About

Anna Schölch is a Swedish-born, German-raised artist based in Seattle, Washington. Her large-format figurative pastels explore the complexities of modern life and human connection through magical realist imagery. Drawing on personal snapshots for inspiration, she re-contextualizes memories of people, animals, and objects to create alternate realities that shed new light on the everyday and familiar.

Schölch holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Institute of Art at New England College and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Illustration from the New Hampshire Institute of Art. She was recently featured in New American Paintings West Issue No. 174.

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​Education

MFA Visual Arts
Institute of Art and Design at New England College
2021-2023

BFA Creative Writing with Illustration Minor, summa cum laude
New Hampshire Institute of Art
2015-2019

Exhibitions

2025
Group Show, Lawrence Kahn Law Group, Tukwila, WA
39th Open International, Northwest Pastel Society, Cole Gallery, Edmonds, WA 

2024
The Other Art Fair - New Futures, Dallas Market Hall, Dallas, TX
ART214 Biennial, Bath House Cultural Center, Moody Performance Hall, and Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, TX

2023
The Spells That Bind Us, Roger Williams Gallery, Manchester, NH
Five Artists in Search of the Future, The Factory on Willow, Manchester, NH

2022
125th Annual Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2021
NEC Group Show, Brady Sullivan Tower, Manchester, NH
49th Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY 
124th Annual Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2020
18th Biennial, Degas Pastel Society, Covington, LA
28th National Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Renaissance in Pastel, Connecticut Pastel Society, Weatogue, CT

2019
Annual BFA Exhibition, French Hall Gallery, Manchester, NH

2018
Solo Show: Colors of Change, Eye Gallery, Manchester, NH
Go Figure, French Gallery, Manchester, NH

2017
Letters for Hope, Vault Gallery, Manchester, NH

2016
Opera Tosca, Palace Theater, Manchester, NH            

2015
LaBelle Winery, Amherst, NH
20 under 20, Blue House Too, Allen, TX

Publications

New American Paintings West Issue No. 174, 2025, pdf
Change, 2020, Ayris Creative Arts Journal, Manchester, NH, https://www.ayris.org/change-issue/anna-scholch

Awards

Pastel Society of America Award, Northwest Pastel Society, 2025, Edmonds, WA
New Futures, The Other Art Fair, 2024, Dallas, TX
Flora Giffuni Award, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 2022, New York, NY
Kenneth Wellner Memorial Award, Pastel Society of America, 2021, New York, NY
2nd place, Go Figure Juried Competition, 2018, Manchester, NH
1st place, Jerry’s Artarama Inktober Contest, 2019, Providence, RI
May Blum Sidore Gruber Scholarship for academic achievement, 2015, Manchester, NH