Ken Shutt

Ken Shutt (born 1928) 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:

• 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
• Currently on display with Lahaina Galleries, 2009, Lahaina and Wailea, Maui

References

• Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 76-77, 96.
• Ken Shutt in the Art Inventories Catolog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum