Collection: Annette Schock

Annette Schock offers a mysterious look at animals, as both an embodiment and a symbol of the irresponsibility of our paradoxical times. They are primarily food animals, which often survive in appalling conditions, as is the case on farms where, after the pleasant Alpine summer, the harsh winter and the sadness of the stabled animal arrive. "The Three Graces" are perhaps the symbol: three of Annette's friends, beautiful Austrian cows whose personalities the artist knows and explains in detail: "They deserve to be portrayed," our creator concludes.

Annette Schock is an extraordinary and tireless draftsman, mastering the use of charcoal on both paper and canvas, frequently adding acrylic paint. As already mentioned, her drawings occupy ("invade," we could say) her studios between Germany and Madrid, like preparatory notes that compose large mosaics that will serve as a source of study.

In this way, the great paintings will grow, emerging after an exhaustive analysis and careful selection of the stages of the sketches, sometimes also using photography in the process prior to drawing and, in some way, this complex exercise is the starting point of his look at these flesh(s).

To the point? Bleeding? Please, the table is set.

 Alfonso de la Torre, Art Critic

Born on January 29, 1968 in Waiblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Baccalaureate of Fine Arts, Friedrich Schiller Gymnasium, Fellbach

Fine Arts, Freie Kunstschule Stuttgart

Student and assistant of the sculptor Eckhard Diez in Schwäbisch Gmünd

Lives and works in Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid and Stuttgart, Germany

Multiple national and international exhibitions

 

Awards:

· Selected for the 2nd Francisco Pedraja Muñoz International Painting Prize, CB Foundation, Badajoz

· Selected for the 29th Francisco de Zurbarán International Painting Prize, Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz

· Honorable Mention 28th Francisco de Zurbarán International Painting Prize, Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz

· Selected 89th Autumn Salon, 2022, AEPE

· Selected for the 26th Francisco de Zurbarán International Painting Prize, Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz

· Selected for the 25th Francisco de Zurbarán International Painting Prize, Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz

· Selected for the 24th Francisco de Zurbarán International Painting Prize, Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz

· Selected Otto Scharr Kunstpreis, Stuttgart, Germany, 2016

Public collections:

Town Hall of Villanueva de la Cañada

Majadahonda City Council

Evangelischer Kirchenbezirk, Dekanat Nürtingen

 

Solo exhibitions in Spain:

January 2023 - MEAT[S] - curated by Alfonso de la Torre, Martín Chirino Hall, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid

September 2022 – MEAT[S]- curated by Alfonso de la Torre, El Hospital Centro Vivo, Sala Vaquero Poblador, Badajoz Provincial Council, Badajoz

June 2019 - The Austrian Cow - La Despernada Cultural Center, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid

April 2015 - Soledad - Carmen Conde Cultural Center, Majadahonda, Madrid

March 2014 - Movement - La Despernada Cultural Center, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid

April 2013 - Run Lola, run - Antonio Machado Hall, Leganés, Madrid

March 2013 - Curves - Carmen Conde Cultural Center, Majadahonda, Madrid

May 2012 - Great Bodies - Le Garage, Madrid

 

Collective exhibitions in Spain (excerpt)

January 2024 – Francisco Pedraja Muñoz International Painting Prize, CB Foundation

February 2024 - Francisco de Zurbarán International Painting Prize, Badajoz Provincial Council

February 2023 - Francisco de Zurbarán International Painting Prize, Badajoz Provincial Council

October 2022 - Autumn Salon - Casa de Vacas, Madrid

March 2021 - Francisco de Zurbarán International Painting Prize, Badajoz Provincial Council

February 2020 - Francisco de Zurbarán International Painting Prize, Badajoz Provincial Council

March 2019 - Francisco de Zurbarán International Painting Prize - Badajoz Provincial Council

Solo exhibitions in Germany (excerpt)

