Biography

Stanislav Riha,
Visual Artist, photographer and writer,
Member of CARFAC

A teen's contemplation 2025, mixed media, 66 x 43 cm

Born in 1952 in Prague, former Czechoslovakia. He grew up in Lesser Town (Malá Strana), surrounded by great medieval and modern art and artists, which sparked his desire to create.

Abandoned beach house, 2025, mixed media, 81 x 51 cm

From early childhood, he enjoyed drawing and later painting; as a young man, he focused mainly on surrealism. His artistic attitude was shaped by many art clubs in his childhood, followed by art training with MgA Milos Saska and work in set design for the Realistic Theatre.

Beach towers 2025, acrylic on canvas, 31 x 22 cm

In 1980, he lived in Grinzing, Vienna, Austria, for a year, then moved to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Enchanted by the natural beauty of British Columbia, he dedicated the first few years to realistic nature themes, then switched to Surreal and later Surreal-abstract creative work.

Berry field, 2025, mixed media, 46 61 cm

Artist Statement

In the last three decades, Standa has been creating wall-mounted, cast resin, and aluminum sculptures combined with canvas and gold leaf, and I have been exploring the computer as an art tool for creating digital artwork.

Diarist's box, 2025, mixed media, 66 x 41 cm

All his life, he has loved to create art full of emotions and feelings, "soul," with the satisfaction of fun. He is also interested in the balance and composition of colours and objects rather than the items' reality.

Exploring a driftwood beach, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 153 x 91 cm

The direction over the last two decades has been to understand and, through art, express the human struggle with emotions and adaptations. For the past ten years, he has been polishing his creative work in the Surreal-abstract style.

In a creative bubble, 2025, mixed media, 66 x 41 cm

The main motto of his artwork is;
Just as in a good story, readers have space to create their own image; in a visual artwork, viewers can create their own account.
All my artwork uses copper foil and gold leaf for compositional effect and to deter plagiarism.

https://www.saatchiart.com/en-ca/StandaRiha
https://www.instagram.com/stanriha/
https://www.facebook.com/stan.riha