Charles Dwyer was born in West Bend, WI in 1961. He graduated in 1984 from Milwaukee School of Art, where he studied fine arts, painting and printmaking. He was a restoration Specialist from 1986-1998. Dwyer currently maintains a studio in Milwaukee, WI. He was featured early in his career in a variety of galleries across the United States. Charles Dwyer's national acclaim was catapulted in 1996 when his first New York solo exhibition was sold out. The following year, Dwyer was commissioned to create the official poster for Chicago's first fine arts exposition, ARTEXPO'93. Simultaneously, Dwyer joined by invitation the representation of Special Editions Limited of Chicago, which added Dwyer to a succession of important artists. This organization (a Division of Playboy Enterprises), represented artists in the explosive American contemporary art movement such as Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, etc. Currently, Dwyer is at the mid-point in a career punctuated by extensive solo exhibitions defining various developmental stages driven by a thorough understanding of line.