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
Považská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
NationalitySlovak
Alma materAcademy of Fine Arts in Prague
Known forsculptor and artist, Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial
Websitehttps://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

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]

Michal Janiga's work
  • Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial in Žilina
    Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial in Žilina
  • Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial with Swensson's portrait
    Carl Gustav Swensson Memorial with Swensson's portrait
  • Swensson's portrait made of wire
    Swensson's portrait made of wire
  • Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Pružina-Priedhorie, Slovakia
    Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Pružina-Priedhorie, Slovakia
  • Plaque with Ondrej Sobola's portrait in the Imperial Park, Kaiservilla in Bad Ischl
    Plaque with Ondrej Sobola's portrait in the Imperial Park, Kaiservilla in Bad Ischl
  • Portrait of Serbian King Peter I of Serbia
    Portrait of Serbian King Peter I of Serbia
  • "Prometheus" sculptures (on display in Prague)
    "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.
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