Ron Kent - Wood


Guardian in permanent collection of Four Seasons Maui
Photo Credit: Rob Rakowski


"New" Chinese pictograph for "LOVE"


South African "Adindra; God is Supreme"


Vessel PH-2

Resumé

SELECTED MUSEUM PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

The Louvre (Musée des Arts Decoratifs), Paris
det Danske Kunstindustrimusee, Copenhagen
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan 
The White House Permanent Collection
Smithsonian Institution:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Minneapolis Institute of Arts 
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Hawaii State Art Museum
Honolulu Academy of Arts



"Waterbury" - Photo by Robert Fogt

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Most recent were at Wendt Gallery, (NYC), Gerald Peters Gallery 
(Santa Fe and Dallas) 
and Barry Friedman Ltd.(NYC).

>>>>>>Others dating back to 1974<<<<<      

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

Various venues including United States, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, and Japan.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Have had works in juried and invitational events each year since 1970, Hawaii, 
Mainland, and foreign cities. First juried acceptance 1967.

SOME SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

1994 Emperor Akihito of Japan by Kensaku Hogen, Consul General of Japan 
in Hawaii, and the Japan-America Society
1993 President William Jefferson Clinton, by Congressman Neil Abercrombie
1990 President George H.W.Bush, by Congresswoman Patricia Saiki
1987 His Holiness Pope John Paul II, by Drs. Roger and Maria Brault
1985 Crown Prince Hitachi of Japan, by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce 
1985 Senator Daniel Inouye, by Hawaii Democrat Party
1985 H.R.H. Sultan Iskandar of Johor, Agong, Malaysia
1984 President Ronald Reagan, by Hawaii Republican Party

2011: Recorded Oral History, Smithsonian Archives of American Art



Ron Kent Born 1931, Chicago, Illinois UCLA; BSME, 1957

CONTACT:

21 Kamani Kai Place, Kailua, Hawaii, 96734 Phone: (808) 263-6658     
Visit Ron Kent's website atwww.ronkent.com
email: ron@ronkent.com


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