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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Representation in Art
This list includes works in the collections under the care of the Architect of the Capitol, U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, and is not exhaustive.
        
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    Bronze statue of a person standing holding plants.

Kamehameha I statue during a lei draping ceremony.

Below are examples of artworks depicting, as well as artworks by, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders exhibited in the United States Capitol and congressional office buildings.

Mural

**Island Dance**
	Oil on Canvas by Allyn Cox, 1993-1994. Westward Expansion Corridor, Cox Corridors.Portraits

**Daniel K. Inouye**, representative and senator from Hawaii
	Oil on canvas, by Kirk Kurokawa, 2023
	**Norman Yoshio Mineta**, representative from California
	Oil on canvas by George and Jim Pollard, 1995
	**Patsy Takemoto Mink**, representative from Hawaii
	Oil on aluminum by Sharon Sprung, 2022. Located in House Connecting Corridor, first floor.
	**Dalip Saund**, representative from California
	Oil on canvas by Jon. R. Friedman, 2007. Located in East Grand Stair, first floor landing.Photographs

**Manuel Earnshaw**, resident commissioner in Congress from The Philippine Islands
	Bain News Service, 1912.Statue

**King Kamehameha I**
	Bronze by Thomas R. Gould, 1969. Located in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Emancipation Hall.Artists and Their Work(s)

**Kirk Kurokawa**

**Portrait of Daniel K. Inouye,** chair of five Senate committees**Ying-He Liu**

**Portrait of Diane Black**, chair of House Committee on Budget 2017-2018
	**Portrait of Eddie Bernice Johnson**, chair of House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 2019-2022
	**Portrait of David (Phil) Roe**, chair of House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 2017-2018
	**Portrait of Pete Sessions**, chair of House Committee on Rules 2013-2018 Serve. Preserve. Inspire.

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