Raised in Livingston, Montana, Kade HB has been devoted to artmaking since age 14. He received formal training in oil painting and life drawing at the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts in Paros, Greece before pursuing an undergraduate degree in Studio Art at St. Olaf College. In the summers between, Kade maintained his artistic practice by attending local life drawing sessions, completing portrait commissions, painting en-plein-air around his hometown and places he traveled, and working as a production potter. 

His passion for painting and installation art has extended into his theatrical work; Kade worked in the St Olaf Theater scenic shop from 2018-2022 and has assisted in designing multiple production sets at St. Olaf and in Livingston, MT at the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts. In 2023, Kade independently designed and functioned as the lead scenic artist for a full-scale production at St. Olaf under the Anna K. Bonde Apprenticeship Award. 

After taking his first ceramics course in 2020, clay quickly became his primary medium. Kade was awarded a year-long Emerging Artist residency at St. Olaf College after graduating with the highest honors in 2022. Throughout his residency, Kade also served as St. Olaf’s interim ceramics technician. Presently, Kade is studying ceramics at Indiana University Southeast as a post-baccalaureate student and has work in several juried shows across the country.