Mamoru Sato is an American modernist sculptor. He was born in
El Paso, Texas
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in 1937. He initially majored in aeronautical engineering but switched to art, receiving a BA in fine art in 1963 and an MFA in sculpture in 1965, both from the
University of Colorado
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. He taught at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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in 1965. During the summer of 1969, he worked with Tony Smith at UH. Smith titled a piece in his ''For...'' series for Sato: ''For M.S.''
Sato is best known for his abstract sculptures constructed of industrial materials, such as ''Sol III'', which is made of
fiberglass
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. His commissions include sculpture for the Kona State Office Building (Hawaii), Maunawili Elementary School (Hawaii), the Rev. Benjamin Parker Elementary School (Hawaii),
Honolulu International Airport
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Honolulu Community College
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Library (Hawaii), The
James Michener
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Collection (Pipersville, Pennsylvania) and the Hayashide Onsen Hotel (Kagoshima, Japan). ''Sail II'' is in the collection of the
Hawaii State Art Museum
The No. 1 Capitol District Building, on the site of the former Armed Services YMCA Building, now houses the Hawaii State Art Museum and the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
History
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.
Exhibitions
* ''Artists of Hawaii 1986'' (Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1986)
* ''More of Mo: Sculpture by Mamoru Sato'' (Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, 2008)
Bibliography
* Haar, Francis, ''Artists of Hawaii: Volume Two'', University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1977, pp. 69–73
* Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 96.
* Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions, 1967-1997'', awaiiState Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997, 146.