Michal Janiga

MgA. Michal Janiga (October 12, 1991) in Považská Bystrica is a Slovak sculptor and artist.^[1][2]

Michal Janiga
Born	(1991-10-12) October 12, 1991 (age 32) Považská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Slovak
Alma mater	Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Known for	sculptor and artist, Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial
Website	https://michaljaniga.com/

Biography

Michal Janiga is a native of Pružina. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, where he graduated from the Studio of Figural Sculpture and Medals. He lives in Prague, where he works in own studio. He has had several author exhibitions and realizations in Slovakia, Norway, Italy and the Czech Republic.^[3]

Selected works

Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial

In 2021 was the co-author of the Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial in C. G. Swensson Park in Žilina.^[4] He designed and created the Swensson's portrait. The author of the memorial sculpture is the landscape architect Marek Sobola. The collaboration of these two artists created the largest memorial dedicated to a prominent Swedish landscape architect in Europe. The work combines pigmented concrete, stainless steel and elements of the green infrastructure.

Others important works and exhibitions

• Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Pružina-Priedhorie (2012).^[5]
• "Mimo predpoklad". Exhibition with Petra Lomnická, MG Gallery, Považská Bystrica, Slovakia (2018)^[3]
• Author of Ondrej Sobola's portrait, which was based on the only surviving photograph. Ondrej Sobola's story was the impetus for the creation of the international Tree of Peace initiative (2018).^[6]
• Exhibition "Negative Realism" (You're Broken When Your Heart's Not Open), Lienemann-Stifung für Bildung und Kunst Award, Tschechisches Zentrum, Berlin, Germany (2019)^[3]
• "The Run Slovakia" (relay race). Realisation of trophies and medal, production cooperation with Hydro Extrusion Slovakia (2019).^[7]
• Second place in art competition for monument of the 700th anniversary of the Žilina town, Slovakia. Cooperation with Marek Sobola in 2021.^[8][9][10]
• Exhibition "Nesnesitelné teplo domova", garden of the Cultural center H55, Prague, Czech Republic (2021).^[11]
• Portrait of Romanian King Michael I (2021).^[12]

   

  Platinum Jubilee tree planting in Žilina (from left): Michal Janiga, Peter Fiabáne, Nigel Baker and Marek Sobola.

• Portrait of Serbian King Peter I of Serbia (2021).^[13]

Other activities

On November 3, 2021, Michal Janiga took part in the official planting of a memorial tree in Žilina planted on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, the very first Jubilee tree in Central Europe.^[14] A memorial common oak (Quercus robur), also known as an English oak, was planted in Carl Gustav Swensson Park in Žilina. The planting was carried out under the Official auspices of the British Embassy in Bratislava and was inspired by the official program “The Queen’s Green Canopy“. The tree was planted by Her Majesty's Ambassador to Slovakia Nigel Baker OBE MVO together with the author of this idea Marek Sobola, Michal Janiga and the Mayor of Žilina Peter Fiabáne. Žilina's planting has a leading position throughout Central Europe – as the very first planting of the “Platinum Jubilee Tree”.^[15]

Gallery

Michal Janiga's work

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  Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial in Žilina

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  Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial with Swensson's portrait

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  Swensson's portrait made of wire

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  Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Pružina-Priedhorie, Slovakia

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  Plaque with Ondrej Sobola's portrait in the Imperial Park, Kaiservilla in Bad Ischl

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  Portrait of Serbian King Peter I of Serbia

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  "Prometheus" sculptures (on display in Prague)

References

1. Pitoňáková, Bernadetta. "Vojdete do sveta, ktorý má akoby ešte len prísť". mypovazska.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
2. Servare et Manere. "Michal Janiga". Tree of peace / Strom pokoja (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
3. "CV | Michal Janiga". michaljaniga.com. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
4. "Carl Gustav Swensson - tikzilina.eu". www.tikzilina.eu. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
5. Pitoňáková, Bernadetta. "Križovatku ciest stráži v Pružine socha svätca". mypovazska.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
6. "11.11.2018 Odhalenie Pamätníka obetiam 1. svetovej vojny v Lalinku". divinka-lalinok.sk. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
7. Slovak Design Center. "TROFEJE THE RUN SLOVAKIA". Slovenské centrum dizajnu (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
8. News Agency of the Slovak Republic (2021-06-04). "Víťazný návrh súťaže 700 rokov Žiliny umiestnia pred mestskou radnicou". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
9. "Výtvarno-architektonická súťaž 700 rokov Žiliny pozná víťazov". Žilina (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
10. Útvar hlavného architekta, Žilina. "700 rokov Žiliny – výsledky súťaže – Útvar hlavného architekta" (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
11. H55. "MICHAL JANIGA: NESNESITELNÉ TEPLO DOMOVA | H55". www.h55.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
12. Obec Trenčianska Teplá. "Storočnica narodenia posledného rumunského kráľa Michala I." www.trencianskatepla.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
13. Pál, Peter. "Výsadba 18. Stromu pokoja". Ordinariát ozbrojených síl a ozbrojených zborov SR.
14. "sochár Michal Janiga — Žilina Gallery". zilina-gallery.sk. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
15. "Dub letný 'Fastigiata'". Park Carla Gustava Swenssona (in Slovak). 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2022-02-03.

External links

• Michal Janiga: Official website