Frank Sheriff is an abstract

Abstract art

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 sculptor who was born in Yokohama, Japan to an American father and a Japanese-American mother. Because his father was employed by the United States Army

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, Frank lived in Japan, Nevada, California, New York, Texas, North Carolina, and Hawaii during his childhood. He started studying art at Oregon State University

Oregon State University

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 but returned to Hawaii to be with his mother when his father died in 1980. He entered the University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Hawaii at Manoa

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, where he earned a BFA in 1984, and an MFA in 1989.

Frank Sheriff is known for both abstract

Abstract art

Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...

 and representational metal sculptures. His sculptures in public places include:

• Ano Lani, a 1993 bronze sculpture at Kakaako Waterfront Park
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  , Honolulu, Hawaii
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• Mind and Heart, a 1995 cast bronze sculpture at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
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  , Honolulu, Hawaii
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• New Millenium Sky: Banyan and Stars, a 2000 aluminum sculpture at Princess Kaiulani Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii
  Honolulu, Hawaii
  Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...