Pavel Baňka’s work has been shown extensively throughout Europe and the United States, including a major career retrospective at the prestigious Rudolfinum Museum in Prague in 2001, and is part of significant collections, including those at the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; International Center of Photography, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; and Museum Ludwig, Cologne, DE. Apart from being a well-established artist, Baňka is also a prolific writer and curator. In 2002, he co-founded FOTOGRAF magazine, which has expanded to a gallery and an annual photo festival in the center of Prague.