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

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. These include the exhibitions ''Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay'' (co-curated with

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) at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia in 2009 and ''Fiber: Sculpture 1960–Present'' at the

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is an art museum and exhibition space located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. The museum was founded as the Boston Museum of Modern Art in 1936. Since then it has gone through multiple na ...

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,

* 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 The Hammer Museum, which is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Founded in 1990 by the entrepreneur- ...

. Featuring a series of installation projects by artists Catherine Opie, Liz Larner, Julian Hoeber, Geoff McFetridge,

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, 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 ngreaders a holistic look at how her work challenges the conventions of ceramics and sculpture." *

Selected publications

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References

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