Charles Dwyer Biography


		CHARLES DWYER Bio 1961 Born West Bend, Wisconsin Educated 1984 Studied Milwaukee School of Art & Design/ Valedictorian Studies include: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, anatomy, history of art and architecture Period Influences Impressionism 1840’s – 1890’s Expressionism 1930’s – 1950’s Awards/Exhibitions 1985 West Bend Art Museum West Bend, WI 1984-85 Kohler Arts Center Wisconsin 1985 Milwaukee Art Museum 1st Prize Print Gruenwald 1993 Special Editions Limited, Chicago, IL 1993 Chicago Artexpo, Show cover “Preview Magazine” Chicago, IL 1994-2004 New York Artepo 2000 KIA Institute of Arts 2004West Bend Art Museum West Bend, WI Galleries 1996-2004 Vault Gallery Cambria, CA 1998 Eleanor Ettinger, Soho, NY 1999 Miranda Gallery Laguna, CA 1994- 2003 Emery Fine Arts Kalamazoo, MI 2000-2003 Gallery M Denver, CO 2002 R.Roberts Gallery Jacksonville, FL 2003 Kingsley Art Gallery Red Bank, NJ 2004 Newbury Fine Art, Boston , MA 2004 Hanson Gallery Sausalito, San Francisco, Carmel

	Restoration/ Conservation Cathedral of the Assumption Louisville, KY - stained glass windows Pabst Brewery Milwaukee, WI – stained glass mural St. Louis Union Station St. Louis, MO – stained glass windows at entrance St. Mary’s Church Victoria , TX - stained glass University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN – stained glass University of Notre Dame, Administrative Building Notre Dame, IN – Rotundra mural, Trompel’oeil University of Notre Dame, Cathedral Notre Dame - interior mural, gold dome guilding All Faiths Chapel Boystown, NE - stained glass St. Josaphat’s Basilica Milwaukee, WI – murals, Trompel’oeil St. Louis Cathedral New Orleans, LA – murals, Trompel’oeil Egyptian Theatre Ogden, UT – mural – fire curtain Hawaii Theatre Honolulu, HI – mural- fire curtain Holy Ghost Church Kula, Maui HI – altar, statues from 1874 Geary Theatre San Francisco, CA - decorative interior Orphenm Theatre Phoenix, AZ – color analysis Pfister Hotel Milwaukee, WI – grand lobby, ceiling mural Stone Manor Lake Geneva, WI – historical decorative finishes St. Patrick’s Church New Orleans, LA – mural St. Bernard’s Church Akron, OH – decorative finishes St. John the Baptist Church Kansas City, KS – decorative finishes United Methodist Church Delta, CO – stained glass Fourth Presbyterian Church Chicago, IL - decorative wood ceiling panels IXL Historical Museum Hermansville, MI – ornate hand stenciled ceiling Rao Residence Milwaukee, WI – Louis XV Room, gold leaf Chris Schroeder Insurance Co Milwaukee, WI – marbleizing Wisconsin State Capital – free-hand painting, murals, stained glass, bronze & mosaics Minnesota State Capital - free-hand painting, murals, stained glass, bronze & mosaics Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, private suite decorative painting and mural CHARLES DWYER: PORTRAITIST OF INSPIRATION Art World News Featured Artist Vitae January 2000 Maria Patterson Fascinated by the complexities of both human form and the human mind. Charles Dwyer finds inspiration for his art around any given corner and in potentially any face. “I’m always looking at people. I could be in a restaurant and say, ‘Boy that person looks interesting. ‘I’ve always loved portraiture it’s just you and the image.” Dwyer utilizes a mixed-media approach to create paintings with both literal and figurative layers. Skilled in many areas of the creative process, drawing, however, remains closest to his heart. “Drawing is the foundation of everything, “Dwyer avers. “It’s kind of primal.” Born in West Bend, WI, in 1961, Dwyer and his fraternal twin brother are the youngest of six children. Although twins, the brothers have opposing talents, one in art and one in engineering. Dwyer’s mother tells him he was interested in art from an early age. “ As a child you drew all the time, ‘she told me, not because she asked me to do it but because I enjoyed it.” Dwyer excelled art at West Bend East High School and received a scholarship from the West Bend Art Museum, a place that he frequented throughout his early years. At the Milwaukee School of Art and Design, where he majored in Fine Art, he “studied hard” and graduated Valedictorian.