Solomon Enos | |
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| Occupation | Artist, illustrator, writer  |
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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. [1] [2] [3]
Enos was born in the Makaha Valley to Eric and Shelly Enos. [2] [4] [5] Eric Enos was an artist and cultural practitioner who founded the Ka‘ala Cultural Learning Center. [6] [5] Shelly Enos worked at Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. [5] Enos has three brothers, Kamuela, Kanoe, and Kanohi. [5] In 2010, Kamuela Enos was named as commissioner for President Obama’s Advisory Committee for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. [5] [7] [8]
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. [2] [9] In 2006, Enos illustrated the Epic Tales of Hi`iakaikapoliopele, which was published through Awaiaulu Press. [2] In May 2011, Enos' work was displayed by the National Museum of the American Indian in a multisite exhibit titled "This IS Hawai‘i." [1] In 2016, Enos was featured in the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center's event "CTRL+ALT: A Culture Lab on Imagined Futures." [2] [6] In 2017, Enos was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. [10] [11] Enos also completed a public mural in Thomas Square. [12] 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. [3] In 2020, Enos was a speaker for the 2020 Hawai'i Climate Conference. [13] In 2022, Enos had their first exhibition at the Hawaiian Center Art Gallery. [14] They also spoke at a virtual event hosted by the Hawaii State Public Library System called "Hawaiian Sci-fi with Solomon Enos." [15] 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. [16] The paintings from "Mo‘olelo Archetypes" focused on the epiic Hawaiian myth of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele. [16] 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. [17]
