Ivan Pavle (born Galanta, 1955) is a Slovak painter whose work centres on the human figure. He combines classical painting with experimental approaches to explore sensory perception. He studied engineering before training in fine art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, graduating in 1981.
After his training, Pavle worked across painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture. His art is figurative, with nudes, torsos and faces covered by masks, and he pays close attention to gesture, bodies in motion and the relationships between two or more figures. Mythology is another recurring theme, seen in an ongoing cycle of paintings about Babylon and in imaginary landscapes populated by characters with animal features. He combines older techniques with processes of his own.
His works have been shown in Slovakia and in countries including Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Italy and the United States. In 1989 he received the Jury Prize at the International Festival of Painting in Cagnes-sur-Mer. In 2015 the publisher Herial issued a monograph by the theorist Ivan Jančár, who praises his anatomical precision and self-discipline.