YERKA

Jacek Yerka was born in Toruń, Poland, in 1952. He was fine art and graphic design there too on University of Nikolas Kopernik. In firs year after study he started panting posters which was  exhibited in Biennale of polish poster in  Katowice, and Biennale w Lahti and in  Warsaw. He began working full time as an artist in 1980.

His subject matter ranges from odd beasts to whimsical landscapes incorporating extraordinary architecture, and include imagery gleamed from his childhood, such as his grandmothers kitchen. Says Yerka, "For me, the 1950s were a kind of Golden Age ... If I were, for instance, to paint a computer, it would definitely have a pre-war aesthetic to it."

Work typically progresses from a graphite sketch, to crayon drawing, then a pastel com, and finally an acrylic painting. Yerka's work has been exhibited in Poland, Germany, Monaco, France, and the United States, and may be found in the museums of Poland.