Anna Maria Schönrock
If one understands figuration and abstraction as two possible poles between which contemporary painterly practices can move, then Anna Maria Schönrock chooses a space in between, a third way, a back door - a form of transition between the two poles that is always in the making. The forms either dissolve through the application of paint - towards abstraction - or peel out through the application of paint - towards figuration. Painting thus becomes an experimental arrangement, similar to a research trip or an experimental arrangement, where the approximate goal is fixed but the path is not yet clear. To describe her practice, she uses the motif of the traveller:
"Explorers have been an inspiration for me. I think of men like Ernest Shackleton, who not only made an incredible journey, but continued with it when he knew it was doomed to failure..... As a painter, I find myself attracted to the incredible risks these explorers, of all types, take. It encourages me to take risks." - Anna Maria Schönrock
Anna Maria Schönrock (born 1989, Witten, Germany) studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg where she graduated in 2015 as a master student of Professor Ralph Fleck.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
- The Space is yours – Karpuchina Gallery, Prague (CZ)
- Behind the Milky Looking Glass, Galvani Gallery, Nuremberg (DE)
2022
- Teilchen, Galerie mit der blauen Tür, Nuremberg (DE)
2020
- Unstable grounds, Galeriehaus Nord e.V., Nuremberg (DE)
- Love is a virtue, Kulturort Badstrasse e.V., Fürth (DE)
2018
- Le bruit, Kunstverein Kohlenhof e.V., Nuremberg (DE)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
- Festival of Contemporary Art Prostějov, Kovářík's Villa (CZ)
2023
- Wenn es regnet, ist mein Herz nackt, Circolo Lia Mostra d'Ert, Ortisei (IT)
- Locked out, St. Egidien Kirche, Nuremberg (DE)
- Unser Haus, Unserhaus Kollektiv, Nuremberg (DE)
2022
- Outside the line, z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Rome (IT)
- ‘Nocturnal’- Collaboration with The Light Observer, Issue 5, Milano (IT)
2021
- Raum für Malerei / Room for Painting, Museum for Contemporary Art, Erlangen (DE)
- Bernsteinzimmer, endlich gefunden/ The amber room, finally found, Kunstvilla Nürnberg, Nuremberg (DE)
2020
- Anna Maria Schönrock, Harald Kahl, Angelika Wischermann, Museum of City Hattingen, (DE)
- Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Albrecht-Dürer-Gesellschaft, Nuremberg (DE)
2019
- Mute, Edel Extra, Nuremberg 2017 Small, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (UK)
- Kummakivi, Nazzarena Poli Maramotti & Anna Maria Schönrock, Galerie Bernsteinzimmer, Nuremberg (DE)
- Finding the forest, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf (DE)
2017
- Small-Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (UK)
- Kummakivi – Nazzarena Poli Maramotti & Anna Maria Schönrock, Galerie Bernsteinzimmer, Nuremberg (DE)
PRIZES AND AWARDS
2020
- Jakobstad, Finnland - International Grant, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus Schwandorf
2019
- EN – Award, Hattingen
2018
- Debutantes promotion of the Bavarian Ministry of Science and Culture
2015
- Nürnberger Nachrichten Award NOUAISON Pujols/France – International Grant, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus Schwandorf