Painter, poet, director, playwright. He is a full professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, where he runs the Painting Workshop. The artist’s specialty is portraying city backyards and alleys in which there is a deep fascination with the long-gone childhood era.

It had a retrospective character. The most important works of prof. Jacek Rykała came from the last 20 years, but about half of them were new paintings, including those presented for the first time at the exhibition in the Center.