Michael Wilson trained at the University of Ballarat, obtaining a Diploma of Fine Art in 1978 and a Graduate Diploma of Education in 1980. Establishing himself as a full-time potter, he made a range of hand-thrown functional wares with reduced glazes and hand-painted floral decoration featuring Australian native flowers. In 1989, he launched a line of gold lustre boxed ceramics targeted at the corporate gift market. These became popular with both corporate and state and federal government clients as gifts to international dignitaries in Australia and overseas. Some time during this period, he took time out to obtain a Diploma of Business from the University of Ballarat. In 1996, he released a new dry glazed series of ceramics. In recent years, he has been working with bronze, aluminium, recycled copper, granite, basalt, recycled red gum, sandstone and carved hebal blocks to produce a range of sculptures. Work may be marked with a painted 'Wilson' or impressed 'MW' in a flourished script or impressed 'MW' with a map of Australia. A version of this latter mark also has an impressed bottlebrush.
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