Porter Contemporary - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Porter Contemporary. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Laura Shechter “Momentary Glimpses”
Porter Contemporary presents Momentary Glimpses,a solo exhibition by Laura Shechter. Momentary Glimpsesreflects the ever changing urban landscape of New York City through Laura Shechter’s “perceptualist”...More »
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Johnny Romeo “Angry Birds”
Porter Contemporary presents ANGRY BIRDS,a solo exhibition by Australian Pop artist Johnny Romeo focusing on female superheroes. Comic book superheroes and villains have long played an integral role...More »
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Jeff Huntington and Jee Hwang Exhibitions
Catalyst, a solo exhibition with works by Jeff Huntington and Holder of the Voice, a solo exhibition with works by Jee Hwang. Jeff Huntington’s newest series of works, Catalyst, represents not only...More »
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“Brushed With Reality” Exhibition
Brushed With Reality, a group exhibition with works of: Jason Bryant, Jennifer Murray, Jeff Huntington, Amy Hill, Lori Larusso, Kathy Greenwood, Bruno Perillo, Eric van Straaten, Russell Ritell, Jared...More »
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Jennifer Murray, Andrea DeFelice, Lori Larusso and Sarah Kaufman Exhibition
Through landscapes and more figurative representations of space, BADLAND engages with themes of manipulation, ownership, surveillance, secrecy, alteration/control of land, and animals as totemic symbols...More »
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“LEGAL, Brazilian Street Art” Exhibition
The exhibition includes the New York debut of works from Nick Alive, Branco, Gen Duarte, Tikka and Vermelho whose combined works bring the color and urban influences of Brazil to Brooklyn. The title of...More »
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Jason Bryant “Letters From Home”
With the gallery walls pitch black, Letters from Home reflects Jason Bryant’s vision of war through his beautiful hyper-realistic black and white oil paintings of classic film imagery merged with iconic...More »
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“A Portrait Apart Deux” Exhibition
Porter Contemporary presents A Portrait Apart Deux, a group exhibition comprised of the works of artists representing their unique idea of portraiture. The concept for this series of exhibitions is that...More »
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“Into the Void” Exhibition
Porter Contemporary presents Into the Void, an exhibition of new works by Anne Marchand, Judith Mullen, Roy Wiemann, and Tom Wilson. Into the Void presents the works of four artists whose work takes...More »
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Jennie Barrese “The Price of Everything”
Porter Contemporary presents The Price of Everything, a solo exhibition of new works by Jennie Barrese. “Sometimes we come to a place in our lives where we must burn everything to the ground. There...More »
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Jeff Huntington “Bliss Point”
Porter Contemporary presents Bliss Point, a solo exhibition of new mixed media works by Jeff Huntington. Although Jeff Huntington has always been a painter, in 2012 he began “painting” by using magazine...More »
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Lori Larusso “We’ll Be Happier Tomorrow”
Porter Contemporary presents We’ll Be Happier Tomorrow, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Lori Larusso. The idea of happiness being tied to external consequences is the hallmark of Larusso’s We’ll...More »
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“Starting Small” Exhibition
Porter Contemporary presents Starting Small, a group exhibition of small works by over 30 artists. Starting Small takes the idea of the traditional summer small works show in New York and focuses it...More »
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Carolina Rodriguez Baptista “Contemplando”
Porter Contemporary presents Contemplando, a solo exhibition highlighting the works of Carolina Rodriguez Baptista. For Baptista’s debut solo exhibition at Porter Contemporary, she will focus on what...More »
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Jennifer Murray “Never Ending Story”
Porter Contemporary presents Never Ending Story, a solo exhibition highlighting the new works of Jennifer Murray. Charcoal, ink, acrylic, photography and animal skulls are simply the beginning of the...More »
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"Drink To Me: Contemporary Artist Views of Picasso, 40 Years Later" Exhibition
Porter Contemporary presents Drink to Me, a group exhibition highlighting contemporary artists’ views of Pablo Picasso. The exhibition’s timing coincides with the 40th anniversary of Picasso’s death,...More »
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Johnny Romeo "GRINDHOUSE"
Porter Contemporary presents GRINDHOUSE, a solo exhibition of paintings by Australian pop artist Johnny Romeo. Romeo sees this exhibition as his love letter to grindhouse cinema, with the new series being...More »
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"Fur" Exhibition
Porter Contemporary presents FUR, a group exhibition including works by artists Jason Bryant, Jessica Charlotte, Jah-HaHa, Jan Huling and Jennifer Murray. “I decided to have fun with this exhibition...More »
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Jihay Kang "Vision is About Believing"
Porter Contemporary announces Vision Is About Believing, a solo exhibition of paintings and mixed media by Jihay Kang. Kang uses pop-art as her artistic expression of her personal life journey and her...More »
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Catherine Tafur "Cored"
Porter Contemporary presents Cored, a solo exhibition of paintings by Catherine Tafur. Tafur explores themes of death, violence, vulnerability and loss of innocence in dynamic paintings that create spaces...More »
