Jaco Putker
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Fear, amusement, joy, bewilderment or dread? It is entirely up to the individual's mood, on how Jacob Putker's work is perceived. He combines digital and traditional techniques to produce images which are playful and sinister, nostalgic and magical.
His preferred medium is photopolymer, or solar plate, etching. This technique is a non-toxic way of etching which allows for photorealistic depictions, rather than an imposed meaning to his work.
This artist knows very well how to trigger your feelings, tangle your mind and unearth all the strangers lingering in your long forgotten dreams.About
Jaco Putker is a contemporary artist and printmaker from Hague, Netherlands. He combines digital and traditional techniques to produce images which are both playful and sinister, nostalgic and magical.
His preferred medium is photopolymer, or solar plate, etching. This technique is a non-toxic way of etching which allows for photorealistic depictions.
Rather than impose meaning to his work, Jaco Putker invites the viewers to associate freely and give his etchings personal significance through individual perceptions and filters.
The titles of the etchings are descriptive and give no handle as to the meaning of the works. The artist considers his works to be illustrations to fables which don't exist but hopefully take shape in the beholders' minds.
Jaco Putker was awarded the Dutch national Business Art Service competition for Graphic Arts in 2010. He won the Awagami Paper Factory Prize (at the Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition) twice; in 2015, and again in 2017. In 2017 he also won the ON PAPER International Printmaking Award 2017.
His work has been exhibited throughout Europe, as well as in Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, Canada and the USA.Awards
| 2021 • First Prize Open Art 20x20 Mini Print Internacional Barcelona |
| 2018 • Award of Excellence, Authentic Marks 2nd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition |
| 2017 • Awagami Factory Prize, Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition |
| 2017 • ON PAPER International Printmaking Award |
| 2015 • Awagami Factory Prize, Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition |
Shows
| 2022 • International Handprinted Edition, Tong In Gallery, Seoul, South Korea |
| 2021 • Open Art 20x20 Mini Print Internacional Barcelona 2021, Galería La Maldita Estampa, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2021 • Bestiarium II, Etch Ink Art Space, Athens, Greece |
| 2021 • Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 2020 - March • Authentic Marks 3rd International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition 2020, Dubai Art Season 2020, Dubai Design District, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
