Born in Albertville, Saskatchewan in 1947, Wilf grew up in Saskatoon, attending the University of Saskatchewan. He graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Art (with Honours) in 1970. Perreault is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Artists since 1995 and has been awarded the Queen’s Jubilee medal in 2003.

In 1989 Perreault was one of five artists chosen to represent Canada, and was awarded a Silver Medal, in Les Jeux de la Francophonie in Morocco, Africa.

In 2014 the Mackenzie Art Gallery mounted the exhibition: “Wilf Perreault: In the Alley”, a major retrospective of his career.

In 2016 he was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. Perreault’s work can be found in several private, public and corporate collections including the Mackenzie Art Gallery, The Bank of Montreal, The Mercantile Bank, Goldman Sachs and Co., Ernst & Young, Touche Ross & Co., The Canada Council Art Bank, and several more.