Wilson received a BFA and a MFA from the University of Delaware after first studying journalism. He has taught sculpture and design the University of The Arts in Philadelphia, PA; the University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Other works have been commissioned by the State of Pennsylvania, Abington Memorial Hospital, and the National Board of Medical Examiners in Philadelphia. The artist has shown many times in the Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey area and has installed a piece at the Toledo Botanical Gardens in Ohio. He resides in Pennsylvania.