Born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, William Biggers began drawing and painting in early childhood. He studied Drawing, Painting, and Design at Georgia State University, Atlanta, and later headed the GSU Graphics and Photography Unit in the Department of Educational Media where he remained for 17 years. Educational Media's dynamic production teams, Film/Video, Graphics & Photography, and Audio won numerous regional and national media awards in education, communications and the arts.

William left GSU to develop award winning consumer catalogues for an importer. Concurrently he developed the Mountain Pond  creating one-of-a-kind and limited edition raku and stoneware. At the John C. Campbell Folk School, William was Resident Potter while heading marketing, he also taught and authored a history of the Brass Town Carvers.

He traveled west to California to work at the Pocket Ranch Institute and the Star Foundation. High in the mountains above the vineyards surrounding Geyserville, he produced marketing materials, a video, and was on the management team for the large retreat and psychotherapeutic facility.

William returned to the Southeast and soon worked as Operations Director and Music Personnel Manager for the Greenville Symphony, in Greenville, South Carolina. After four years, he left the Symphony, took some time off, and subsequently returned to his first love, the visual arts. He began studying with stained glass artist Michael Kitchen, then of Tryon Decorative Glass, Tryon, North Carolina. There he learned the art of glass painting, window design and fabrication.