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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0436.006 1998-2000 HENRY BIANCHINI 15-1411 26`~ Street, Keaau HI 96749 PO BOX 1199 KEAAU HI 96749-1199 ph/fax: 1 808 966 9993 James Y. Arakaki ' 9 9 0 C T 5 P~ 2 4 5 Chairman - District No.3 COUNT'` Gi= HANLNI September 30,1999 Deaz Council Member, My name is Henry Bianchini. I am a sculptor living in East Hawaii for the past thirty years. I have public sculptwe on all Islands, including the statue of King Kalakaua in Kalakaua Park in Hilo. My most recent sculptwe/installation was placed at Ha'aheo School in Hilo on June 15, 1999. This sculptwe, "ENLIGHTENING THE SPIRIT", was implemented by a State Foundation on Cultwe and the Arts and a Department of Education program called Art in Public Places -Artist in Residence. i taught all students at Ha'aheo School from January through June of 1999 and had them visit my studio throughout the process of creating the piece. I have taught sculpture technique at other schools and programs over the yeazs. Please check my reswne. Throughout most of my cazeer as an artist in Hawau, I have been affiliated with Francis Sherrard and the East Hawaii Cultwal Center in one capacity or another. My children have been in plays, my wife has costumed productions and shown her own work there. I have had numerous shows there. I was very pleased to see most of the Council in support of the East Hawaii Cultwal Center at the meeting on September 2~g(I had a renewed faith in ow County Council. I think we should realize how difficult it is to establish a Cultwal Center in a town like Hilo with it's limited population and economic difficulties. Yet, there aze cleaz indications that something is happening. I feel that we are on the ground floor of a Cultwal Renaissance here. There aze hundreds of fine artists establishing themselves in East Hawau and most of them aze affiliated with the East Hawaii Cultwal Center at any given time. I would like to suggest that you give the East Hawaii Cultural Center free rent for ten (10) yeazs and then start implementing a progressive payment plan proportionate to the going rate in downtown Hilo. I truly feel that yow understanding and affiliation with this Center will make us all proud as we see our community experience a contemporary Cultwal immersion into the next century. Sincerely with Aloha, ~>:.J` Henry Btanchuu HB/db '~36 0 0(. Comm. No. File No. F / IY Ref. Tot COVNCIC.. Ref. Date OCT 5 1999 Curriculum Vitae HENRY BIANCHINI Sculptor, Printmaker, Painter Exhibitions: 1999 Dedication, sculpture, "Enlightening the Spirit", Ha'aheo School, Hilo HI 1999 Group show, -~elementsF, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo HI 1998 Fall Arts Festival, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo HI Group show, "Art Explosion", Ohana Gallery, Honomu, HI, 1997 Jun Ken Po Paper Arts Council group show, "Paperworks", East Hawau Cultural Center (EHCC), Hilo HI 1995 One Man show, "Juxtaposition", Volcano Art Center, Volcano HI 1995 Jun Ken Po Paper Arts Council group show, "Openings, Doorways & Windows", EHCC, Hilo HI 1994 One Man show, Gallery of Great Things, Kamuela HI 1994 Group show, Hawaii Craftsman, Honolulu HI 1991-94 One Man show, Kahilu Theatre, Kamuela HI 1993-97 Fall Arts Festival, (juried), EHCC, Hilo, HI 1993 One Man Sculpture Exhibit, L'Oeuvre Fine Art Gallery, Hilo HI 1992 One Man show, "Form as Meaning", EHCC, Hilo HI 1990 One Man show, "Ritual Dances", Maya Gallery, Kamuela HI 1990 2 x 4 Show, invitational, Studio 7, Holualoa HI 1989 One Man show, "Involuntary Metaphors", EHCC, Hilo HI 1989 Group show, "Visions of The Volcano", Juror, Lana Twigg-Smith, EHCC, Hilo HI. Traveling to Stones Gallery, Kauai 1990 1988 Ampersand Show, invitational, EHCC, Hilo HI 1988 Dedication, King David Kalakaua Statue, Kalakaua Pazk, Hilo HI 1987 One Man show, Nikko Gallery, Waimea HI 1986 One Man show, "The Interplay ofForm", Volcano Art Center, Volcano HI 1986-96 Group show, Big Island Wood Show, Wailoa Center, Hilo HI 1986 Group show, Hawaii Craftsman "86", Honolulu HI 1986 Group show, Artists of Hawau, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu HI 1986 Group show, Studio 7, Holualoa HI 