William H. Thielen was born March 18, 1954 in Pierre, South Dakota, where he grew up. He did his undergraduate studies in painting at Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota where he received a B.S. in Art Education Comprehensive (Painting with minors in Fibers and Sculpture) in 1977. At that time, he realized that in making his art he wanted a broader base from which to work. He, therefore, enrolled in graduate school under M. Joan Lintault at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He received his M.F.A. in Fibers in 1980.

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