Ken Shutt
Male, Person
1928 –
Who is Ken Shutt?
Ken Shutt was an American sculptor and watercolorist who was born in Long Beach, California. He 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. He died 2010, at age 81, in Atascadero, California.
His best known paintings are watercolors of Hawaii's flora. His sculptures often combine such diverse materials as resin, wood, terrazzo, bronze, and granite. 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, Kauai Community College, Kauai, Hawaii
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- Born
- 1928
Long Beach - Education
- Pasadena City College
- Art Center College of Design
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on July 23, 2013
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