William T. Williams earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute in 1966, and his Masters of Fine Arts from Yale School of Fine Arts, Yale University in 1968. Born in Cross Creek, North Carolina, he is now a resident of New York City. Over the past thirty years, Williams' work has been exhibited in more than one hundred museums and art centers worldwide. His works can be found in many prestigious collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the North Carolina State Museum, and the Library of Congress.
