Art Galleries in Hilo, HI

“In a time where local artists are being priced out of locations that feature main street visibility, it's awesome to see so many artists featured here! I'm looking forward to coming by this Spring to see what new local work is featured, and would like to talk to you folks about having some of my family's own work hosted there as well (paintings, koa sculptures). This is definitely a highlight of my visits to the 'tav!”

“I don't think I could say enough good things about this place. Shane is incredibly talented. His artwork is simply amazing with lots of hidden gems. We visit every time we go to Hilo and pick up another piece of artwork. Shane himself is infectious with his lively and love of life attitude. He loves what he does, and it shows. You won't be unhappy if you go, if you are - it's you. ?”

“We met the loveliest woman that runs the shop. Ask her about her husband who took the photos.

Get the calendars for gifts! Grab post cards too!”

“Once in Hilo is a moderately upscale boutique with hand-made silk blouses, art crafts like koa wood pepper mills and wine stoppers, hand made (hilarious) Filthy Soaps, dish towels, jewelry and huge giant tikis. The tikis are for sale for either 9K or 10K (I forget) but they don't ship them for good reason. If you want those tikis, you gotta show up with your crew and have the help of several men to lift those gorgeous hunks of wood. Tiki carving is becoming a lost art. The lady in the store was super nice and friendly, attentive and gave a lot of history for each item I was interested in but I ended up not buying anything due to being on a budget, otherwise I would have bought that cool steampunk-looking pepper grinder for $125.00, or the amazingly awesome Tidepool Koa Wood Table for $2,650.00.”

“Kate Asis was such a lovely host at One Gallery this afternoon! I found a couple pairs of earrings priced quite reasonably and I could not be happier to unwrap them after getting back. My partner is going to love the Erin Datlof Kona wood earrings and the pair made by Kate are equally impressive. Go check them out and support local art here on the Big Island!!”

“Framing was absolute perfection--exquisite and precise. Laura is so professional, down-to-earth, and her years of experience make a difference, especially with respect to preserving fine art in Hawaiʻi's humidity. Mahalo nui Laura!! So grateful!!”

“Such gorgeous, organic wood designs! This store is a lovely mix of affordable local arts (jewelry, ceramics, fabric art, etc) and high end furniture designs from one of a kind woods obtained through local arborists. The owner/designer Jonathan is wonderful to chat with; so worth stopping in to wander the display rooms and be amazed in every one.”

“One of my favorite places in Hilo (and the big island so far). This shop has the best art I’ve seen yet. Great metaphysical selection of every flavor: stones, books, scents, journals, stickers. They have a hand drum you can play while you wait for your delicious treat from the Nectar Cafe. Definitely worth a trip or two. This time I was able to watch a local artist paint a new mural outside the shop!”

“Small but well organized art museum/gallery. While we were there, they were displaying local artists specializing in outdoor themes. Their displays do change periodically and the art is available for sale.”

“I want to give Richard Cunningham a five star instead of a one star, since Richard did an excellent job shipping my art back to Arizona a few years before Covid; I decided to call them again for another job and Richard has already retired, Nick answered the phone, he seemed very professional when he handled my work as well; this time I am shipping my college diploma as well as other professional trainings I have undertaken in the past ten years, all framed; he gave me a discount and said he would have it boxed and ready to go in a week; a week has gone by, I didn't hear from Nick so I called, he said somebody has already picked up the shipments. There is no way that anybody else could pick up my shipments because I haven't heard from Nick who my shipping company would be yet: he said he will e-mail all that info, to me. I didn't receive any e-mail from him, so I couldn't have arranged a pick-up to begin with. As of 6/15/22, I have no further information where my college diploma as well as five professional training certificates ended up after Nick took over the packaging I already paid for on 6/6/22. 6/22/22 Update: Another customer took my packages by mistake and brought my packages back to the gallery, so I submitted a FedEx shipment order online; Anna and Liam coordinated with me via e-mail to get my packages to FedEx office in Hilo as soon as possible. The whole thing took longer than usual to work out, but Liam took care of my stuff at FedEx, which I appreciate very much.”

“Jelena is the owner. 30 year resident of Hilo and a Licensed Realtor. She is super creative artist her self. In fact the day before we met her she was in Kona learning how to weave fish traps. She is a weaver her self. A true artist at heart. As a local native Hawaiian my self (Oahu) I was happy to find a shop supporting local artist and our Hilo community. No made in China stuff here. If you want a tiki bar stuff (btw that theme is not Hawaiian and was invented in California in the 40’s and 50’s) or the Life is. Beach signs go to Target or Pei One but if you want art made by local artist go visit Banyan Gallery. They take electronic payments and ship bigger items. Located right next to Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Grand Naniloa (Double Tree) Hotel. And next to Liliuokalani Park right on Hilo Bay. Walk the park to get your steps in. So if you want true local art by local artist to create beautiful memories of your visit while sitting in your living room back home in the dead of winter - this is the place to bring back a heart warming piece of Aloha!”

“EHCC's Gamelan Sekar Dahana is the only one I know of in the United States that welcomes members of the public to drop in and practice Javanese Gamelan by donation. This is a little known, rare community resource worth noting.
According to their website, the center is open Tuesdays, though Google maps says otherwise.”