Tom Putman
1994, the Netherlands
Lives and works in Utrecht
Represented by Heejsteck#
Contact
info@tomputman.nl
Education
2012 - 2016: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, AKI ArtEZ, Enschede
2011: Preparatory Course, AKI ArtEZ, Enschede
Internship
2015: November - December, Daniel Bragin, London
Residency
2017: October - December, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
Exhibitions
Now 15.05.25 – 03.08.25 – Beelden in Leiden 2025, Leiden
Upcoming 2025 – Heejsteck#, Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen
Upcoming 2025 – Heejsteck#, Utrecht (duo exhibition with Peer Vink)
2025 – 975, Tiny Art Gallery, OSTRA, Lisbon
2025 – OCTA IV, OCTA Or Call This Art, Kate, Amsterdam
2025 – Post Modern Collection, booth 9 KunstRAI, Amsterdam
2025 – Heejsteck#, booth 101 KunstRAI, Amsterdam
2025 – Heejsteck#, booth E-10 Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2024 – Heejsteck#, booth F05, SCOPE Art Show, Miami
2024 – Post Modern Collection, Luxembourg Art Week, Luxembourg
2024 – Hectobar 32.0, Heejsteck#, Utrecht
2024 – De regionale spieel, Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk
2024 – Big Art, Heejsteck#, Amsterdam (solo)
2024 – Tiny Art Gallery, booth S8, Swab Art Fair, Barcelona
2024 – Post Modern Collection, booth S1, Swab Art Fair, Barcelona
2024 – Blasting of the Gully, Verduyn Gallery, Moregem
2024 – Post Modern Collection, booth D14 Positions Art Fair, Berlin
2024 – Heejsteck#, booth 36 Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen
2024 – Aesthetic Echoes, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp
2024 – Down to Earth, Kunsthal 45, Den Helder
2024 – KunstOer, Winterswijk
2024 – Post Modern Collection, room 25, Art Island, IJmuiden
2024 – Post Modern Collection, booth 7 KunstRAI, Amsterdam
2024 – Hectobar 28.0, Heejsteck#, Utrecht
2024 – Post Fascism, Loods 6, Amsterdam
2024 – Heejsteck#, booth 64 Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2023 – The last off-site show on the Earth, Plague Space, Krasnodar
2023 – Seven Sins, Moya Museum, Oosterhout
2023 – [nature distorted], Heejsteck#, Utrecht (duo exhibition with Babs Bleeker)
2023 – Hectobar 26.0, Heejsteck#, Utrecht
2023 – Post Modern Collection, booth 14 Art The Hague, The Hague
2023 – Post Modern Collection, booth A13 Positions Art Fair, Berlin
2023 – Art au centre Liège #12, Liège
2023 – 5x1: Male Contrapositions (Houston, we have a man), Heejsteck#, Utrecht
2023 – Wildflowers, SecondRoom, Antwerp (solo)
2023 – Post Modern Collection, booth 32 KunstRAI, Amsterdam
2023 – Replacement, Nighttimestory, Los Angeles
2023 – Tiny Art Gallery #3, Posta Space, Sofia
2023 – Post Modern Collection, booth M14 Collectible fair, Brussels
2023 – OCTA III, OCTA Or Call This Art, AG, Utrecht
2023 – Heejsteck#, booth 66 Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2023 – Post Modern Collection, booth 2 Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2022 – Wilding, Solo Show, off-site project (solo)
2022 – Fundraiser exhibition, Piccalilli, London
2022 – A Jester's Tale, Kunsthal Kloof, De Bijenkorf, Utrecht (duo exhibition with Chloé Pérès-Labourdette)
2022 – Pass Patch Pass, FP/SB, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
2022 – Gruesome Doomsome, Kollection Kitsch, WORM, Rotterdam
2022 – Kunstmanifestatie Up Amersfoort, Amersfoort
2022 – Kloof United, Kunsthal Kloof, De Nijverheid, Utrecht
2022 – Sunglasses at Night, Nighttimestory, Los Angeles
2022 – This Art Fair 2022, Amsterdam
2022 – The Accelerationists, Projectspace Lokaal, Utrecht
2022 – You need a house to go with this doorknob, Projectspace Lokaal, Utrecht (solo)
