Jakov Brdar studied at Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana and completed specialized study in 1979. He studied at the University of Paris in Paris, and from 1988 to 1991 he worked in Berlin and exhibited at the Pergamon Museum.
In his statues there is always love for form and substance. Statues are aesthetic organisms that embody the messages of the artist's soul. In his sculptors there is a presence his experience of love and grief, suffering and enthusiasm with his models, and above all, statues are active witnesses of creative enthusiasm that never stops where they embody his sign of life and hope.
He lives and works in Ljubljana as a freelance artist.