Pavel 叠补艌办补 was born in 1941 in Prague, Czech Republic. He graduated from the Czech Technical University (1958鈥1963), in 1964鈥66 he was a member of the Czech beatnik group together with V谩clav Hrab臎, Inka Machulkov谩 and Vla膹ka 膶erepkov谩. 叠补艌办补 started taking photography seriously only at the end of the 1970s, when he left his research job and started a career of a freelance photographer. Initially, he published in Czechoslovak interior design and architecture magazines and from the 1990s, he devoted himself exclusively to art photography.
In 1990, 叠补艌办补 co-founded the Prague House of Photography and served as chairman of the board of directors for several years. His long stays in the USA impacted his career, when he worked as a guest artist at universities including Ohio University in 1992-93, and became represented by several important galleries in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. From 1995, 叠补艌办补 has been leading the Atelier of Photography, College of Applied Arts and Design in 脷st铆 nad Labem. In 2002, he co-founded the Fotograf magazine and manages it to this day.
Between 2005-2010, 叠补艌办补 was serving as Visiting Professor for European Photography, University of Derby, UK. In 2009, together with colleagues from the FOTOGRAF magazine, 叠补艌办补 founded a new initiative in the field of photography - Fotograf Gallery, a non-profit center for photography and contemporary art, focused on exhibitions of photography by young photographers and education of the public in the field of photography.
Pavel 叠补艌办补 was featured at FotoFest 1990 鈥 Perspectives, Real and Imaginary: Nineteen Contemporary Czechoslovak Photographers curated by Wendy Watriss and Frederic C. Baldwin, and exhibited at FotoFest Biannual in 2000. He was a member of the international jury of portfolio reviewers at FotoFest 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. As The Guardian put it, 鈥淲ith his surreal juxtapositions and abstractions, Pavel Ban虒ka photographs a world on the edge of dreams.鈥 Pavel 叠补艌办补 lives and works in Prague.