Color linocut 15x12 cm printing area, 21x29.6 cm graphic sheet numbered 8/60, signed M. Manojlín 2023
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 graphic work, Martin Manojlín focuses on relief printing techniques – predominantly linocut in combination with woodcut and printing from various structural materials. These are mostly multi-colored overprints from several matrices, and the printing is quite complex, so the author prints all sheets exclusively himself. Often, before printing another color, he unveils the matrix and also uses structures of various materials in printing, or for the effect of the work, prints on colored papers.
Martin Manojlín engages in 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 repeatedly awarded in various competitions, triennials, and biennials in the Czech Republic and abroad.
