Set of two prints in original folders. Color linocut, print area 15×19 cm, print sheet 21×29.6 cm, numbered 28/50, signed M. Manojlín 2017
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 printmaking, especially in relief printing techniques.
He honed 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 – mainly 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 complicated, so the artist prints all sheets exclusively himself. He often reveals the matrices before printing with another color and also uses the textures of various materials in his prints, or prints on colored papers for the desired effect.
Martin Manojlín creates both loose prints and ex-libris. Since 2011, he has printed ex-libris almost exclusively on A4 paper. His art is dominated by natural motifs, which he translates into both concrete representations and abstract forms. His work has been awarded multiple times at various competitions, triennials, and biennials in the Czech Republic and abroad.
