Jaco Putker is a contemporary artist and printmaker from The Hague, The Netherlands. He combines digital and traditional techniques to produce images which are both playful and sinister, nostalgic and magical. Jaco was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, and also spent a year studying sculpture at the Escuela Superior de Belles Artes Ernesto de la Carcova in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Currently, he works predominately in small, limited edition, hand pulled prints, with a main focus on photopolymer or solar plate etchings. This technique is a non-toxic way of etching which allows for photorealistic depictions. All of Jaco’s limited edition prints are produced in his home studio.
His whimsical compositions are playful re-examinations and reconstructions of childhood memories and events that may or may not have happened in real life. Jaco’s prints reflect the surreal nature of childhood, where the line between reality and fantasy is nebulous. Full of surreal elements and intricate details, his works capture the current zeitgeist and immerse the viewer in a monochromatic landscape.
Jaco is a storyteller through pictures, but rather than impose a meaning to his work, he likes to invite the viewers to associate freely and give the works personal meaning.
@jacoputker
www.jacoputker.com
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