Simple, Colourful, Playful 


Annabel Keijzer (1980) is a painter, illustrator and graphic designer based in Amsterdam. Keijzers artworks are explorations of ideas, colors and associations in her mind. She uses these as a creative library for her book cover designs and for commissioned work in both the worlds of art and communication. So if you would like Annabel Keijzer to create an illustration, book design or brand identity, please contact her via info[at]studioannabel.nl

Acrylics on board 17x20 cm
A selection of the latest book covers
Magazine illustration
Morning light, sunflower portraits in oilpaint 
Small paintings, large walls


 Heavy Pictorial Group exhibition at Mai Galery Amsterdam / oil paintings and ink drawings 
Book design 
Awarded Picture book /  My Letter Friends 

Book cover series design for historian and political theorist Achille Mbembe

Booklet design &  illustration / 3 booklets, one sleeve, 72 illustrated stories for those who prefer to read rather than listen.

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Logo design and branding / International School of Philosophy ISVW 

Plant studies / Indian Ink in paper 2024 / 21x30 cm
 Painted book covers
Newspaper illustration / NRC handelsblad 
Spots on paws
Poster design / Five days of comedy, film, debate, dance and theatre, selected by comedian Micha Wertheim. 




Book trailer for the novel of writer Mirthe van Doornik. Animated by Mitchel Tan.




Water color
Explorations on paper 




After studying graphic design, Keijzer graduated from the University of the Arts Utrecht where she studied Illustration. 
Keijzer initiates and publishes award- winning projects as the picture book My Letter Friends and Ink Blob Birds poster. 

Exhibitions / Featured
Heavy Pictorial NRC Newspaper Group Exhibition Amsterdam - may-june 2025
Designforum Museumsquartier Vienna, nov - 1 jan '17
LA Artbook Fair The Geffen Contemporary MOCA, february '17
Designforum Vorarlberg Dornbin, march-April ‘17
WEI SRAUM forum Innsbruck, april –may '17
Awards / Nominations
• 3x3 mag - New York 3x3 no16. professional show ‘19 - SILVER
• 3x3 mag - New York 3x3 no16. professional show ‘19 - BRONZE
• CA - Communication Arts illustration competition ‘19 -  Nominated
• Joseph Binder Award ‘16 - Winner Bronze book illustration -  My letter Friends
• World Illustration Awards ‘16 - Shortlisted
• German Design Award ‘18 Excellent Communications Design - Nominated


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