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 edit
- 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
Footnotes edit
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Ken Shutt in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum