Sam Gilliam :: abreviated biography


BORN: 1933 Tupelo, Mississippi.

EDUCATION:

1952-55  University of Louisville. Louisville, Kentucky. B.A., Fine Art.
1958-61  University of Louisville. Louisville, Kentucky. M.A., Painting.

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

1967  National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
1969  Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Norman W. Harris Prize
1971  Solomon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1975  College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Distinguished Alumnus Award
1980  University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters
1986  Memphis College or Art, Memphis, TN, Honorary Doctorate
1987  Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, Honorary Doctorate
1989  National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artists Grant
1990  Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Honorary Doctorate
1993  Corcoran Gallery and School of Art, Washington, DC. Honorary Doctorate
1995  American University, Washington, D.C. Honorary Doctorate
1997  University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Honorary Doctorate
1998  University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, Honorary Doctorate


PUBLIC COMMISSIONS:

1979  John Russell Federal Building, Atlanta, GA.
1981  Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, MI
         McNamara Federal Building, Detroit, MI
1982  Atlanta International Airport Terminal, Atlanta, GA
         George F. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA
1983  Richard Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton, NJ
         Davis Square Subway Station, Boston, Massachusetts
1984  Delavan Subway Station, Buffalo, NY
1985  Union Labor Life Insurance Company, Washington, D.C.
         Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
1987  Broward County Governmental Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1988  York College, Queens, NY
1989  California Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1990  Contel Federal Systems, Chantilly, VA
         Metropolitan Transit Authority. New York, NY
         Archer Street, Jamaica Queens
1991  The Kaempfer Company, Washington, D.C.
1996  LaGuardia Airport, Queens, NY
1997  National Airport, Washington, DC
         Customs House, New Orleans, LA
1998  Federal Building, Philadelphia, PA
         University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Michigan
1999  University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH
         Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
2000  Juanita Thornton Public Library, Washington, DC
         Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
         El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
2001  Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA
         Seattle International Airport, Seattle, WA
2002  Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
         Philander Smith College, Little Rock, AK
2003  Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:

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


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