Leland Miyano is an artist, landscape designer and author born and raised in Hawaiʻi.
Renowned artist Isamu Noguchi encouraged his stone sculpture work and led him from ceramics to the use of volcanic basalt from the local area.
His series of large basalt sculptures grace the entrance of the Judiciary Building at Kapolei.
[5] Miyano received the award for his commissioned piece, Huaka’i / A Wake, (2019), which takes the form of a double-hull canoe constructed with invasive plants found in Hawaii and other materials.
Merwin wrote of him, "Those of us who know him have been aware for years that Leland is a true original, a living treasure among us, and it is fortunate for all of us that his sculpture, with its representations of the irreplaceable life of these islands, is receiving some of the attention and honor it deserves.