with works addressing plastic pollution and its impact on marine life. "Flowers and Pollinators" examined the relationship between plants, pollinators, and the ecological systems that sustain life.

In "The Past Before Us", presented at Ein Afek Nature Reserve, Parik turned from contemporary environmental concerns toward questions of history, archaeology, cultural heritage, and memory. Inspired by heritage sites and archaeological remains, the exhibition imagines the people who once lived, worked, and created in these places. Through painting, traces of the past become a way of reconnecting with human presence and the passage of time. The exhibition reflects Parik’s broader approach to landscape as more than visual representation: a landscape can also contain layers of history, memory, human activity, and cultural meaning.

Parik has also participated in the environmental exhibition "Will I Disappear", organized in collaboration with the Jane Goodall Institute Israel and Dr. Itai Roffman, alongside other artists. The project used contemporary art to address the global ecological crisis and questions concerning the disappearance and transformation of species and ecosystems.

Parik received a Master’s degree in Art and Architecture in Prague, Czech Republic. Following several years of professional architectural practice, she devoted herself fully to painting. Her architectural education and experience continue to influence her approach to composition, spatial relationships, perspective, structure, and the organization of complex visual elements.

Her paintings frequently move between recognizable reality and symbolic or semi-abstract forms. This allows her to examine subjects extending beyond the immediate landscape, including time, memory, mortality, human ambition, material values, history, and the meaning of progress. In her recent work, these themes increasingly converge around the relationship between human civilization and the living world.

Parik has also contributed to the cultural and healing environment of Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, where she donated a series of 30 paintings. The works form part of the visual environment experienced by patients, visitors, and medical staff.

Parik’s paintings are held in numerous private collections in Israel and internationally. She is a member of the Israeli Painters and Sculptors Association and is represented on Art.Salon.

In her recent work, Parik continues to investigate questions of value, time, mortality, environmental responsibility, history, and humanity’s evolving relationship with the living world.

Solo exhibitions:

"The Past Before us", En Afek gallery, En Afek Nature Park, Dec-Mar 2025
"Flowers and Pollinators", En Afek gallery, En Afek Nature Park, March-April 2025
"Figures Reflect Reality", Spirala gallery Binyamina, March-April 2025, Curator of the exhibition Ariela Shamir
" Sea of Oceans", En Afek gallery, En Afek Nature Park, April-June 2024
"Power of nature", Zichron Yakov, public library, February - March 2024
"הדומם החי", Spirala gallery Binyamina, Jan 2024, Curator of the exhibition Ariela Shamir
"Roots", En Afek gallery, En Afek Nature Park, 2023
"Cycles", Library and memorial center, Kiryat Tivon, 2022, Curator of the exhibition: Shahar Marnin-Distenlfeld, Ph.D.
"Jewish motifs in painting and photography", Pavla Parik and Sherry Orbach, Netanya AACI centrum, September-October 2022
"Will I disappear?" Nature expressed in paintings, photographs and sculpture. Pavla Parik, Sherry Orbach, Barry Korzen, Igal Rozenblat Lecturer Dr.Itay Roffman, from Jane Goodall institute, Caesarea Community Center, 2022
"Nature and Man", En Afek gallery, En Afek Nature Park, 2022
"Israel landscapes", Pavla Parik and Sherry Orbach, Netanya AACI centrum, 2022
"Retrospective", Art and about gallery, Emek Hefer 2018

Group Exhibitions:

"On High and steep cliffs", Netanya, Gallery on the Cliff, curator of the exhibition: Revital Silverman Grun, June-July 2024
"מבטים", Manole art gallery, Ein Hod, 2023
" In our hands", Library Zikhron Yaakov, Environmental Exhibition, Curator of the exhibition: Revital Silverman Grun, 2023"
"יוצרים מקום", Zikhron Yaakov. Curator of the exhibition: Revital Silverman Grun, 2021
"יוצרים אביב", Zikhron Yaakov, 2022
"דמויות ונופים", Library Zikhron Yaakov. Curator of the exhibition: Revital Silverman Grun, 2022
"אל הבית וממנו", Zikhron Yaakov, Curator of the exhibition: Revital Silverman Grun, 2022