Color linocut 10x14.5 cm print area, graphic sheet 14.5x21 cm numbered, signed M. Manojlín 2024
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 – 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 author prints all sheets exclusively himself. Often, before printing with another color, he uncovers the matrix, and in his printing, he also uses the structures of various materials, or prints on colored papers for the artwork's effect.
Martin Manojlín creates both free graphic sheets 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 depictions and abstract forms. His work has been recognized multiple times at various competitions, triennials, and biennials in the Czech Republic and abroad.
