Andrew Putter was born in Cape Town in 1965 - a year of the snake - with four planets in Virgo.
He studied art at the University of Cape Town for 6 years to avoid the call-up, studying a 7th year to qualify as an art-teacher.
Putter works as an artist, designer, performer, teacher and writer. He has exhibited on numerous occasions, both locally and abroad. His art has appeared in a variety of publications, as well as on the internet. He won a Volkskas Atelier Merit award, and was a finalist in last year´s Vita Art Now in Gauteng.
Major exhibitions include:
* "Space of Contemplation", Johannesburg Biennial
* "Art Home Art", Steirischer Herbst, Austria, with Sue Williamson, etc.
* "Contemporary South African Art 1985-1995", SA National Gallery, Cape Town
* "Scurvy", The Castle, Cape Town
* "Artist´s Books", The Johannesburg Gallery
Putter has been a regular contributor of art criticism to The Weekly Mail/Guardian, The Argus, and South.
He is responsible -with architect Andre Vorster- for initiating Cape Town`s renowned queer culture adventures. These include the Locker Room and Secret Garden projects. He is the only character to appear by name in Ashraf Jamal`s celebrated novel of the Observatory underground -"Love Themes for the Wilderness".
Andrew Putter lives, works and travels in Cape Town.