Sean Kekamakupaa Lee Loy Browne (born 1953) is a contemporary sculptor who was born in

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. He attended the

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and then earned a BA in studio art from the

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in 1975. In 1981, he studied marble carving in Pietrasanta, Italy and was later appointed an artist-in-residence at the Henraux Marble Company in Lucca, Italy. He returned to Hawaii and earned an MFA in sculpture from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1983. In 1985 he was awarded a

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, enabling him to study with Isamu Noguchi in

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.Honolulu Museum of Art wall label, Orpheus by Sean Browne, 1985, accession TCM.1944.4 For many years, Browne taught sculpture at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and at Kapiolani Community College. Browne is best known for monumental sight-specific sculptures (such as ''Spirit Way''), but also created small works for indoor display (such as ''Ikaika'').

Museum holdings and major commissions

* ''Ikaika'' (strong) (1980), cast bronze and black granite sculpture,

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 While they were both in the cabinet, under King ...

* ''Ka Makau'' (1983), bronze sculpture
Keaukaha Elementary School

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* ''Ka Peahi IV'' (1983), sculpture,

* ''Na Moku Ekolu'' (''Three Islands'') (1985), cast and welded silicon bronze sculpture,

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, Kahului * ''Orpheus'' (1985), cast bronze, Honolulu Museum of Art * ''Spirit Way'' (1987), bronze sculpture, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu * ''Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono'' (1988), Carrara marble sculpture, Wailuku Judiciary Complex, Maui * ''Aina Lani'' (1989), black granite tile and stainless steel sculpture,

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, Pearl City * ''

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'' (1989–91), bronze sculpture, Waikiki Gateway Park, Honolulu * ''Mahaina II'' (1990), bronze sculpture, '' The Honolulu Advertiser'', Honolulu * ''Lahui'' (1992), silicon bronze sheet sculpture,

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* ''Lima Hoola'' (1993) basalt sculpture, Hawaii State Hospital,

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* ''Pahoa'' (1995), basalt terrazzo sculpture,

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* ''Mahiole'' (2000), red granite sculpture,

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, Kona
''Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana 'ole''
(2001), bronze sculpture,

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, Waikiki * ''Ka Makahiki'' (2003), bronze and brass sculpture, Maemae Elementary School, Oahu * ''Ke Kaii'' (''The Guardian'') by Sean K. L. Browne, granite 2003,

's Sculpture Garden * ''Parian Warrior'' (2005), carved marble sculpture, Honolulu Museum of Art

References

* Cazimero, Momi, David J. de la Torre and Manulani Aluli Meyer, ''Nā Maka Hou: New Visions'', Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, 2001, , pp. 32–33 * Hartwell, Patricia L. (editor), ''Retrospective 1967-1987'', Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987, p. 134 * Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions, 1967-1997, An Exhibition Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, Presented at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, September 3-October 12, 1997'', Honolulu, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1997, pp. 150–151.

External links

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Sean K. L. Modern sculptors 1953 births Living people People from Hilo, Hawaii University of Redlands alumni University of Hawaiʻi faculty Sculptors from Hawaii University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni