News – Esther Aarts Illustration

Cultuur Stimuleringsprijs stad Nijmegen 2016 →

May 2016

My hometown Nijmegen has awarded me the Culture Encouragement Prize Nijmegen 2016. Such an honour! Very uplifiting! Award ceremony: September 9 at Brebl, Nijmegen.

Made in Nijmegen →

October 2015

New Brand Made in Nijmegen asked me to be one of their 5 ambassadors for the kick-off. Have a look at the slick video and check the pretty locally made products from talented makers in my hometown!

International Philanthropy Conference in Athens →

June 2015

My work was selected to feature in the Philanthropy & Sustainability Poster Project installation from the 4th Stavros Niarchos Foundation International Philanthropy Conference in Athens.

De Verbeelders →

November 2014

Proud to be featured in “De Verbeelders – A Century of Dutch Book Illustration” by prof dr Saskia de Bod, published by Uitgeverij Vantilt

Illustration Now! 5 →

August 2014

See my illustrations alongside the work of 150 illustrators in the 5th edition of Illustration Now! Published by Taschen Books.

Ltd Edition Zürich 2013 →

21st - 23rd June 2013

Catch me alongside 30 artists and illustrators at the Ltd Edition Exhibition at Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland.

Map of the world →

March 2013

Proud to be featured in A Map of the World – The World According to Illustrators and Storytellers, a wonderful book by Gestalten.

Novum Interview

February 2013

German design magazine Novum invited me for a two spread article featuring my work. A big thanks to Bettina Schulz for the interview!

Information Graphics →

April 2012

Taschen released Information Graphics featuring my design Map to Ghost Town. Check this amazing book containing 480 pages of of lush infographics.

Reinventing Lettering

May 2012

See some of my type work in this book filled with lettering ‘eye-candy’. Curated by Emily Gregory, published by RotoVision.

Museum of Modern Arts Arnhem →

October 10th - December 12th 2010

Come see my work at the Gelders Balkon 9 exhibition – dedicated to contemporary illustration and animation. At Museum of Modern Arts Arnhem, Netherlands.

Playful Type 2 →

October 2010

Gestalten featured The Push Your Luck postcard set in the book Playful Type 2.