Carl Pao

Carl Franklin Kaʻailāʻau Pao he kanaka hana kiʻi Hawaiʻi i hānau ʻia ma Honolulu i ka makahiki 1971Imago Mundi Collection - Carl F.K. Pao, 2024. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna mau hana kiʻi i hoʻohui i nā loina Hawaiʻi kahiko me nā ʻano hana kiʻi o kēia au.

 Ka Moʻolelo 
Ua hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ʻo Pao ma Kailua, OʻahuKa'iwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center, "Pao, Carl (on native art)", Ianuali 2007. Ma ka makahiki 1994, ua loaʻa iā ia ka B.F.A. mai ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa. Ma ka makahiki 1999, ua loaʻa iā ia ka M.F.A. mai ka Elam School of Fine Arts ma ke Kulanui o Auckland ma Aotearoa me ka mahalo nui ʻiaThe Contemporary Pacific, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2008.

Mai ka makahiki 2000, he kumu hana kiʻi ʻo ia ma Kula ʻo Kamehameha. He hoa kuleana pū ʻo ia no ka hale kiʻi ʻo Lodestar Collective. He kumu aʻo pū ʻo ia ma ka papa hana kiʻi ma nā kula kiʻekiʻe.

Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna mau hana kiʻi, pena kiʻi, paʻi kiʻi, a me nā kiʻi pālolo ma Hawaiʻi, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia (Nuioka, Kaleponi, Wakinekona, Kanekaka, Makakukeka), a me ka Pākīpika (Aotearoa,  Sāmoa, Nū Kalekonia). Aia kāna mau hana kiʻi ma nā hale hōʻikeʻike a me nā waihona kūikawā ma Hawaiʻi, ʻAukekulelia, Aotearoa, a me Kāmoa.

Ma kāna mau hana kiʻi, hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā manaʻo koʻikoʻi ʻo ke kaona a me ka wā. No Pao, ʻo ke kaona ka ʻike hohonu i hiki ke ʻike wale ʻia e ka poʻe maʻa, a ʻo ka wā ka "hakahaka ma waena." Manaʻo ʻo ia, aia i loko o ka wā ke kaona o ke ao holoʻokoʻa. 

 Nā Hana Kiʻi 
He mea hoʻohana ʻo Pao i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka hana kiʻi, mai ka kālai pōhaku a i ka pena kiʻi. Ua kaulana kāna mau hana no ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kiko Hawaiʻi kahiko me nā ʻano hana kiʻi hou. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau hana koʻikoʻi:

 "Kāne" (2005) - He kiʻi pōhaku nui i kālai ʻia mai ka pōhaku ʻeleʻele Hawaiʻi, e hōʻike ana i ke kino kanaka me nā kaha kahiko Hawaiʻi. Aia kēia kiʻi ma ka pā hale o ka Bishop Museum.

 "Kumulipo Series" (2010-2015) - He mau kiʻi pena i hoʻokumu ʻia ma luna o ka moʻolelo o ke Kumulipo. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā wai wena like ʻole e hōʻike ai i nā māhele ʻehā o ka moʻokūʻauhau Hawaiʻi: Pō, Ao, Wā, a me Kanaka.

 "Pasifika" (2012) - He kiʻi nui (6.1 mika x 2.4 mika) i pena ʻia no ke Kulanui o ʻAukekulelia Aupuni, e hōʻike ana i ka pae ʻāina ʻo ʻAukekulelia a me nā pae ʻāina he 48 o ka Pākīpika. Hōʻike kēia kiʻi i nā pilina ma waena o nā mokupuni ma o nā laina e pili ana, a hōʻike pū i nā makani a me nā au o ka moana ma o nā waihoʻoluʻu kahe"The Maze of Treasures". School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University. Kipa ʻia ma ka lā 31 ʻOkakopa 2024..

 "Made in Occupied Hawaiʻi Since 1893" (2017) - He hana kiʻi i hana ʻia me ka ʻakala, ke kelepaʻi, a me ka pena ʻeleʻele. Hoʻopili kēia hana i nā kumuhana o ke kālaiʻāina Hawaiʻi.

 "Hoʻi" (2018) - He kiʻi keleawe nui i hana ʻia no ka Honolulu Museum of Art. Ua hoʻohui ʻia nā aka kahiko Hawaiʻi me nā ʻano kālai hou o kēia au, e like me nā kaha genealogy DNA.

 Nā Hōʻike 
Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna mau hana ma nā wahi like ʻole:
 Bishop Museum
 Honolulu Museum of Art
 East-West Center
 Maui Arts & Cultural Center

 Nā Kūmole 

Māhele:Kānaka hana kiʻi Hawaiʻi
Māhele:Kānaka ola