Shane Kent is a ceramic artist and teacher. He trained as a potter in Japan and Australia before completing a Bachelor of Fine Art (Ceramics), post-graduate studies in sculpture and education, and a Masters in Drawing. He taught the Diploma of Art (Ceramics) at Box Hill TAFE from 1989-2011. Kent has also undertaken significant commissions for restaurants including tableware, lighting, bespoke tiles and ceramic installations. Exhibiting since 1985, he has been represented by Australian Galleries since 2011.
Kent established the School of Clay and Art (SoCA) in Brunswick in 2015. The ceramics and drawing programs at SoCA are informed by his intention to inspire and nurture creative emergence, open up ways of seeing, bring awareness to creative processes and foster the independence necessary to a sustainable art practice.