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Jason Bryant "Smoke and Mirrors"
Porter Contemporary presents Smoke and Mirrors, a solo exhibition of paintings by Jason Bryant. Bryant will explore loneliness, vulnerability and frailty through these beautifully photo-realistically rendered...More »
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"Optical: Portrait Stories" Exhibition
Optical Juried Competition: Portrait Stories Optical is an annual juried competition for photography. Each year a new theme is selected and works from around the world are submitted for consideration....More »
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Katarzyna Majak "Women of Power"
Porter Contemporary presents, Women of Power, a solo photography exhibition by Katarzyna Majak. Katarzyna Majak explores the power of women as she searches for female wisdom and plurality of spiritual...More »
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"A Rolling Stone" Exhibition
Porter Contemporary presents, A Rolling Stone, a group exhibition. “The exhibit is a celebration of 50 years of the Rolling Stones,” says Jessica L. Porter, Founder and Director of Porter Contemporary,...More »
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Jee Hwang "Desiring Uncertainty"
Porter Contemporary presents Desiring Uncertainty, a solo exhibition of works by Jee Hwang. Jee Hwang’s works are inspired by her vision of the body as a container related to desire, and its relationship...More »
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"Body Beautiful" Exhibition
orter Contemporary presents Body Beautiful, a group exhibition of seven artists that will both confirm and re-examine our ideas of beauty when it comes to the human form. Porter / Contemporary has...More »
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"There and Back Again" Exhibition
New York, NY. Porter Contemporary presents There and Back Again. In an information age full of real-time news in social media, figures in the press and monumental movements sweeping the country, we...More »
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"Splash!" Exhibition
Porter Contemporary presents Splash!, a group exhibition of thirteen artists in various mediums focusing on color. “Splash! is intended to be fun and exploratory as we head indoors in the winter months”...More »
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Jeff Huntington "Plaques & Tangles: New Paintings"
Porter Contemporary presents Plaques & Tangles: New Paintings by Jeff Huntington. In this, his most recent body of work, portrait artist Jeff Huntington explores the mysteries of perception and memory...More »
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"A Portrait Apart" Exhibition
Porter Contemporary presents A Portrait Apart, an exhibition comprised of the works of fifteen artists from around the world who are representing their unique idea of portraiture. A Portrait Apart combines...More »
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Jennie Barrese "Collide"
"Collide" will feature Barrese's new series that focuses on an integration of intimately photographed body parts and dramatic photo retouching. In 2009, Barrese returned to black and white to capture...More »
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"Optical: Staged" Exhibition
"Optical: Staged" brings together the works of Katarzyna Majak, Tom Prado, Margaret McCarthy, Frances Berry and Vincent Zambrano as the finalists of this annual competition. [Image: Katarzyna Majak...More »
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"Art2Gift®: Annual Small Works" Exhibition
ART2Gift®: Annual Small Works Exhibition Raandesk Gallery presents ART2Gift®, a year-round program and annual exhibition featuring a broad selection of small-scale limited edition original artworks....More »
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Jason Bryant "Trilogy"
Raandesk Gallery of Art presents Trilogy, a solo exhibition of paintings by Jason Bryant. The exhibition’s eight large-scale paintings are organized in three distinct conceptual series informally identified...More »
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Jihay Kang "A Single Journey"
Raandesk Gallery presents an exhibition of painting and mixed media works by Jihay Kang, iconic images are associated with Western material culture that explore intersections of consumerism and authenticity....More »
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Robert Kent Wilson "Pixel by Pixel"
Raandesk Gallery of Art presents an exhibition of mixed-media works by Robert Kent Wilson. Drawing from a selection of works created between 2000 and 2010, Robert Kent Wilson: Pixel by Pixel presents an...More »
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"Behind the Curtain" Exhibition
Raandesk Gallery presents an exhibition of portraits by Jason Bryant and Kevin Cyr. Comprised of some 10 large-scale paintings, the exhibition will include Jason Bryant's photorealistic depictions of...More »
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"ART2Gift™" Exhibition
* An exhibition & shopping event featuring a selection of affordable original artworks for gift-giving * Approximately 750 pieces by 16 artists on view * Works created in a variety of...More »
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Jeff Huntington "Unsettled Beauty: New Paintings"
Focusing primarily on portraits of children, Huntington uses Old Master paintings as his point of departure, while also incorporating images from contemporary life, from photographs of genocide and emaciated...More »
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"BURDENS + BEASTS" Exhibition
* An exhibition presented by virtual contemporary art resource and exhibition venue, Raandesk Gallery * Exhibition featuring works by photographer Louise Daddona and illustrator and mixed-media artist...More »