Olivia Putman
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| Born | 1964 (age 52–53) Paris France |
| Residence | Paris France |
| Nationality |
 France French
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| Education | University of La Sorbonne Paris; art history; landscape architecture |
| Occupation | Interior Design Design Scenography landscape architecture |
| Organization | Studio Putman |
| Home town | Paris France |
| Predecessor | Andrée Putman |
| Spouse(s) | Christophe Joron-Derem |
| Children | Four children |
| Parent(s) | Andrée Putman, Jacques Putman |
| Relatives | The author Cyrille Putman is her brother |
| Awards | "Dream Garden Prize" at the Garden Festival of Saint-Cloud, 2000; Nespresso contest, 2009; Lan Airlines contest 2012; "Best Design Award" at the BD West Fair, Los Angeles, 2015 |
| Website | studioputman |
Olivia Putman (born 1964) is a French designer, daughter to Andrée Putman and heir to her mother's design studio, Studio Putman. Her works range from interior architecture to scenography and design.
Olivia Putman grew up in Paris with her mother, Andrée Putman, a designer, and her father Jacques Putman, an art collector, editor and critic. Through family acquaintances and her teenage nights at Le Palace, she got to meet the most eclectic figures of the artistic scene of those days, including Andy Warhol and Yves Saint-Laurent.
After graduating from high school, Olivia completed a bachelor's degree in art history in 1987, at the Paris-Sorbonne University. She then divided her time and workspace between Paris and New York. She became the agent of the Ivorian painter Ouattara Watts, and she befriended with Jean-Michel Basquiat, whom she counted among her friends until he died.
In 1988, for the first time, she becomes an exhibition curator. Thanks to her friend Leo Castelli, she exhibits pieces from Jasper Johns or Mario Merz in Paris.
This first exhibition gained Putman popularity and she started working with the association Usines Ephémères, which converts disused urban spaces into artist studios.
In 1994, she created temporary gardens combining art and agriculture with Jean-Paul Ganem. At this stage, Olivia was an active artist and started studying landscape management.
In 1997, Olivia Putman started as a freelancer and flew to Japan to design her first private garden. Public acknowledgement of her talent only took a few years. Her work for Parfums Caron was awarded the Dream Garden Prize at the Garden Festival of Saint-Cloud in 2000 and she also designed a private garden for Marc Jacobs in Paris.
In 2007, Olivia Putman agrees to take the art direction of the Andrée Putman's agency, a long-standing desire of the founder. The Andrée Putman agency becomes "Studio Putman." Olivia Putman keeps a taste for challenging adventures that combine pleasure and innovation, and that articulate creative ideals with concrete reality.
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