Premio Combat Prize

Charlotte Shroyer’s love of French literature and language, a B.A. degree in French, a Ph.D. in language and learning disorders, and a 20-year career as a teacher and college professor planted the seeds that were to blossom into her career as a professional artist. Much of Shroyer’s art work focuses on the inner and outer selves of individuals as they make their way through life. As Francois de la Rochefoucauld once wrote: ”We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.”
Through painting Shroyer taps into and expands the depths of the unconscious and a world unconscious that transcends individual and cultural boundaries. Exploration of color, line and form provide the vehicle with contemporary figurative images (especially the face) incorporated into abstract contexts as the end result.
Shroyer has received numerous national and international awards for her abstract and contemporary figurative oils and monotypes. The American Juried Art Salon comprised of museum curators and directors named her as one of its 2013 Emerging Artists and as one of its emerging International Contemporary Artists, 2015. Other awards include Award, Recognition for Artistic Value, Bologna, Italy, 2015; 2nd Place, Graphics, 87th Annual International Juried Competition, Harrisburg, PA, 2015; First Place, 2011 Top Ten International Women in the Arts, Rome, Italy; Awards of Merit from Manhattan Arts International and Richeson contests in portraiture, 2015 Award of Excellence from Trevisan International Art, Bologna, Italy.
She is currently represented by Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, California; Colorida Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal. Her work has been exhibited in a group show, Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy. More of her work may be seen at www.charlotteshroyer.com