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PRESS RELEASE
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SAM GILLIAM : WASHINGTON PAINTER HOLDS FIRST NEW YORK SHOW AT BYRON GALLERY

Washington, D.C., artist Sam Gilliam is to hold his first New York one-man show at the Byron Gallery, 1018 Madison Avenue, May 14 thru June, 1968 (preview Saturday, May 11.)

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 five years. In 1966, he was awarded a National Endowment of Humanities and the Arts Grant.
     
Sam Gilliam has held previous one-man shows at the Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, D.C., in 1967, 1966, 1965; and at the Adams-Morgan Gallery, Washington, D.C., in 1964, 1963. His first Museum show took place at the Phillips Collection in Washington, [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] in 1967.
     
Among the group exhibitions in which his work has been included are: First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, Senegal, 1967; The Negro in American Art, UCLA Galleries, Los Angeles, 1967; "Art for Embassies" from the Woodward Foundation, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 1967; "Critics', Curators', Collectors' Choice," A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York, 1967; 18th Area Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1967; Opening Survey Exhibition of American Painting, Sculpture and Graphics, National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C., 1968.
     
Gilliam's work is represented in the following collections: Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Washington Gallery of Modern Art; Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.; The Woodward Foundation; Museum Collections of American Federation of the Arts, New York.

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