American.  Born in Bedford , Indiana , 21, October, 1937.  Studied at the San Francisco Art Institute.  B.F.A., 1961.  M.F.A., 1962.  Associate Professor, University of California at Davis, 1962-73; Instructor, San Francisco Art Institute, 1963, 1966-67; Art Instructor, University of Nevada at Reno, 1967; Art Instructor, Washington State College, Pullman, 1967; Art Instructor, University of California at Berkeley, 1967; Instructor, School of Visual Art, New York, 1968; Art Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1968.  visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin , Madison , Wisconsin .

Awards: Painting Prize, San Francisco Art Institute, 1959; First Prize, San Francisco Art Institute Festival, 1960; Fletcher Award, California School of Fine Arts, 1960; First Prize in Painting, Oakland Annual, 1960; New Talent Award, Art In America, 1961; Painting Prize, 65th Annual Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, 1962; Sculpture Prize, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1962; Creative Arts Award, University of California at Davis, 1968; Purchase Prize, Whitney Museum, New York, 1968; Nealie Sullivan Award, San Francisco Art Institute, 1968; Bartels Prize, 72nd American Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, 1976; Traveling Grant to Australia, Australian Arts Council, 1980; Honorary Doctorate at S.F.A.I., San Francisco, California.  Honorary Doctorate, S.F.A.I. 1980.  Recipient of Honor and Awards, American Academy of Letters and Arts, New York , New York . 2004 Life Work Award, Marin Arts Council; 2004 Guggenheim Fellowship Award; 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award in Printmaking from the Southern Graphics Art Council.

Glenlay Gallery 2.1 | Easy Photo Slide Show 2.1.9.5

The Tower.  From 1985 to 1991, William T. Wiley was engaged with Lippincott, Inc. in fabricating an extraordinary 75-foot bronze sculpture.  Its interior spiral staircase leads past figures informed by the myths and mysticism of the middle ages to a star-shaped viewing area overlooking the Connecticut woods.