Jacek Yerka was born in 1952. He graduated in 1976 the Faculty of Fine Arts at Nicolas Copernicus University in Torun. He specialized in graphic art.

During the first few years after graduation he exhibited posters at The Biennial Exhibition of Polish Posters in Katowice in 1977 and 1979, at the international biennial exhibitions in Lahti and Warsaw, among others.

Since 1980, Jacek Yerka devoted himself completely to painting. Taking pattern from former masters like Jan van Eyck or Hieronymus Bosch but mainly based on his unlimited imagination, he creates surrealistic compositions, particularly admired by enthusiasts of sci-fi. Jacek Yerka inspired the fantasy writer Harlon Ellison to write 30 short stories which along...