Jenelle Porter
 | This article is in list format but may read better as prose. (October 2017) |
Jenelle Porter is an American art curator and author of numerous exhibition catalogs and essays about contemporary art and craft. She has curated important exhibitions that have helped studio craft to gain acceptance as fine arts. These include the exhibitions Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay with Ingrid Schaffner at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia in 2009 and Fiber: Sculpture 1960–Present at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston in 2014.[1][2]
Education[]
She obtained her BA in Art history from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1994, and went on to obtain an MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies from University of California, Los Angeles in 2004.[3]
Curatorial positions[]
- 2015–present Independent curator, Los Angeles[4]
- 2011– Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston[5]
- 2005–11 Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
- 1998–2005 Curator, Artists Space, New York[6]
- 1997–98 Curatorial Fellow, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
- Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Selected exhibitions/curatorial activities[]
2016
- Beverly Center Renovation Installation Projects, in associated with the Hammer Museum. Featuring a series of installation projects by artists Catherine Opie, , , , and Sharon Lockhart.[7]
2015
- Erin Shirreff, ICA Boston
- Arlene Schechet: All at Once[8]
2014
2012
2011
2010
2009
Reviews of exhibitions[]
- The 2015 show "Arlene Schechet, All at Once" is praised for "giv[ing] readers a holistic look at how her work challenges the conventions of ceramics and sculpture."[9]
Selected publications[]
- Pepich, Bruce; McQuaid, Matilda; Porter, Jenelle; Stapleton, Lyssa (2016). The Box Project: Works from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press.
- Hatley, Pan; Porter, Jenelle; Chaffee, Cathleen (2015). Erin Shirreff (art exhibition). Albright-Knox Art Gallery. ISBN 9781887457187.
- Morineau, Camille; Pesapane, Lucia (2015). Ceramix: From Rodin to Schütte. Maastricht-Paris-Sèvres. ISBN 9789461612519.
- Schaffner, Ingrid; Porter, Jenelle (2009). Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Philadelphia.
References[]
- ^ Adamson, Glenn (January 13, 2020). "Why the Art World Is Embracing Craft". Artsy. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Feldman, Melissa E. "Dirt on Delight Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA". Frieze. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Curator Jenelle Porter Takes New Position at ICA Boston" (PDF). Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Innovations in Textiles 10". Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- ^ Hollands, Courtney (May 2013). "ICA Senior Curator Jenelle Porter's Favorite Things". Boston Magazine. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ Deleget, Matthew (April 9, 2008). "Dr. Art on Curating: Jenelle Porter of Artists Space". New York Foundation for the Arts. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ "Catherine Opie, Geof McFetridge Artworks Unveiled as Part of Beverly Center Renovations".
- ^ Rudick, Dina (July 21, 2015). "'Arlene Shechet: All at Once,' by Jenelle Porter". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ "'Arlene Shechet: All at Once,' by Jenelle Porter". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
 | This United States biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- Living people
- American art curators
- American women curators
- Barnard College alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- American people stubs