2021 – Tiny Art Gallery #2, The Hague
2021 – That Other You, Mom Art Space, Hamburg
2021 – Afterparty until Breakfast, duo exhibition with Reinier van Duijn, Kunsthal Kloof, De Nijverheid, Utrecht
2021 – Days Of Our Lives, Susan Bites, The Hague
2020 – Quarantine Show, Solo Show, off-site project (solo)
2020 – UtrechtDownUnder 2020, former library Utrecht
2020 – if the sight shall make dwelling, abide thou it, for it coming shall come, R.S.O.L., Deventer (duo exhibition with Laurens Stok)
2020 – Unlocked/Reconnected, R.S.O.L., Deventer
2020 – Open Weekend Art Utrecht, Broese, Utrecht
2020 – True Essentials, No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam
2020 – This Tragedy, Fonda, Leipzig
2019 – Fake Roses, Moira, Utrecht (solo)
2018 – MOAM x Mickey, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
2018 – MOAM x Mickey, Wintertuin, Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam
2018 – Art of the Box, Koppelkerk, Bredevoort
2017 – Een paar sculpturen, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
2017 – Fictie Frictie, Zuiderfestival, Enschede
2017 – Binnentuin Spinozagebouw, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen (solo)
2017 – un-FIXED, SIGN, Groningen
2017 – Achterhoekse Lente, Koppelkerk, Bredevoort
2016 – Colluctari, Vrijhof, Enschede
2016 – Best of Graduates, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2016 – AKI Finals, AKI ArtEZ, 21Rozendaal, Enschede
2016 – BAM! Festival, Prins Bernhardplantsoen, Hengelo
2016 – Morse Poort, Winterswijk
2015 – Twente Biënnale, Roombeek Cultuurpark, Enschede
2015 – BAM! Festival, Prins Bernhardplantsoen, Hengelo
2015 – #Gallery Horst, AKI ArtEZ, Enschede
2015 – CONGLOMERAAT, Stichting Vierkwart, Robson, Enschede
Press
2024 – Post Fascism at Loods 6 Amsterdam: Glamcult, Saliva Live, O Fluxo, Art Viewer
2023 – [nature distorted] at Heejsteck# Utrecht: Artmirror, Saliva Live, Rundgang
2023 – Wildflowers at SecondRoom Antwerpen: KubaParis
2023 – Issue #3, Faculty of In-humanities
2023 – OCTA III at AG: O Fluxo, KubaParis
2022 – Alledaags Abusrd, Lucy in de lucht
2022 – Tom Putman at This Art Fair 2022: KubaParis, O Fluxo, Lost Painters
2022 – The Accelerationists: Daily Lazy, Kubaparis, Scandale Project, Artmirror, Tzvetnik, Lucy in de lucht
2021 – Afterparty until Breakfast: Artmirror
2021 – Days of our Lives: O Fluxo, Jegens & Tevens
2020 – Tom Putman at Utrecht Down Under 2020: Daily Lazy, KubaParis, Scandale Project
2020 – Issue #2, Faculty of In-humanities
2020 – ‘Ik had een extreem minimale levensstijl’, NRC
2020 – This Tragedy: Tzvetnik, Blok Magazine
2019 – Fake Roses: Tzvetnik, Artmirror
2018 – MOAM x Mickey 90 jaar Mickey Mouse, Disney
2018 – BKKC Working on the Margins, BKKC
2017 – Achterhoekse Lente, De Gelderlander
2016 – Ron Mandos; Best of Graduates, Lost Painters
2016 – AKI ArtEZ Finals Graduation Shows, Metropolis M (cover)
2016 – AKI ArtEZ Finals Catalogue (page 256-261)
2016 – Art & Everyday Life, Tom Putman, AKI Enschede, Mister Motley
2016 – BK Informatie 2016-4
2016 – ArtEZ finals 2016 magazine
2015 – Pimp je Billy, &-katern voor Brabants Dagblad, BN De Stem, Eindhovens Dagblad, De Stentor, PZC, Tubantia, De Gelderlander
Collections
LAM museum
The finest Amsterdam Contemporary Art Collection ever…
Collection Jaap Sleper
Collection Fort Advocaten
private collections
Grants
2023 – Project Grant, Het Cultuur Fonds
2021 – Project Grant, Mondriaan Fonds
Nominations
2016 – Shortlist Ron Mandos Youngblood Award, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
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