Color linocut print area 14x11 cm, graphic sheet 21x29.6 cm numbered 41/70, signed M. Manojlín 2012
About the author:
Martin Manojlín (1972) graduated in 1995 from the Faculty of Education of 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 perfected 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 usually multi-color overprints from several matrices, and the printing is quite complicated, so the author prints all the sheets exclusively himself. He often unveils matrices before printing another color and uses structures of various materials in his prints, or prints on colored papers for the final effect of the work.
Martin Manojlín works with both loose 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 awarded multiple times at various competitions, triennials, and biennials in the Czech Republic and abroad.
