Designer Charles Dort is an alumnus of several prestigious art schools, both in the United States and abroad. His formal art education culminated in a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Printmaking from The Yale School of Art. 

Travels in Europe and North Africa, in addition to working in the New York City interior design industry, have contributed to a unique aesthetic sensibility, rooted in a deep understanding and appreciation of the history of the fine and decorative arts.