About
Anna Schölch was born in Sweden, raised in Germany, and educated in the United States. She is a figurative artist creating strange narratives with the people in her life. She currently works large scale on paper with pastel and acrylic wash underpaintings–exploring themes like long-distance friendships and relationships, young adulthood, loneliness, and secrets.
Schölch received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Illustration. She lives and works in Allen, Texas. |
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Education
2021-
2023 2015-
2019 |
MFA Visual Arts
Institute of Art and Design at New England College BFA Creative Writing with Illustration Minor, summa cum laude
New Hampshire Institute of Art |
Exhibitions
Juried Exhibition. 49th Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance, 2021. Pastel Society of America. New York, NY
Juried Exhibition. 124th Annual Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Exhibition, 2021. Salmagundi Club. New York, NY Juried Exhibition. 18th Biennial Exhibition, 2020. Degas Pastel Society. Covington, LA Juried Exhibition. 28th National Exhibition, 2020. Pastel Society of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM Juried Exhibition. Renaissance in Pastel, 2020. 27th National Exhibition. Connecticut Pastel Society. Weatogue, CT Group Exhibition. Annual BFA Exhibition, 2019. French Hall Gallery. Manchester, NH Solo Exhibition. Colors of Change, 2018. Eye Gallery, Manchester, NH Juried Exhibition. Go Figure, 2018. French Gallery, Manchester. NH Poetry Group Exhibition. Letters for Hope, 2017. Vault Gallery. Manchester, NH Juried Exhibition. Opera Tosca, 2016. Palace Theater. Manchester, NH Juried Exhibition, 2015. LaBelle Winery. Amherst, NH Juried Exhibition. 20 under 20, 2015. Blue House Too. Allen, TX |
Awards
Kenneth Wellner Memorial Award. Pastel Society of America, 2021. New York, NY
Flora Giffuni Award. Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 2022. New York, NY 2nd place. Go Figure Juried Competition, 2018. Manchester, NH 1st place. Jerry’s Arterama Inktober Contest, 2019. Providence, MA May Blum Sidore Gruber Scholarship for academic achievement, 2015. |
Publications
Change, 2020. Ayris Creative Arts Journal. Manchester, NH
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Memberships
Pastel Society of America
Degas Pastel Society Pastel Society of Southwest |