William T. Wiley
| William T. Wiley | |
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William T Wiley in San Francisco, 2006, photograph by Sally Larsen
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October 21, 1937 Bedford, Indiana, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | California School of Fine Arts |
| Known for | drawing, painting, sculpture, film, and performance |
| Awards | Purchase Prize from the Whitney Museum of American Art 1968. Honorary Doctorate at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California 1980. 2004 Guggenheim Fellowship Award. |
William T. Wiley (born October 21, 1937) is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, performance, and pinball. At least some of Wiley's work has been referred to as funk art.
He was born in Bedford, Indiana. Raised in Indiana, Texas, and Richland, Washington, Wiley moved to San Francisco to study at the California School of Fine Arts where he earned his BFA in 1960 and his MFA two years later. In 1963, Wiley joined the faculty of the UC Davis art department with Bay Area Funk Movement artists Robert Arneson and Roy DeForest. During that time Wiley instructed students including Bruce Nauman and Deborah Butterfield. According to Dan Graham, the literary, punning element of Nauman's work came from Wiley. Wiley also acknowledges the effect Nauman had on his own work.
His first solo exhibition was held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1960.
In the late 1960s Wiley collaborated with the minimalist composer Steve Reich and introduced him to Bruce Nauman.
Wiley continued to build upon his growing stature as a major artist with works appearing in the Venice Biennial (1980) and Whitney Biennial (1983). He also had major exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1981), M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco (1996), and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2005).
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