# Jenelle Porter

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.

## 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.

## Curatorial positions

* 2015–present Independent curator, Los Angeles
* 2011–2015 Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
* 2005–11 Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
* 1998–2001 Curator, Artists Space, New York
* 1997–98 Curatorial Fellow, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
* 1994–97Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

## Selected exhibitions/curatorial activities

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
* Beverly Center Renovation Installation Projects, in associated with the Hammer Museum. Featuring a series of installation projects by artists Catherine Opie, Liz Larner, Julian Hoeber, Geoff McFetridge, Karen Kimmel, Sharon Lockhart, Barbara Kruger, Ed Fella, Tanya Aguiñiga, Amanda Ross-Ho, Harsh Patel, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Gary Simmons, Dave Muller, and Pae White.
2015
* Erin Shirreff, ICA Boston
* Arlene Schechet: All at Once
2014
* Fiber Sculpture, 1960–present, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
* Nick Cave
* Matthew Ritchie, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
2013
Christina Ramberg, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Jeffrey Gibson, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Mary Reid Kelley, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
2012
* Figuring Color: Kathy Butterfly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
* Dianna Molzan, Grand Tourist, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
2011
* Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
* Charline von Heyl
2010
* Mineral Spirits: Anne Chu and Matthew Monahan
2009
* Dance with Camera
* Dirt on Delight: Impulses that Form Clay
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

* 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."

## 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. 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.