1985 Group show, Vision Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984 Group show, Connoisseurs Gallery, Mauna Lani Bay Hotel, HI 1984 Group show, "Chisel & Palette", Wailoa Center, Hilo HI 1984 Group show, Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach CA 1984 Group show, "Exposition, A Big Island Invitational", Wailoa Center Hilo HI 1983 Group show, "Signs 83", invitational, Amfac Center, Honolulu HI 1980 Group show, UHH Campus Center, Hilo HI 1977 One Man show, Volcano Art Center, Volcano HI 1974 One Man show, Hilo Public Library, Hilo HI 1972-98 Spring Arts Festival, (juried), Wailoa Center, Hilo HI Commissions: 1998 Art in Public Places, Artist in Residence, Ha'aheo School 1998-99, sculpture, "ENLIGHTENING THE SPIRIT". 1997 Subcontracted by Professor Ron Kowalke. Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, "WINDOWS OF FIRE", lava molds 1997 Entrance gate, M.Kalber residence, Hilo HI 1995 Entrance gate, estate of, Mr.& Mrs. N. Weston, Waikoloa HI 1993 Entrance gate, McCully Farms, Hamakua HI 1990-91 Grand Wailea Resort, "The Dance", bronze, 72"h. X 60"w., Wadea, Maui HI 1988 Kalakaua Pazk, bronze statue, King David ICalakaua, 57"h., Hilo HI 1985 Kaiser Permanente Hospital, "Ho'okamalani", bronze, 60"h. X 72"1., Moanaloa Valley, Oahu HI 1977 Aza Summers, AIA, carved structural post, interior of a commercial building, Pahoa HI Grants: 1988-89 Energy Extension Service, Geothermal Grant, State of Hawaii Theatre Set Designs: 1990 Set Design, "Art & Dance", Aloha Theatre, Kona HI 1987-88 Design and Sets for Choreographer/Dancer Eva Lee 1985 Set design, "Archie & Mihitabel", UHII Theatre, Hilo HI. Consultant for many other UHH Theatre productions, also, lecturer for the Technical Staff. 1983 Set design, "Fiddler on The Roof', UHH Theatre, Hilo HI Instruction: 1998-99 Teacher, Artist in Residence, Ha'aheo School, Hilo HI 1995-97 Teacher, private studio instruction, Sculpture class for adult Artists 1990-95 Teacher, Na Pua No'eau, Gifted & Talented Hawauan Children Program, UHH, Hilo HI 1988-89 Teacher, Malamalama School, Wood Carving classes, Keaau HI 1985 Consultant, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo HI 1983 Teacher, Keaau Elementary School, Gifted & Talented Art Program, Sculpture techniques. Awards: 1996 Juried awazd, annual Spring Art Festival, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI Juror; Jay Jensen 1995 Juried awazd, Spring Art Festival, Hilo, HI 1994 Juried awazd, is` place Sculpture, Spring Art Festival, Hilo, HI 1993 Juried awazd, is` place Sculpture, Spring Art Festival, Hilo HI Juror; Hiroki Morinoue 1991 Juried awazd, 3 dimensional, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI, Juror; William Hartman 1990 Juried awazd, 3 dimensional, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI, Juror; Jennifer Seville 1974 Juried awazd, 2 dimensional, Spring Art Festival, Wailoa Center Hilo, HI Committees: 1998 Arts Alive!, Chairnian, Auction for East Hawaii Cultural Council 1993-97 Invited member, Jun Ken Po Paper Arts Council 1992-93 Invited member, Artist representative, Palace Theatre Restoration Committee Juror: 1994 Fall Arts Festival, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI 1992 Big Island Wood Show, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI Galleries representing my work: Volcano Art Center, Hawaii Volcanos National Pazk, HI East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo HI Fine Arts Associates, Art Loft, Honolulu, HI Ackerman Gallery, Kapaau, HI Na Pua Gallery, Grand Wailes Resort, Wailes, Maui, HI Publications: 1998 Arts in Education, State Foundation on Culture & the Arts 1989-97 Art Centering, published by EHCC 1995 Volcano Gazette, published by the Volcano Art Center 1993 Art News Magazine ,September 93 issue 1992 Aloha Magazine 1992 This Week Magazine 1990 "Jiaoliu-Portfolio", article, Invitational Chinese magazine 1990 Pleasant Hawau magazine 1988 Ampersand Magazine, September 88 issue 1986 Theatre Craft, National Theatre magazine, set design for "Fiddler on The Roof' 1978-79 Kalani Lehua, University of Hawaii publication Interviews: 1989 Television appeazance , "Hilo", Spectrum Hawaii 1988 Television appeazance, "Light in Art", Spectrum Hawaii