Frith Street Gallery

b. 1947, Zug, Switzerland

Annelies Strba’s work is concerned with notions of time and history; subjects which she expresses in a metaphorical and highly personal way. In the past Strba has approached a wide range of subjects; from the earthquake-stricken city of Kobe or the gloom of Auschwitz to wild flowers on the Bronte Moor. Her attention is most often turned towards her family and their home at Melide, Switzerland, a place with an unmistakable aura. Her working process is only concluded when the images are exhibited, often a number of variants of the same story emerge and connections are made visible. Making pictures is part of Annelies Strba’s everyday life; it is her way of engaging with and making sense of her world.

Annelies Strba’s solo exhibition ‘My Life Dream’ was on show at the Brontë Personage, Haworth, North Yorkshire in 2008 and will travel to Dublin’s Douglas Hyde Gallery from 21 November – 22 January 2009 . She had a major retrospective exhibition at Prague’s Rudolfinum in 2005. Her work was included in the touring group exhibition Fairy Tale at Leeds City Art Gallery. Other group exhibitions include Kunsthaus Zug, Switzerland; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Tate Gallery, Liverpool; the European Museum of Photography, Paris and the Whitechapel Art Gallery and Barbican Art Gallery, London.

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