ABOUT / BIOGRAPHY

Originally from the Netherlands, Anneli Kramer is an architect and visual artist whose practice bridges the realms of spatial design and poetic abstraction. With a background rooted in both fine arts and architecture, she creates refined, minimalist compositions that evoke silence, rhythm, and stillness. Her work is deeply informed by her architectural sensibility—an eye trained to see structure, proportion, and the subtle tension between built space and open landscape.

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Anneli studied at ArtEZ University of the Arts and later earned her Master of Architecture at Delft University of Technology, where her conceptual rigor and visual clarity began to merge into a unique cross-disciplinary approach. Over the past three decades, she has held leading positions at renowned architecture firms and within the Dutch government’s real estate agencies, including the Rijksgebouwendienst and the Rijksvastgoedbedrijf. Since 2014, she has served as Coordinating Architect for the Dutch national real estate agency, overseeing the design quality of major public projects across the country.
 

Alongside her architectural career, Anneli has developed a distinct visual language in her artistic work. Drawing from real landscapes—coastlines, tidal flats, and horizon lines—her fine art prints and paintings balance abstraction with grounded reality. Her compositions explore spatial rhythm through layers of tone and texture, often evoking a sense of timelessness and quiet reflection. Her series Coastlines and Traces have been shown in galleries and public institutions, resonating with audiences drawn to clarity, space, and atmosphere.
 

Anneli’s dual background allows her to move fluently between disciplines—constructing space not only in buildings, but also on canvas and paper. Her artistic work is a continuation of her architectural thinking, translated into visual form. She continues to explore the boundaries between constructed space and natural silence, sharing her vision.