WILLIAM T. WILEY (b. 1937), Untitled, c. 1962, Oil on board, (diptych) 8” x 10” (More)

William T. Wiley

Born in Bedford, Indiana, William T. Wiley moved to California to attend the California School of Fine Arts. Upon graduation, Wiley joined the faculty of the UC Davis art department where he instructed students Bruce Nauman, Deborah Butterfield, and others. His first solo exhibition, held at the San Francisco Museum of Art, solidified his success as a contemporary artist. He continues to create new work and is show across the country.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1960 San Francisco Museum of Art
1969 San Francisco Art Institute
1972 Galerie Odyssia, Italy
1975 Springfield Art Museum
1978 Hansen Fuller Gallery
1980 San Jose Museum of Art
1981 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1986 Hammarskjold Plaza Sculpture Garden
1986 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1990 Phillips Collection
1995 Walker Hill Museum, Korea
1996 California Palace of the Legion of Honor
1996 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
2005 Corcoran Gallery of Art
2009 Smithsonian Institution

Selected Group Exhibitions

1960 The Whitney Museum of American Art
1961 California Palace of the Legion of Honor
1961 The Oakland Museum of California
1962 San Francisco Museum of Art
1963 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1966 The Whitney Museum of American Art
1967 Los Angeles County Museum
1968 Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972 Crocker Art Museum
1973 The Whitney Museum of American Art
1975 JP Gallery, London
1976 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1978 Museum of Modern Art, Yugoslavia
1979 National Collection of Fine Arts
1980 Brooklyn Museum
1981 The Whitney Museum of American Art
1988 Museum of Modern Art, New York
1998 Museum of Modern Art, Japan
2010 John Berggruen Gallery

Selected Collections

Art Institute of Chicago
Baltimore Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art
Denver Art Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Museum of Fine Art, Boston
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Philadelphia Museum of Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Whitney Museum of American Art