Ken Shutt (1928 – April 2, 2010) was an American sculptor and watercolorist. He was active in California and Hawaii.
Life Ken Shutt was born 1928, in Long Beach, California. He grew up in Whittier, California. 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.Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96. 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.Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces, May 17, 2010 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.Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96.
He died 2010, at age 81, in Atascadero, California.Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces, May 17, 2010
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:Ken Shutt in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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 Bird in Flight, 1969, American Savings Bank Kapiolani Branch, Honolulu, Hawaii
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
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