Marian Karel (born 21 August 1944), is a Czech sculptor and university professor.

In the years 1965 to 1972 he studied at the studio of Stanislav Libenský at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

Since 2009 he has been a professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Technical University, where he heads the Department of Industrial Design.

[3] Marian Karel uses light, glass, and geometric forms to make illusionistic sculptures that challenge the viewer's perceptions of space.

He expresses very simplistic interactions between basic geometrical elements, which very artfully and intricately connect and permeate.