Solomon Enos
{{Short description| Native Hawaiian Artist}}
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Solomon Enos is a Native Hawaiian artist, illustrator, and activist. Enos has had their work displayed at the National Museum of the American Indian and Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.{{Cite web |last=Institution |first=Smithsonian |title=National Museum of the American Indian Celebrates Hawaii |url=https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/national-museum-american-indian-celebrates-hawaii |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website=Smithsonian Institution |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Center |first=Smithsonian Asian Pacific American |title=Solomon Enos {{!}} CTRL+ALT: A Culture Lab on Imagined Futures |url=https://smithsonianapa.org/alt/project/solomon-enos/ |access-date=May 4, 2023 |language=en-US}}
Life
Enos was born in the Makaha Valley to Eric and Shelly Enos.{{Cite web |date=May 3, 2022 |title=Oceania's Climate Renaissance |url=https://www.honolulumagazine.com/hawaiian-electric-presents-hawaii-of-tomorrow-oceanias-climate-renaissance/ |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website=Honolulu Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite journal |date=2011 |title=About the Artist: Solomon Enos |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/article/448697 |journal=The Contemporary Pacific |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=vi–vii |doi=10.1353/cp.2011.0043 |issn=1527-9464|hdl=10125/23845 |hdl-access=free |url-access=subscription }} Eric Enos was an artist and cultural practitioner who founded the Ka‘ala Cultural Learning Center.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-06 |title=CHANGE: Arts & Culture 2020 |url=https://www.hawaiibusiness.com/change-arts-culture-2020/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Hawaii Business Magazine |language=en-US}} Shelly Enos worked at Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. Enos has three brothers, Kamuela, Kanoe, and Kanohi. In 2010, Kamuela Enos was named as commissioner for President Obama’s Advisory Committee for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.{{Cite web |date=2011-03-23 |title=Winning the Future from the AAPI Perspective |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/03/23/winning-future-aapi-perspective |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=whitehouse.gov |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Press Release – President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts {{!}} The American Presidency Project |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-release-president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-11 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}
Works
In 2004, Enos' illustrated Kimo Armitage's book Akua Hawai`i (The Gods and Goddesses of Hawai`i), which was published through Bishop Museum Press.{{Cite web |title=Akua Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Gods and Their Stories |url=https://bishopmuseumpress.org/products/akua-hawaii |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website=Bishop Museum Press |language=en}} In 2006, Enos illustrated the Epic Tales of Hi`iakaikapoliopele, which was published through Awaiaulu Press. In May 2011, Enos' work was displayed by the National Museum of the American Indian in a multisite exhibit titled "This IS Hawai‘i." In 2016, Enos was featured in the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center's event "CTRL+ALT: A Culture Lab on Imagined Futures." In 2017, Enos was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation.{{Cite web |date=November 14, 2017 |title=JOAN MITCHELL FOUNDATION AWARDS $625,000 IN GRANTS TO ARTISTS |url=https://www.artforum.com/news/joan-mitchell-foundation-awards-625-000-in-grants-to-artists-72241 |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website=www.artforum.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Solomon Enos |url=https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/solomon-enos |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website=Joan Mitchell Foundation |date=November 14, 2017 |language=en}} Enos also completed a public mural in Thomas Square.{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Mystery Solved: We Now Know What the Street Art Mural at Thomas Square Says |url=https://www.honolulumagazine.com/mystery-solved-we-now-know-what-the-street-art-mural-at-thomas-square-says/ |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website=Honolulu Magazine |language=en-US}} In 2019, a mural that Enos had made in collaboration with five other artists was featured in the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum's exhibition Unreal: Hawai‘i in Popular Imagination.{{Cite web |last1=Almino |first1=Elisa Wouk |last2=Charisma |first2=James |date=January 14, 2019 |title=Native Hawaiians Deconstruct the Misleading Narrative of Hawaii as Paradise |url=http://hyperallergic.com/479819/unreal-hawaii-in-popular-imagination-bernice-pauahi-bishop-museum/ |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}} In 2020, Enos was a speaker for the 2020 Hawai'i Climate Conference.{{Cite web |title=SOLOMON ENOS |url=https://climate.hawaii.gov/hi-conference/2020-conference/speaker-profiles/solomon-enos/ |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website=climate.hawaii.gov |language=en}} In 2022, Enos had their first exhibition at the Hawaiian Center Art Gallery.{{Cite web |title=Solomon Enos First Hawaiian Center Art Gallery live interview |url=https://www.khon2.com/video/solomon-enos-first-hawaiian-center-art-gallery-live-interview/7971866/ |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website=KHON2 |language=en-US}} They also spoke at a virtual event hosted by the Hawaii State Public Library System called "Hawaiian Sci-fi with Solomon Enos."{{Cite web |title=VIRTUAL EVENT: Hawaiian Sci-Fi with Solomon Enos |url=https://www.librarieshawaii.org/event/solomon-enos/ |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website=www.librarieshawaii.org |language=en}} From July 2022 to May 2023, a series of Enos' paintings titled "Mo‘olelo Archetypes" were on display at the Pitt River Museum in Oxford, England.{{Cite web |title=Mo'olelo: An Entomological Journey Into Hawaiian Culture |url=https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/event/solomon-enos |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=www.prm.ox.ac.uk |language=en}} The paintings from "Mo‘olelo Archetypes" focused on the epiic Hawaiian myth of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele. From January 17 to March 18, 2023, Enos' work was featured alongside nine other artists including Bernice Akamine in an exhibit titled ‘Ike Kanaka at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Schaefer International Gallery.{{Cite web |title=Maui ʻIke Kanaka exhibit features 10 Kanaka ʻŌiwi artists, Jan. 17 – March 18 {{!}} Maui Now |url=https://mauinow.com/2023/01/07/maui-%ca%bbike-kanaka-exhibit-features-10-kanaka-%ca%bboiwi-artists-jan-17-march-18/ |access-date=May 4, 2023 |website={{!}} Maui ʻIke Kanaka exhibit features 10 Kanaka ʻŌiwi artists, Jan. 17 – March 18}}
References
External links
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- [https://shoutoutla.com/meet-solomon-enos-native-hawaiian-artist-and-illustrator/ Interview with Solomon Enos with Shoutout LA]
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