Charlot Terhaar sive Droste (1976) graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 2002.
In 2003 she was given the opportunity to permanently display her work in a gallery in Breukelen. Today her work can be seen in her studio at Portengen near Kockengen.
Since 2006, Charlot has participated in various national and international exhibitions and art fairs. Her work is included in various private and business collections, including Waterschap Amstel, Gooi and Vecht in Amsterdam. During the International Art Fair (IAF) in Rotterdam she received a 'Best Artist Award.'
In 2023, Charlot was selected to participate in the 'ArtistMeeting' in Grand Casino in Knokke. And in 2024 she received the first prize at the EuropArtFair 2024 in the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam.
'Being in a state of flow, transcends a feeling beyond time and space, every streak of color or kindled shape arise out of an intrinsic desire to draw and paint. Inspired by nature and meditation the paintings of Charlot emerge responsively through different phases, exploring ‘worlds’ in which chaos and harmony meet and must agree somehow. Therefore, this intuitive organic process has to playfully alternate between contingency and control, roughness and refinement and free-form gestures versus precise detailing.'
