The exhibition featured nearly ninety works by the well-known and beloved Ukrainian-American graphic artist Yakiv Gnizdovsky (Pylipche, Ternopil Region, 1915 – New York, USA, 1985), created between 1947 and 1985, mostly in woodcut and linocut techniques. The exhibition was complemented by a rare 18th-century old print from Gnizdovsky's native village, as well as posters, ex-libris, and books that the artist designed during the 1960s-1980s.

The title of the exhibition and the sections into which the exhibition is divided—The Tree of the Traveler, Jacques Gnizdovsky, Birds and Beasts, Ukrainian Grotesque, Collection of Exotic Plants, Epilogue, Sign and Word—guide us through the artistic and geographical paths of the Ukrainian émigré, opening up to us the artist's worlds, so close to us, yet seemingly distant:

"After long searches, I finally found both the motive and, it seems, the way to it (they are always together). I searched for them for years, but found them in my own room, in my own kitchen, in my own hallway, and at the corner of my own street. It was all around me, but hidden from my sight by mist. These were my sleeping princesses." (Yakiv Gnizdovsky)

The exhibition was enriched with works from the collection of Ivan Hrechka and the Ukrainian Catholic University, pieces from the memorial museum of the artist in his native village of Pylipche, works provided by the artist's family, as well as pieces from private collections.