Anna Schölch is a Swedish-born, German-raised artist based in Seattle, Washington. Working in pastels layered over luminous acrylic underpaintings, her figurative practice explores the simultaneous intimacy and distance of human encounters. Drawing on fragments of personal snapshots and lived experience, Schölch stages compositions that reflect fleeting moments of memory and belonging. Schölch holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Institute of Art and Design at New England College and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Illustration from the New Hampshire Institute of Art. She has exhibited nationally and was a New Futures awardee at The Other Art Fair in Dallas, Texas. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings West, Issue No. 174.