William Tunberg (born August 15, 1936, in Los Angeles, California) is an American artist specializing in marquetry, sculpture, drawing and assemblage (art).

Using wood, metals, fiberglass, cast plaster, carvings of body parts and found objects, Tunberg encased his narratives in acrylic boxes.

Tunberg's assemblage Neoclassical Drawing Trap was selected for inclusion in the Annual of American Sculpture by the Whitney Museum and featured in Time[6] and Esquire.

Tunberg's Pat Tap was exhibited on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California[8][9] and referred to in the book Megamurals & Supergraphics: Big Art.

In 1987, the 72 Market Street Oyster Bar and Grill in Venice commissioned Tunberg to create an inlaid sculptural railing that spanned the entire interior of the restaurant.

[11] In 1989, the Maple Drive Restaurant in Beverly Hills commissioned Tunberg to create 52 one-of-a-kind inlaid sculptural tables and booths and a combination marquetry piano/room dividing screen.

When the 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred, the Los Angeles Times reported "The 300-pound cross, barely anchored to the floor, did not topple, nor was it touched by the water, though everything around it was ruined.

In 1999, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Irmas Campus, Los Angeles, commissioned a sculptural Ark of the Covenant made of hardwood and marquetry.

In 2003, General Dynamics commissioned two 21-foot (6.4 m) marquetry sculptures to span the VIP sections of two sister ships, Midnight Sun and North Star.

[16][17] In 2008, Chapman University commissioned an Ark of the Covenant to house a Holocaust Torah that was hidden from the Nazis and smuggled to safety during World War II.