# Ken Shutt

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**Ken Shutt** (1928 – April 2, 2010) was an American sculptor and [watercolorist](/source/Watercolor_painting). He was active in California and Hawaii.

## Life

Ken Shutt was born 1928, in [Long Beach, California](/source/Long_Beach,_California).[1] He grew up in [Whittier, California](/source/Whittier,_California).[2] Shutt graduated from [Pasadena City College](/source/Pasadena_City_College), the [Art Center College of Design](/source/Art_Center_College_of_Design), and the [Chouinard Art Institute](/source/Chouinard_Art_Institute).

He moved to Hawaii in 1963, and lived there until 1995.[3] 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](/source/Sea_Life_Park_Hawaii).[4] His best known paintings are watercolors of Hawaii's flora (see image). His sculptures often combine such diverse materials as [resin](/source/Resin), wood, [terrazzo](/source/Terrazzo), [bronze](/source/Bronze), and [granite](/source/Granite).[5]

He died 2010, at age 81, in [Atascadero, California](/source/Atascadero,_California).[6]

## Collections

The [Honolulu Museum of Art](/source/Honolulu_Museum_of_Art) and the [Hawaii State Art Museum](/source/Hawaii_State_Art_Museum) are among the public collections holding work by Ken Shutt. His sculptures in public places include:[7]

- A granite and bronze sculpture at the [Kauai Performing Arts Center](/source/Kauai_Performing_Arts_Center), [Lihue, Hawaii](/source/Lihue,_Hawaii).
- Untitled 1976 sculpture, [Leilehua High School](/source/Leilehua_High_School), [Honolulu, Hawaii](/source/Honolulu,_Hawaii)
- *Waialua*, 1976, [Waialua High and Intermediate School](/source/Waialua_High_and_Intermediate_School), [Waialua, Hawaii](/source/Waialua,_Hawaii)
- *Konohiki*, 1980-1981, [King Intermediate School](/source/King_Intermediate_School), [Kaneohe, Hawaii](/source/Kaneohe,_Hawaii)
- *Celebrating the Arts*, 1999, [Kauaʻi Community College](/source/Kaua%CA%BBi_Community_College), [Kauai, Hawaii](/source/Kauai,_Hawaii)
- *Heritage Growing*, 1975, [Laupahoehoe High and Elementary School](/source/Laupahoehoe_High_and_Elementary_School), [Laupahoehoe, Hawaii](/source/Laupahoehoe,_Hawaii)
- *Lanai Ohana*, 1977, [Lanai High and Elementary School](/source/Lanai_High_and_Elementary_School), [Lanai City, Hawaii](/source/Lanai_City,_Hawaii)
- *Kauai Ola*, 1981, [Kauai High School](/source/Kauai_High_School), [Lihue, Hawaii](/source/Lihue,_Hawaii)
- *Hawaiian Porpoises*, 1976, [Honolulu Zoo](/source/Honolulu_Zoo), [Honolulu, Hawaii](/source/Honolulu,_Hawaii)
- *Family Structure*, 1971, [Kauikeaouli Hale](/source/Kauikeaouli_Hale) (courthouse), [Honolulu, Hawaii](/source/Honolulu,_Hawaii)
- *Matrix*, 1990, [Hilo High School](/source/Hilo_High_School), [Hilo, Hawaii](/source/Hilo,_Hawaii)
- *Four Valleys*, 1978, [Waianae High School](/source/Waianae_High_School), [Waianae, Hawaii](/source/Waianae,_Hawaii)
- *Konohiki*, 1973, [Hawaii State Art Museum](/source/Hawaii_State_Art_Museum) sculpture garden

## 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

## Footnotes

1. ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120324210424/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2010/Apr/20/ln/hawaii4200332.html). Archived from [the original](http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2010/Apr/20/ln/hawaii4200332.html) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

1. ["Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces"](http://archives.starbulletin.com/content/20100517_sculptors_works_grace_many_isles_public_spaces)

1. Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96.

1. *Honolulu Star-Bulletin*, Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces, May 17, 2010

1. Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96.

1. *Honolulu Star-Bulletin*, Sculptor's works grace many isles' public spaces, May 17, 2010

1. [Ken Shutt in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum](http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1L21264I64W10.32515&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100006~!6124~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!siartinventories&term=Shutt%2C+Ken%2C+1928-+%2C+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR#focus)

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