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We invite
you to experience the work of Maui artist Philip Sabado. These paintings
channel history and culture through the medium of oil paintings through
the artist hand.
His early art education began where he was raised on the island of
Molokai. As the youngest of nine children, his mother always put aside
enough money for colors and paper for the young artist.
After serving in the army he returned to Honolulu to attend The Honolulu
Academy of Art. In 1976 he chose to study art comprehensively in California
and attended the prestigious Art Center College of Design as well
as the Otis Parsons Institute of Design, both in Los Angeles.
In 1980 he was selected as a member of the presgious Los Angeles Society
of Illustrators. He was also selected as well as one of the top fifty
illustrators in the United States and was chosen to study at Columbia
University in Paris.
On Maui, the Iao Valley State Park signs were created by Sabado in
1999. The year 2000 Sabado returned to his boyhood home, to Molokai,
to create a forty foot mural for the library at Kaunakakai School.
This was painted for the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the
Arts. This mural encompassed nine hundred year history of Molokai.
In August 2001 he completed a mural for the Hilton corporation in
Honolulu that will grace the entrance to their exclusive Spa. Three
original paintings were sold to the Hilton for the private Alii Towers
Presidential suites. On all twenty floors of the Hilton Kalia towers
you will find prints of Sabado's original floral and hula paintings.
Sabado has completed numerous commissions for private investors as
well.
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Commissions,
Galleries and Achievements
Galleries: Dolphin Gallery, Wailea, Maui and the Riviera
Gallery, Santa Barbara, California.
2006 ~ Commissioned by the Maui Coastal Land Trust
to create 9 interpretive signage for the Waihe‘e coastal reserve.
2004 ~ 2005 - Maui Artist of the Year Commissioned
by Kaiser Permanente – Maui Lani to create a mural 10’ x
150'’ square of a Maile Lei that would embrace people as they
enter the clinic. The mural is set in an alcove 15’ above ceiling.
2003~ Sabado was commissioned by Hawaii State Foundation
Culture and the Arts and Hawaii Department of Education to create a
mural for Waihe‘e School, Maui. Mural depicts the historical area
of Waihe‘e. The size of mural is 12’ x 4’ located
in library.
2002 ~ Commissioned by the Hilton Hawaiian Village
to create a mural for the Kalia Tower Spa. Mural depicted Hawaiian women
bathing in a sacred pool, mural 16’ x 6’.
2001 ~ Commissioned by the Hilton Hawaiian Village
to create 3 epic paintings of Hawaiian Ali’i’s for the exclusive
Ali’i Tower - Suite and print reproduction for each floor. The
size of paintings 48” x 36”.
2000 ~ Kalayaan- Celebration of 100th. Anniversary
of Filipino Immigration to Hawaii. Sabado organized exhibits in Maui
and Lani.
1999~2000 - Commissioned by Hawaii State Foundation
Culture and the Arts and Hawaii Department of Education to create a
mural for Molokai Elementary School depicting the historical and mythology
of Molokai. I was honored to receive consultation and guidance from
Kumu John Kaimikauwa for authentication of mural. The mural is 36’
x 6’, and is located in auditorium. Five additional paintings
where commission to compliment the mural. These paintings chronicled
the ethnic groups that celebrated Molokai’s cultural diversity.
Paintings are located in library.
1998 ~ Commissioned by the Department of Land and Natural
Resources to create 9 signage’s for Iao Valley State Park. Consultation
and guidance from Kupuna’s of Maui for authentication.
1987 ~ “Year of the Hawaiian” committee
selected my painting of Kalakapu, (Sacred Sunshine), kahiko hula, for
the “Year of the Hawaiian” poster celebration. Statewide.
1986 ~ “Kanyaku-Imin,” Commissioned by
Hilo Japanese Cultural Committee to create a poster to commemorate the
100th year celebration of the Japanese immigration to Hawaii.
1982 ~ Selected one of the top 50 illustrators in the
United States to study with 7 top illustrators at Columbia University,
Paris, France.
1980 ~ Member of Los Angeles Society of Illustrators,
and the Art Directors Club of Los Angeles. |
