Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts, in charge of the Intaglio Printing Studio in the structure of the Chair of Graphic Art. Etching and drawing are his main fields. The dominating theme in his works is Upper Silesia, especially its cityscape. His etchings show disruptive, dramatic changes which are touching this region nowadays.

It presented selected etchings, typical of Prof.Szmatloch’s main cycles: The Windows, The Slopes, The Crossovers, No Address, Still Life, Silesian Calendars.

The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue published by the Silesian Culture Centre in Nakło Śląskie.