VAS PUTTER currently resides between Durban and Johannesburg. Her training includes various art disciplines with a focus on Printmaking and Art History. She is fascinated with the diaspora of peoples and the displacement of artefacts. Working in paint mediums, printmaking and assemblage with discarded objects, her work explores humanitarian and environmental issues while at the same time unpacking historical and contemporary influences on her life.
Putter has taken part in various group exhibitions across the country as well as the 2024 Inaugural Global Artivism Conference (Tshwane). Her project Averting the Gaze, highlighting the links between the global supply chain and neo-slavery, was supported by The National Arts Council.
This year, Putter was selected by Latitudes and the National Arts Council for the Index presentation at the RMB Latitudes Fair.