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Ken Shutt (1928 – April 2, 2010) was an American sculptor and watercolorist. He was active in California and Hawaii.

Biography

Ken Shutt was born 1928, in Long Beach, California. He grew up in Whittier, California. Shutt 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. 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. 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.

He died 2010, at age 81, in Atascadero, California.

Collections

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:

• 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

Footnotes

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2013-05-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces".
3. Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96.
4. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces, May 17, 2010
5. Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96.
6. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces, May 17, 2010
7. Ken Shutt in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

• 1928 births
• 2010 deaths
• 20th-century American sculptors
• 20th-century American male artists
• 21st-century American sculptors
• 21st-century American male artists
• American male sculptors
• Artists from Hawaii
• Artists from Long Beach, California
• Chouinard Art Institute alumni
• ArtCenter College of Design alumni
• Pasadena City College alumni