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 (co-curated 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

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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

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Selected exhibitions/curatorial activities

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2021

Kay Sekimachi: Geometries, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, California.

2019

Less is A Bore: Maximalist Art & Design, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston

Mike Kelley: Timeless Painting, Hauser & Wirth, New York

2017

A Line Can Go Anywhere, James Cohan Gallery, New York

2016

2015

2014

2013

Christina Ramberg, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston

Jeffrey Gibson, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston

Mary Reid Kelley, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Trisha Donnelly, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

2007

Jay Heikes, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

2006

Gone Formalism, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia

Reviews of exhibitions

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  • 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

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  • Pepich, Bruce; McQuaid, Matilda; Porter, Jenelle; Stapleton, Lyssa (2016). The Box Project: Works from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press. ISBN 9780974516899.
  • 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Schaffner, Ingrid; Porter, Jenelle (2009). Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Philadelphia. ISBN 9780884541172.

References

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  1. ^ Adamson, Glenn (January 13, 2020). "Why the Art World Is Embracing Craft". Artsy. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ^ Feldman, Melissa E. (June 2009). "Dirt on Delight Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA". Frieze (124). Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Curator Jenelle Porter Takes New Position at ICA Boston" (PDF). Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Innovations in Textiles 10". Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  5. ^ Hollands, Courtney (May 2013). "ICA Senior Curator Jenelle Porter's Favorite Things". Boston Magazine. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  6. ^ Deleget, Matthew (April 9, 2008). "Dr. Art on Curating: Jenelle Porter of Artists Space". New York Foundation for the Arts. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  7. ^ "Catherine Opie, Geof McFetridge Artworks Unveiled as Part of Beverly Center Renovations". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 September 2016.
  8. ^ Rudick, Dina (July 21, 2015). "'Arlene Shechet: All at Once,' by Jenelle Porter". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  9. ^ "'Arlene Shechet: All at Once,' by Jenelle Porter". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 16, 2016.