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Sam Gilliam - Resumé

BORN:

1933
  • Tupelo, Mississippi

EDUCATION:

1961
  • M.A., University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
1955
  • B.A., University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITS:

1999
  • Works, Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Klein Art Works Chicago
1998
  • Klein Art Works at Art 1998 Chicago,
    Navy Pier, Chicago
1997
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • Of Fireflies and Ferris Wheels:  Monastery Parallel, an installation. Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Liebeb Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany
  • Three Musketeers, Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, DC
1996
  • Construction, an installation at J.B. Speed Art Musuem, Louisville
  • Still on the Potomac, Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, DC
1995
  • Jaffe Baker Blau, Boca Raton, Florida
  • Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
  • Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California
  • Recent Monoprints, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
1994
  • Bikers Move Like Swallows, Baumgartner Galleries, Washington
  • Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans
  • Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France
  • Sam Gilliam: Outdoor Installation, The Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair, New Jersey
1993-95
  • Golden Elements Inside Gold, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, New York
1993
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • New Monoprints, travelling exhibition sponsored Brandywine Editions, Philadelphia
  • Outdoor Installation, Montclair Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
  • Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington
1992
  • Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
  • Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, California
  • Vermillion Editions, Minneapolis
  • U.S.I.A. Installations, Helsinki, Finland and Indonesia
1991
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago
  • Barbara Fendrick Gallery, New York
  • Gallery Simonne Stern, New Orleans
  • Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France
  • Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
  • deAndino Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.
1990
  • Middendorf Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Sam Gilliam: 1969-1975, Klein Art Works, Chicago (catalogue)
  • Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica
1989
  • Barbara Fendrick Gallery, New York
  • Middendorf Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1988
  • Klein Gallery, Chicago
  • Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco
  • Shaklee Building, San Francisco
1987
  • Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati
  • Klein Gallery, Chicago
  • Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
1986
  • Middendorf Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Davis/McClain Gallery, Houston
  • G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1985
  • Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York
  • Seuferer Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
1984
  • Middendorf Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Recent Paintings, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1983
  • Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France
  • Modern Painters at the Corcoran: Sam Gilliam, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)
  • Middendorf Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • McIntosh-Drysdale Gallery, Houston, Texas
1982
  • Red & Black to "D": Paintings by Sam Gilliam, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (catalogue)
  • Dart Gallery, Chicago
  • Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
  • Richard Barry Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
1981
  • The Hamilton Gallery, New York
  • Washington University Art Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
  • Nexus Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1980
  • Edna Carlson Gallery, University of  Wisconsin, Stevens Point
  • Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida
  • Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1979
  • Hamilton Gallery, New York
  • Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Dart Gallery, Chicago
  • Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
  • Florence Guhl Gallery, New York
  • Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
1978
  • Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Carl Solway Gallery, New York
  • University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
  • Sam Gilliam: Indoor & Outdoor Paintings, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France
1977
  • Artpark, Lewiston, New York
  • Oliver Downing Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  • Dart Gallery, Chicago
1976
  • Sam Gilliam: An Exhibition of Paintings, Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey (catalogue)
  • Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
  • Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
    Sam Gilliam: Paintings and Works on Paper, J.B.Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (catalogue)
  • Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France
1975
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
  • Sam Gilliam: Paintings 1970-75, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)
1974
  • Phoenix Gallery, San Francisco
  • Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
  • Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1973
  • Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France
  • Howard University, Gallery of Arts, Washington, D.C.
  • Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France
  • Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
  • University of California, Irvine, California
  • Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1972
  • Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1971
  • Kingpitcher Gallery, Oakland, Pennsylvania
  • Projects, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970
  • Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France
  • Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1969
  • The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1968
  • Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Byron Gallery, New York, New York
1967
  • Paintings by Sam Gilliam, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)
1966
  • Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1965
  • Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1964
  • Adams-Morgan Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1963
  • Adams-Morgan Gallery, Washington, D.C.

HONORS:

1995

  • Honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters, University of Wisconsin, Madison
     

1993

  • Honorary Doctorate, Corcoran Gallery and School of Art, Washington, DC

1992

  • Alumni Fellow, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

1990

  • Honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

1989

  • National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship Grant
  • President's Award, Maryland College of Art and Design
  • Honorary Doctorate, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

1986

  • Honorary Doctorate, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

1984

  • Distinguished Award for Pioneering in the Arts, The American Black Artists, Inc.

1982

  • The Mayor's Award, District of Columbia

1980

  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

1975

  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

1973-75

  • National Endowment for the Arts, Workshop Activities Grant

1971

  • National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
  • Solomon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

1969

  • Norman W. Harris Prize, The Art Institute of Chicago

1968

  • Artist Fellowship, Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C.

1967

  • National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant

COMMISSIONS:

1996
  • J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
1995
  • Magdenburg Art Museum, Magdenburg, Germany
1994-6
  • United States General Service Administration Commission, The Custom House, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • National Airport, Washington, D.C.
1993-4
  • LaGuardia Airport, Queens, New York
1991
  • Washington Colors, Kaempfer Corporation, Washington, D.C.
1990
  • Blue Riders, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Archer Street Station, Jamaica, Queens, New York
  • Circles, Circuits, Squares, Contel Federal Systems, Chantilly, Virginia
1989
  • CAAM Hues, California Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles
1988
  • Solar Canopy, York College, Queens, New York
1987
  • A New River Rising, Broward County Government Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1985
  • Union Labor Life Insurance Company, Washington, D.C.
  • Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
1984
  • Delevan Subway Station, Buffalo, New York
1983
  • Richard Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton, New Jersey
  • Sculpture with a D, Massachusetts Transit Authority, Davis
  • Square Subway Station, Boston
1982
  • George F. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco
  • Delta Wave, Atlanta International Airport Terminal, Atlanta, Georgia
1981
  • McNamara Federal Building, Detroit, Michigan
  • Wave Composition, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
1979
  • Triple Variant, John Russell Federal Building, Atlanta, Georgia

COLLECTIONS:

  • American Federation of Art Museum Collection,
    New York
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton,
    New Jersey
  • The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Beymans Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Carnegie Library, Washington, D.C.
  • Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
  • Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
  • Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C.
  • Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina
  • High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
  • Howard University, Washington, D.C.
  • Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Louisana Museum, Sweden
  • Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Menil Collection, Houston, Texas
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Musee d'Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris,
    Paris, France
  • Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
  • Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • National Collection of Fine Arts,
    Smithsonian Institution, Washington
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
  • National Museum of Jamaica, Kingston
  • New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
  • Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
  • Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art,
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
  • Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • Rockefeller Collection, New York
  • Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
  • Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
  • J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
  • Studio Museum of Harlem, New York
  • Szepmuveszeti Museum, Budapest, Hungary
  • Tate Gallery, London, England
  • University of Iowa, Iowa City
  • University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond
  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
  • Woodward Foundation, Embassy Collection, Washington, D.C.

 

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