Color linocut, 11x16 cm print area, graphic sheet 21x29.5 cm, numbered EA, signed M. Manojlín 2009
About the artist:
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 and art education. It was there that he began to discover his interest in printmaking, especially relief printing techniques.
He refined his artistic talent under the guidance of outstanding printmakers such as Prof. Miloš Michálek and Alois Kračmar. Since 2015, he has been a member of SČUG Hollar.
In his printmaking, Martin Manojlín focuses on relief printing techniques – predominantly linocut in combination with woodcut and printing from various structural materials. These are mostly multi-color overprints from several matrices, and the printing process is quite complicated, so the artist prints all sheets exclusively himself. He often carves the matrices before printing another color and uses textures of various materials in the print, or prints on colored papers to enhance the work.
Martin Manojlín creates both loose graphic sheets and ex-libris. Since 2011, he has printed ex-libris almost exclusively on A4 paper. Natural motifs dominate his art, which he translates into both concrete depictions and abstract forms. His work has been recognized multiple times at various competitions, triennials, and biennials in the Czech Republic and abroad.
