Charles Christopher Hill was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1948. Very early in his career in 1972, he was invited to present a solo exhibitions at Newspace Gallery and John Glenn Gallery in Newport Beach, California. A year later, he earned his MFA degree from University of California, Irvine in 1973. He has since established himself as a prominent Southern California artist and print maker. Hill lives and works in Los Angeles, California and was married to the late Victoria Blythe Hill, an art conservator.