Annette Schreyer is a visual artist with a strong focus on sensitive topics including gender politics, identity, family and women's issues. Her artistic interest lies in portrait photography with an emphasis on storytelling.
Born 1974 in Ulm, Germany, Annette Schreyer attended the Bavarian Theatre Academy August Everding and Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich. After her Master’s degrees in dramaturgy, English literature and Art history, she won a scholarship by the European Union for a working trip to Italy, where she started her career as a photographer.
Her pictures have been published in international magazines and have received various international awards. In 2012 she published the book, “Same but Not. Twins in their Adolescence“ (Ed. Postcart) which gained a Honorable Mention at the Marco Bastianelli Book Prize 2013.
Her project “Arachne’s Tapestry” received a grant by German funding program “Neustart Kultur 2021”.
She is also a teacher of photographic language (Istituto Europeo di Design Rome) with particular attention to portrait and photography used in the context of Art Therapy.
Annette Schreyer is based in Munich and Sicily. She is represented by Laif.
