Colored linocut, print area 11x15 cm, graphic sheet 21x29.6 cm, numbered 4/40, signed M. Manojlín 2014
About the author:
Martin Manojlín (1972) graduated in 1995 from the Faculty of Education at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, where he studied Czech language - art education. It was there that he began to discover his interest in graphics, especially in relief printing techniques.
He refined his artistic talent under the guidance of outstanding graphic artists such as Prof. Miloš Michálek and Alois Kračmar. Since 2015, he has been a member of SČUG Hollar.
In his graphic work, Martin Manojlín focuses on relief printing techniques – predominantly linocut in combination with woodcut and printing from various structural materials. These are mostly multi-colored overprints from several matrices, and the printing process is quite complex, so the artist prints all sheets exclusively himself. Before printing with another color, he often uncovers the matrix, and in his printing, he also uses the structures of various materials, or prints on colored papers to enhance the work's expression.
Martin Manojlín creates both free graphic sheets and ex-libris. Since 2011, he has been printing ex-libris almost exclusively on A4 paper format. His art is dominated by natural motifs, which he translates into both concrete depictions and abstract forms. His work has been repeatedly awarded in various competitions, triennials, and biennials in the Czech Republic and abroad.
