Color linocut, 17x13 cm print area, graphic sheet 21x29.5 cm, numbered EA, signed M. Manojlín 2025
About the artist:
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 excellent 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 – mainly 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. Often, before printing another color, he uncovers the matrices and uses the structures of various materials in the print, or for the effect of the work, he prints on colored papers.
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 awarded multiple times in various competitions, triennials, and biennials in the Czech Republic and abroad.
