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American artist
Coconuts by Ken Shutt, 1972, watercolor,
Waialae Country Club
Ken Shutt (1928-April 2, 2010) was an American sculptor and
watercolorist who was born in
Long Beach, California .
[1] He grew up in
Whittier, California ,
[2] and graduated from
Pasadena City College , the
Art Center College of Design and the
Chouinard Art Institute . He moved to Hawaii in 1963, and lived there until 1995.
[3] He returned to California in 1995, to be near his foundry, when he was commissioned to create a bronze sculpture for the entrance of
Sea Life Park Hawaii .
[4] He died 2010, at age 81, in
Atascadero, California .
[5]
His best known paintings are watercolors of Hawaii's flora (see image). His sculptures often combine such diverse materials as
resin , wood,
terrazzo ,
bronze , and
granite .
[6] The
Honolulu Museum of Art and the
Hawaii State Art Museum are among the public collections holding work by Ken Shutt. His sculptures in public places include:
[7]
A granite and bronze sculpture at the
Kauai Performing Arts Center ,
Lihue, Hawaii .
Untitled 1976 sculpture,
Leilehua High School ,
Honolulu, Hawaii
Waialua , 1976,
Waialua High and Intermediate School ,
Waialua, Hawaii
Konohiki , 1980-1981,
King Intermediate School ,
Kaneohe, Hawaii
Celebrating the Arts , 1999,
Kauaʻi Community College ,
Kauai, Hawaii
Heritage Growing , 1975,
Laupahoehoe High and Elementary School ,
Laupahoehoe, Hawaii
Lanai Ohana , 1977,
Lanai High and Elementary School ,
Lanai City, Hawaii
Kauai Ola , 1981,
Kauai High School ,
Lihue, Hawaii
Hawaiian Porpoises , 1976,
Honolulu Zoo ,
Honolulu, Hawaii
Family Structure , 1971,
Kauikeaouli Hale (courthouse),
Honolulu, Hawaii
Matrix , 1990,
Hilo High School ,
Hilo, Hawaii
Four Valleys , 1978,
Waianae High School ,
Waianae, Hawaii
Konohiki , 1973,
Hawaii State Art Museum sculpture garden
References
Haar, Francis, Artists of Hawaii: Volume Two , University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1977, pp. 74–78
Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces , University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96
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"Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces" .
^ Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96.
^ Honolulu Star-Bulletin , Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces, May 17, 2010
^ Honolulu Star-Bulletin , Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces, May 17, 2010
^ Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96.
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Ken Shutt in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum