William Debilzan

Born in Texas in 1956 and raised in a small town in Michigan, William DeBilzan was never exposed to fine art while growing up. As an adolescent, William developed a love for fashion but not until he moved to California would his life-long artistic exploration finally manifest itself.

Southern California provided a deep, cultural awakening that DeBilzan had been craving. He opened his first gallery in Laguna Beach and in 1999 received a distinguished award for starting the now famed First Thursdays Art Walk. DeBilzan credits his time in Laguna as a young adult for making him the renowned abstract expressionist he is today. More than 27 years later, DeBilzan maintains a gallery in Laguna Beach and has a second gallery and studio in Delray Beach, Florida, where he currently resides.

A self-taught artist, DeBilzan began painting abstracts. His curious nature and intuition led to the integration of objects onto his canvases: paper, fabric, metal, and any other material that inspired him. Coupled with a desire to share his experiences through painting, his figurative work through stick figures was born shortly thereafter. Often starting with a wash, DeBilzan builds his surfaces in a way that produces a luminous glaze in one ar...

His work has been included in many prominent private and public collections, including The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world's tallest building and The Marriott near Central Park, the western hemisphere’s tallest hotel. Television and film credits for DeBilzan's work include: Frasier, Spin City, and Burn Notice. He also exhibited at the Coral Springs Museum of Fine Art, Florida in 2016.