April 2024 – DIE DREI GRAZIEN- Galerie Forum Türk, Nürtingen

March 2024 – WEIBSBILDER- Galerie Schacher, Stuttgart

May 2023 -WILWECHSEL- Galerie Schacher, Stuttgart

December 2022 – MEAT[S]- Galerie USTAIKO, Waiblingen

September 2022 -MEAT[S-] (extracts), Schock-Areal, Schorndorf

February 2020 -Werkschau- Wagenhallen, Stuttgart

September 2019 -Dezennium- ZVW Publishing House Waiblingen, Waiblingen

September 2018 -Puppenspiel- Schock-Areal, Schorndorf

March 2018 -Werkschau- Römerkastell, Stuttgart

February 2018 -Löwenherz- Weingut Albrecht-Kiesling, Heilbronn

September 2017 -Hominis et Bestias- Schock Areal, Schorndorf

March 2017 -Hominis et Bestias- Römerkastell, Stuttgart

February 2017 -Art in the City- Uhl, Ludwigsburg

September 2016 -Landliebe- Schock Areal, Schorndorf

March 2016 -Landliebe- Römerkastell, Stuttgart

June 2015 -Soledad- Traube, Weinstadt   

June 2015 -Backs- Kongresszentrum Karlsruhe

January 2015 -Werkschau- Römerkastell Stuttgart

May 2014 -Movement- Kulturhaus Schwanen, Waiblingen

January 2014 - Movement - Römerkastell, Stuttgart

June 2013 -Schönheiten- GeZe, Schorndorf

January 2013 - Curves - Römerkastell, Stuttgart

July 2012 - Feminin - Top Air, Stuttgart Airport

January 2012 -Frauen und Wein- Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

January 2011 - Naked - LBBW Forum, Stuttgart

 

Group exhibitions in Germany:

September 2024  - DAS KLEINE FORMAT- Blaues Haus, Diessen

January 2024 .BASIS- Galerie Schacher, Stuttgart

September 2023 - KUNSTPROJEKT VILLA KUNTERBUNT - Schorndorf, project curated by Annette Schock

May 2023 -HÄND MÄDE FROM THE LÄND, Haus 10, Fürstenfeldbruck, Munich

December 2022 -Essenz- Q-Galerie, Schorndorf

December 2021 -Lügen und andere Wahrheiten- Q-Galerie, Schorndorf

December 2019 -Jagdgründe- Q-Galerie, Schorndorf

December 2018 -Essenz- Q-Galerie, Schorndorf

December 2017 -Jubiläumsausstellung- Q-Galerie, Schorndorf

December 2016 -Bumm- Q-Galerie, Schorndorf

May 2016 -Körperphantasien- KunstWerk, Fellbach

December 2015 -Herzlich Willkommen- Galerie für Kunst und Technik, Schorndorf

September 2015 -Schorndorfer Kunstnacht- Schock Areal, Schorndorf

August 2015 -Rue des Arts- Galerie für Kunst und Technik, Schorndorf

September 2014 -Schorndorfer Kunstnacht- Schock-Areal, Schorndorf

September 2013 -Schorndorfer Kunstnacht- Schock-Areal, Schorndorf  

September 2012 -Schorndorfer Kunstnacht- Schock Areal, Schorndorf

July 2012 -Schichtwechsel- Crossart, St. Pauli Salon, Dresden

 

International exhibitions:

July 2024 – Chimäre- Rue des Arts, Tulle, France

August 2022- Message in a Bottle, Rue des Arts, Dueville, Italy

August 2021-Soyons Fous- Rue des Arts, Tulle, France

August 2017 -Veritas, Rue des Arts- Vicensa, Dueville, Italy

August 2016 -Trame de Soie, Rue des Arts - Tulle, France

January 2014 -Woman by Women- Art Traffik, Ed. Wisecom, Paris, France

January 2013 -Arte Internazionale- Palazzo dell´Annunciata, Matera, Italy