Sean K. L. Browne
Sean Kekamakupaa Lee Loy Browne is a contemporary sculptor who was born in Hilo, Hawaii. He attended the Kamehameha Schools and then earned a BA in studio art from the University of Redlands in 1975. In 1981, he studied marble carving under Paoli Silverio 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 Fulbright Fellowship, enabling him to study with Isamu Noguchi in Shikoku, Japan. 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, but also created small works for indoor display.Museum holdings and major commissions
- Ikaika , cast bronze and black granite sculpture, Hawaii State Art Museum
- Ka Makau, bronze sculpture, Keaukaha Elementary School, Hilo, Hawaii
- Ka Peahi IV, sculpture, Hawaii State Art Museum
- Na Moku Ekolu , cast and welded silicon bronze sculpture, Maui Community College, Kahului, Hawaii
- Orpheus, cast bronze, Honolulu Museum of Art
- Spirit Way, bronze sculpture, Kapiolani Community College
- Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono, Carrara marble sculpture, Wailuku Judiciary Complex, Maui, Hawaii
- Aina Lani, black granite tile and stainless steel sculpture, Pali Momi Medical Center, Administration, Pearl City, Hawaii
- King David Kalakaua, bronze sculpture, Waikiki Gateway Park, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Mahaina II, bronze sculpture, The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Lahui, silicon bronze sheet sculpture, Kakaako Waterfront Park
- Lima Hoola basalt sculpture, Hawaii State Hospital, Kaneohe, Hawaii
- Pahoa, basalt terrazzo sculpture, Pahoa High and Intermediate School, Pahoa, Hawaii
- Mahiole, red granite sculpture, Kona International Airport, Hawaii
- , bronze sculpture, Kuhio Beach Park, Waikiki, Honolulu
- Ka Makahiki, bronze and brass sculpture, Maemae Elementary School, Oahu, Hawaii
- Ke Kaii by Sean K. L. Browne, granite 2003, Hawaii State Art Museum Sculpture Garden
- Parian Warrior, carved marble sculpture, Honolulu Museum of Art
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