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CARL F.K. PAO

VISUAL ARTIST/EDUCATOR

Born (1971) and raised on the island of O`ahu, Carl graduated from Kamehameha Schools (1989, earned a BFA (Outstanding Senior Ceramic Student Award) at the University of Hawai`i at Mänoa (1994) and then received his MFA (1999) with first-class honors in from Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland, Aotearoa.  Since 2000, Carl has been teaching full-time at the Kamehameha Schools High School in Visual Arts.  In January 2018, Carl transferred to the Kamehameha Schools Kea’au campus on the island of Hawai’i.

 

Outside of his teaching schedule, Carl continues to professionally practice his own art.  He initiated a series of growing exhibits based on the Hawaiian concept of Maka with the most recent, MakahÄ€ 2016; was the inaugural Artist in Residence at the Australian National University (ANU) College of Asia and the Pacific in July 2012; had a successful group exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in July 2011; hosted and co-produced three seasons of the educational art series Art Hunter; actively participates in SOLO AND GROUP art exhibits both locally and abroad; and, his work is collected and commissioned by both private and public parties.

 

Carl lives with his wife and daughter iN  ‘Ola’a on the island of Hawai’i.

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Selected COLLECTIONS

  • Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawai’i (2 works)

  • Australian Consulate General, Honolulu, HawaiÊ»i

  • Farea Pasifika Australia, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  • Hawaiian Hall, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

  • Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce (NHCC)

  • Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA

  • HawaiÊ»i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Collection, Honolulu, Hawai‘i (5 works)

  • Tjibaou Cultural Center, New Caledonia

selected commissions

Latest Exhibitions

2019     Niuhi–Shark: Honoring Kamehameha

            the Great in Paint and Prose (With

            selections from the book

            Kamehameha–Rise of a King by

            KÄ€wika Eyre) (27 works), East

            Hawai’iCultural Center, Hilo,

            Hawai‘i. (solo)

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           Niuhi–Shark: Honoring Kamehameha

            the Great in Paint and Prose (With

            selections from the book

            Kamehameha–Rise of a King by

            KÄ€wika Eyre) (22 works), Volcano

            Art Center Gallery, Hawai’i

            Volcanoes National Park, Hawai‘i.

            (solo)

 

          Transformative Forces–

            Creation through

            Destruction, Kahilu Theater

            Foundation, Waimea, Hawai’i.

            (group)

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2018     Loli’ana–A Native Hawaiian

            Exhibition, East Hawai’I

            Cultural Center (EHCC), Hilo,

            Hawai’i. (group)

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           Ewalu, 8th Annual MAMo

            exhibition, Wailoa Center,

            Hilo, Hawai’i. (group)

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2016    MakahÄ€: New Works by Carl

            F.K. Pao, Charlton Kupa‘a Hee,

            Cory K.H. Taum, and Nicole

            Naone, Arts at Marks Garage,

            Honolulu, HawaiÊ»i. (group)

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          ACCESSION: Recent Acquisitions

            from the Art in Public Places

            Collection, HawaiÊ»i State Art

            Museum, Honolulu, HawaiÊ»i. (group)

 

          Kanu KahoÊ»olawe: Replanting,

           Rebirth, Burke Museum, University

           of Washington, Seattle.

           (two-person)

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