About Elles
Elles is a Dutch entrepreneur and artist. Her work shows detailed compositions of our daily life that mark a moment in time.
She captures details of cities and nature that bring back memories from the past or fuel your imagination for the future.
2025 Eye Filmmuseum in Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam – solo exhibition
2025 Vitrine exhibition Stichting Kunst en Cultuur Amsterdam – solo exhibition
2025 No Boundaries, wall art NDSM, Amsterdam – solo exhibition
2018 Sir John Soane’s Museum London – Group exhibition
2017 WAF The Architectural Drawing Price category hand-drawn, Berlin – nomination
2015 FX Awards Drawing category, London – nomination
‘Drawing creates distance. Colour, on the other hand, brings the image closer ‘
Elles Middeljans
Founder ELLES
Take a Closer Look
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Elles x Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Rijksmuseum encourages its visitors to take up their own pencil or brush and let famous artists explain why drawing is so much fun.
In this video elles is drawing on location in Amsterdam.
Interview about the artist Elles
In this 2023 interview, student Ana (Simona) Vagenu from the Willem de Kooning Academy speaks with visual artist Elles about her work, inspiration, and creative process. A personal glimpse into the artist behind the projects.