William Wiley
1937 Born Bedford, Indiana
1962 M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1961 B.F.A., Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San
Francisco, CA
William Wiley has had a prolific artistic career spanning over 4 decades.
His work is considered "unclassifiable" and ranges from
Funk to Conceptual in approach, and his prints often uses traditional
tools and techniques in unorthodox ways. Prolific and diverse, Wiley
explores painting, drawing, sculpture, watercolor, theatre and filmmaking.
William Wiley received is B.F.A. and M.F.A. from the San Francisco
Art institute. His first solo exhibition was held at the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art in 1960. Wiley's work is held in the permanent
collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of
Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center, among
others. Wiley also possesses a fondness for education and taught at
the University of California for over a decade.
