William Thomas Wiley

Place: Bedford

Born: 1937

Death: 2021

Biography:

William Thomas Wiley (October 21, 1937 – April 25, 2021) was an American artist. His work spanned 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 and was raised in Indiana, Texas, and in 1963, Wiley joined the faculty of the University of California, Davis (U.C. Davis) art department with Bay Area Funk Movement artists Robert Arneson and Roy DeForest. Wiley is known for paintings that incorporate sketch-like drawings and handwritten notations. Fan for the A.M., in 1991, is a mixed media artwork by William T. Wiley.