Ken Wade
Extravaganzas of Obscurity

Ken Wade Brief Bio:
I began painting in 1963 while living in Tasmania, Australia. In 1966 I returned
to the USA. and in 1968 exhibited a series of large ZIG-ZAG shaped
paintings at the Corcoran Museum, Washington DC. This was followed by
two shows at the Jefferson Place Gallery (DC) before my son, wife and I
moved into Westbeth Artist Housing, in 1970.

In New York I have shown work at Artist Space, Julian Preto, OK Harris,
Willard Gallery The Long Island University Gallery-Brooklyn campus, and
The Westbeth Gallery. I taught at Hunter College and Parsons School of
Design.

The Extravaganzas of Obscurity is work done this year. Also to be shown are
a small selection of drawings done in 1969 (Washington DC) and monoprints, 1971,
done one year after coming to Westbeth.

Ken Wade, 3/22/15

Westbeth’s programming is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State. Westbeth is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.