Ken Shutt

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Name Ken Shutt

Education Art Center College of Design, Pasadena City College

Ken Shutt (1928-April 2, 2010) 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 (see image). 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

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