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Byron Gallery 1018 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021 Tel. YU 8-9570 Cable: Byrongalry, New York Press Release May 8, 1968 Sam Gilliam - Paintings May 11 through June Washington, D.C. artist Sam Gilliam is to hold his first New York one-man show at the Byron Gallery - preview Saturday, May 11, 1968. Born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1933, Sam Gilliam grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and took an M.A. in painting at the University of Louisville in 1961. He has lived in Washington since 1962, where he taught art at the McKinley High School for 5 years. In 1966 he was awarded a National Endowment of Humanities and Arts grant. Sam Gilliam has held previous one-man shows at the Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington in 1967, 1966, 1965 and at the Adams-Morgan Gallery, Washington in 1964 and 1963. His first museum show took place at the Phillips Collection in Washington in 1967.