Ken Shutt
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Ken Shutt is an American sculptor and watercolorist
who was born in Long Beach, California
. He moved to Hawaii in 1963 and lived there until 1995, when he returned to California in 1995.
His sculptures often combine such diverse materials as resin
, wood, terrazzo
, bronze
, and granite
. The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
is among the public collections holding work by Ken Shutt. His sculptures in public places include:
Watercolor painting
Watercolor or watercolour , also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle...
who was born in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
. He moved to Hawaii in 1963 and lived there until 1995, when he returned to California in 1995.
His sculptures often combine such diverse materials as resin
Resin
Resin in the most specific use of the term is a hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees. Resins are valued for their chemical properties and associated uses, such as the production of varnishes, adhesives, and food glazing agents; as an important source of raw materials...
, wood, terrazzo
Terrazzo
Terrazzo is a composite material poured in place or precast, which is used for floor and wall treatments. It consists of marble, quartz, granite, glass or other suitable chips, sprinkled or unsprinkled, and poured with a binder that is cementitious, chemical or a combination of both...
, bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...
, and granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
. The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
The now defunct Contemporary Museum, Honolulu was the only museum in the state of Hawaii devoted exclusively to contemporary art. The Contemporary Museum had two venues: in residential Honolulu at the historic Spalding House, and downtown Honolulu at First Hawaiian Center.-Collection:Artists...
is 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 SchoolLeilehua High SchoolLeilehua High School is a public, co-educational, college preparatory high school in Wahiawa, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. It is part of the Hawaii State Department of Education, nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, and fully accredited by the...
, Honolulu, HawaiiHonolulu, HawaiiHonolulu 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... - Waialua, 1976, Waialua High and Intermediate School, Waialua, Hawaii
- Konohiki, 1980-1981, King Intermediate School, Kaneohe, Hawaii
- Celebrating the Arts, 1999, Kauai Community CollegeKauai Community CollegeKauai Community College is a public, co-educational commuter college in Līhue, Hawaii on the island of Kauai. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaii system anchored by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in Honolulu and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and...
, Kauai, Hawaii - Heritage Growing, 1975, Laupahoehoe High and Elementary SchoolLaupahoehoe High and Elementary SchoolLaupāhoehoe High & Elementary School is a public, co-educational high school, middle school and elementary school of the Hawaii State Department of Education. It serves grades kindergarten through twelve and was established in 1904.-General information:...
, Laupahoehoe, Hawaii - Lanai Ohana, 1977, Lanai High and Elementary SchoolLanai High and Elementary SchoolLanai High and Elementary School is located on the island of Lanai in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is the largest of six K-12 public schools in the Hawaii State Department of Education system. Lanai High and Elementary School is the only school on the island located in the heart of Lanai City,...
, Lanai City, Hawaii - Kauai Ola, 1981, Kauai High SchoolKauai High SchoolKauai High School is a public high school located in Lihue, Hawaii. It is named after the island Kauai, which is also known as the Garden Isle....
, Lihue, Hawaii - Hawaiian Porpoises, 1976, Honolulu ZooHonolulu ZooThe Honolulu Zoo is a zoo located in Queen Kapiolani Park in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. It is the only zoo in the United States to be established by grants made by a sovereign monarch, and is built on part of the royal Queen Kapiolani Park. The Honolulu Zoo now features over 1,230 animals in...
, Honolulu, HawaiiHonolulu, HawaiiHonolulu 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... - Family Structure, 1971, Kauikeaouli HaleKauikeaouli HaleKauikeaouli Hale is a district courthouse for the Island of Oahu in Hawaii.It is located at 1111 Alakea Street between downtown Honolulu Hawaii and the Hawaii Capital Historic District at ....
(courthouse), Honolulu, HawaiiHonolulu, HawaiiHonolulu 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... - Matrix, 1990, Hilo High SchoolHilo High SchoolHilo High School is a public, co-educational high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education, and serves grades nine through twelve. Established in 1906, its first class graduated in 1909. Hilo High School is near the Wailuku River in Hawaii County on the Big Island of Hawaii. The campus...
, Hilo, Hawaii - Four Valleys, 1978, Waianae High SchoolWaianae High SchoolWaianae High School is a public, coeducational secondary school in the Waianae CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, on the leeward coast of the island of Oahu. The school about northwest of central Honolulu CDP. An average of 2,000 students are enrolled annually in grades 9-12...
, Waianae, Hawaii - Currently on display with Lahaina Galleries, 2009, Lahaina and Wailea, Maui