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Hawaii Art 101 - A Resource List

This guide is an overview of art books, videos, museums and archives, organizations and societies focused on Hawaii artists.

Audio Visual

  Contemporary Hawaiian Art. Honolulu, Hawaii: [Wong Audiovisual Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa], 2012.

  Jensen, Rocky., Lucia Tarallo. Jensen, Imaikalani. Kalahele, Bob. Freitas, Ipo. Nihipali, and Kunani. Nihipali. Kanaka Maoli : Native Hawaiian Artists. Honolulu, Hawaii: [Wong Audiovisual Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa], 2011.

  Tibbetts, Richard J. Encounters with Paradise : Views of Hawaii and Its People, 1778-1941. Honolulu, Hawaii: [streaming video], 2013. Film.
 

[dates reflect when the videos were digitized]

Selected Books Featuring Hawaii Artists

  A Tradition of Excellence. Honolulu: Department of Art, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2002.

  Aronov, Elliot., Marcia. Morse, and Shuzo Uemoto. Honolulu Printmakers 75th Anniversary: a Tradition of Gift Prints. 1st ed. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: Honolulu Academy of Arts in association with Honolulu Printmakers, 2003.

  Bossan, Enrico. Aloha Spirit: Contemporary Artists from Hawai'i. First edition. Crocetta del Montello: Antiga edizioni, 2017. Print.

  Cazimero, Momi., David J. De la Torre, and Manulani Aluli Meyer. Nā Maka Hou = New Visions: Contemporary Native Hawaiian Art.  Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2001.

  Cazimero, Momi., and Patricia L. Hartwell. Retrospective 1967-1987. Honolulu, Hawaii: State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1987.

   Contemporary Photographers of Hawaii: Honolulu Academy of Arts, January 17-February 17, 1985. Honolulu, Hawaii: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1985.

  Haar, Francis., Prithwish. Neogy, and Murray Turnbull. Artists of Hawaii. Honolulu: State Foundation on Culture & the Arts, 1975.

  Fire to Form: Glass Artists of Hawaiʻi. Makawao, Hawaiʻi: Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center, 2002.

  Forbes, David W. Encounters with Paradise : Views of Hawaii and Its People, 1778-1941. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992. Print.

  Forbes, David W. He Makana : the Gertrude Mary Joan Damon Haig Collection of Hawaiian Art, Paintings, and Prints. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 2013.

  Forbes, David W. Paintings, Prints, and Drawings of Hawaii from the Sam and Mary Cooke Collection. Honolulu, Hawaii: Mānoa Heritage Center, 2016.

  Hoʻo Pānaʻi: an Exhibition of Contemporary Hawaiian Art Presented on the Occasion of the Centennial of the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation. Honolulu: The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1993.

  Kamehiro, Stacy L. The Arts of Kingship: Hawaiian Art and National Culture of the Kalākaua Era. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009.

  Kanyaku Imin Centennial Celebration Art Exhibit: Contemporary Japanese Artists of Hawaii  Honolulu: Office of Instructional Services/General Education Branch, Department of Education, State of Hawaii, 1986.

  Kingrey, Kenneth. Art in Hawaii. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1960.

  Kingrey, Kenneth., Maureen Keleher, Jeanne. Wiig, Clemente. Lagundimao, and Francis. Haar. Art in the Collection of Saint Francis Hospital. Honolulu: St. Francis Hospital, 1982.

   Master Artists of Hawaii. Honolulu: The Honolulu Academy of Art, 1964.

  Morse, Marcia., Shuzo Uemoto, and Clarence Lee. Legacy: Facets of Island Modernism. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2001.

   Namkoong, Joan., and Diane Dods. Artists/Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1996.

   Papanikolas, Theresa, and DeSoto Brown. Art Deco Hawaiʻi. Honolulu: Honolulu Museum of Art, 2014.

   Papanikolas, Theresa., and Stephen. Salel. Abstract Expressionism: Looking East from the Far West.  Honolulu: Honolulu Museum of Art, 2017.

  Persis Collection of Contemporary Art, The. 1st ed. Honolulu, Hawaii: Goodale Publishing, 1998.

  Reflections: the Japanese American Master Artists of Hawaii. Honolulu: The Japanese Cultural Center, 1996.

  Severson, Don R., Michael D. Horikawa, and Jennifer Saville. Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2002.

  Tanner, Jerré E. Hawaii Island Artists and Friends of the Arts. 2nd ed. Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: Malama Arts, Inc., 1990.

  The Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawaii Artists. Honolulu, Hawaii: Contemporary Museum, 1993.

  Wirtz, Richard P. Artists of Maui: a Collection of Artwork. Makawao, Hawaii: SUMAC Publishing Co., 1985.

  Wong, Allison. Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, October 13, 2006-January 30, 2007. Honolulu: The Contemporary Museum, 2006.

  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, Hawaii: The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1997.

Hawaii Artist Books

  Charlot, Jean, and Lynton R. Kistler. Picture Book : Images and Verses. Los Angeles: Dawson’s Book Shop, 1974.

  Charlot, Zohmah, and Jean Charlot. A First Book. Honolulu, Hawaii: Zohmah Charlot, 1980.

  Doi, Isami. Random Vintage : Twenty Original Wood Engravings. Private edition. Honolulu, U.S.A: [Isami Doi], 1941.

  Fraser, Juliette May, David Kaonohiokala Bray, Jean Charlot, and Samuel H. Elbert. Ke Anuenue  [Portfolio ed.]. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1952.

  Varez, Dietrich. Collector’s Portfolio. Volcano, Hawaii: Volcano Art Center, 1991.