Ken Shutt Explained

Ken Shutt
Birth Date:	1928
Birth Place:	Long Beach, California, United States
Death Date:	April 2, 2010
Death Place:	Atascadero, California, United States
Education:	Pasadena City College, Art Center College of Design, Chouinard Art Institute
Occupation:	Visual artist
Known For:	Watercolors, bronze sculptures

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.^[1] He grew up in Whittier, California.^[2] 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.^[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] 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.^[5]

He died 2010, at age 81, in Atascadero, California.^[6]

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:^[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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-05-28 . 2012-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324210424/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2010/Apr/20/ln/hawaii4200332.html . dead .
2. News: 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. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1L21264I64W10.32515&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100006~!6124~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!siartinventories&term=Shutt%2C+Ken%2C+1928-+%2C+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR#focus Ken Shutt in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum