Background
Kent E. Wade was born on January 22, 1944, in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Kent E. Wade was born on January 22, 1944, in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Kent Wade received a Master of business administration in Marketing from Portland State University in Oregon in 1970, as well as a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing in 1966.
In 1980 Kent Wade was the owner of Photographic Glassworks, a company specializing in the photo transfer of images or intricate designs to glass and metal surfaces; he also did freelance photography.
Since 1978 Kent Wade has taught several photographic workshops in the Portland area, and in 1970-1971 he did freelance photography in Australia. In 1977 he was artist-in-residence at Grant High School in Portland, and in 1976 artist-in-community-residence with Metropolitan Arts Commission of Portland, Oregon.
Quotations: "For the last several years I have been exploring photographic processes which enable me to integrate my images on or in media such as metal, glass, clay, etc. These materials enable me to break the two-dimensional plane of the traditional photograph."