Henk van Putten (Amsterdam, 1936) trained at HTS and initially worked as a designer in various studios. In 1965 he founded his own consulting company. However, from his 1970s onwards, while living in Ibiza, he began to devote himself to art (although he could not help but design chairs and tables from time to time). He returned to the Netherlands in 1972, had his first solo exhibition at the Fodor Gallery in Amsterdam in 1978, and became a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1980 he founded ‘Art Stable Amsterdam’, a loose group of artists (including Constant), which occasionally publishes its own magazine containing artistic reflections. Van Putten has since exhibited in many galleries, including abroad (Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Guernsey) and had a retrospective exhibition at the Museum Commandery Van Sint Jan in Nijmegen. . Since 2001 he has lived and worked in India (Auroville) and exhibits there regularly.
www.ftn-books.com has several van Putten publications now available.
