Born in 1951 in Miami, Florida, William Wolk began drawing free-hand charcoal portraits at age eight. By age nine, he was working diligently in oils. At age seventeen, he spent one year in drawing study at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. At eighteen, Wolk moved to Florence, Italy to study at the Academy of Fine Arts. The total absence of a teacher or any instruction at the Academy spurred Wolk on to a year of self-study in the city's museums and churches. Upon his return to the United States, Wolk had his first one man show in Coral Gables, Florida at age nineteen.  

2008       Portrait of Sam Snead inducted into the permanent

              collection of the USGA Museum in Far Hills, NJ.

2008       The William Wolk Gallery of Fine Art celebrates twenty-
              five years at The Greenbrier – White Sulphur Springs, WV.

2008       One Man Show – West Virginia Division of Culture and
              History – Dance Festival Exhibit – Charleston, WV.
                                                                  
2007       Honored in a ceremony at The Oval Office where his       
              Post 9/11 Portrait of George W. Bush was inducted into
              the Presidential Collection.       

2006       Published – William Wolk - Fine Art at The Greenbrier
              by Ananda Hill Press.

2000       Guilford College Museum acquires a William Wolk
              self-portrait for their permanent collection – Greensboro,    

              NC.

1994       Published – William Wolk - Paintings by Jalmar Press.
                       
1989       Group Show – “The Food Show” – Grand Central Art   
              Galleries – New York, NY.                                    

1986       One Man Show – Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts –
              Pittsburgh, PA.

1986       One Man Show – Atlanta International Airport –
              sponsored by Air Atlanta – Atlanta, GA.

1985       One Man Show – The Tatem Gallery – Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

1984       Opening of The William Wolk Gallery of Fine Art at
              The Greenbrier – White Sulphur Springs, WV.

1983       One Man Show – The Harkness House Gallery – New York, NY.
           
1982       Published – Three paintings as posters by Bruce McGaw
              Graphics – New York, NY.

1982       Entitled: Artist in Residence – The Harkness House –
              New York, NY.

1982       One Man Show – Lincoln Center Gallery – Metropolitan
              Opera House – New York, NY.

1982       One Man Show – David Gary Gallery – Short Hills, NJ.

1981       One Man Show – Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts –  
              Pittsburgh, PA.

1975       One Man Show – RJK Gallery – Atlanta, GA.

1972       One Man Show – Collector’s Cove Gallery – Atlanta, GA.

1970       One Man Show – The Vasili Gallery – Coral Gables, FL.