Date of Birth

1979 Canberra

Studio Practice

2008- Studio MG1 with Katheryn Leopoldseder, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
05-08 Studio Hacienda with Blanche Tilden, Abbotsford Melbourne

Training

2005 Emerging Artist Mentorship with Blanche Tilden, Melbourne
98-01 Bachelor of Visual Arts – Gold and Silversmithing – First Class Honours
School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra

Grants and Awards

2010 Australia Council New Work Grant – Established Category
Copyright Agency Limited – Creative Industries’ Career Fund – Travel Grant
2008 Victorian Premier’s Design Mark for General Assembly with Blanche Tilden
2007 Arts Victoria – Arts Development Creation Funding for Location Devices
2006 City of Melbourne Arts Grant for General Assembly with Blanche Tilden
2005 Australia Council Emerging Artist Mentorship Grant from CraftACT
Australia Council New Work Grant  – Emerging Category
2003 Graduate Residency Gold and Silversmithing Workshop,  Canberra School of Art
2001 Canberra School of Art Alumni Award

One and Two Person Exhibitions

2009 Location Devices solo exhibition, Metalab, Sydney
General Assembly Open Studio 09 Phoebe Porter and Blanche Tilden, State of Design Festival, Melbourne
2008 Location Devices solo exhibition as part of the Melbourne Design Festival, e.g.etal, Melbourne
2005 General Assembly Open House 08 Phoebe Porter and Blanche Tilden, Canberra Glassworks
2007 General Assembly Canberra Phoebe Porter and Blanche Tilden, Workshop Bilk, Queanbeyan
2006 Est.2005 Phoebe Porter and Blanche Tilden, Craft ACT, Canberra
2004 Wings 2004 Phoebe Porter, in the series Elements of Canberra (Metal) CraftACT, Canberra

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 Industrious Former Industrial School, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
Designed 2 School of Art Gallery ANU School of Art, Canberra
The Year Was 2006 Studio 20/17, Sydney
2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Artisan, Brisbane
Uncontained Craft ACT, Canberra
The First Show Pin-up – Architecture & Design Project Space, Melbourne
Contemporary Wearables 11 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba
Winter Neckpieces Studio 20/17, Sydney
For Your Ears Only oneofftwo Contemporary Jewellery, Nungurner, Victoria
2010 By Example Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami, Japan
Clean Lines Mercator Studios, as part of  State of Design Festival, Melbourne
National Contemporary Jewellery Award Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith
2009 Art Work School of Art Gallery ANU School of Art, Canberra
Contemporary Wearables Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba
Alumina graduates from gold and silversmithing, Foyer gallery, ANU School of Art, Canberra
2008 Designersblock as part of the London Design Festival, represented by Fossick, London
In the Making member’s exhibition at Craft Victoria, Melbourne
Convent Salon c3 Gallery, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
National Contemporary Jewellery Award Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith
2007 Smart Works: Design and the Handmade Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Moving Parts e.g.etal, as part of Pop-ups for Melbourne Design Festival, Melbourne
Glass Jewellery 07 Workshop Bilk, Queanbeyan
General Assembly as part of Solutions for Better Living curated by Kate Rhodes, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
50 Brooches Craft Queensland, Brisbane
New Under the Sun: Australian Contemporary Design in Jewish Ceremony 3, Jewish Museum of Australia
2006 Catch on SALA festival, Zu Design, Adelaide
2005 Workshopped 2005 Sydney Design Festival, Strand Arcade, Sydney
Candela ‘05 Metalab, Sydney and Workshop Bilk, Canberra
Contemporary Wearables Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery,  Toowoomba
2002 Talente 2002 International Competition in Craft, Design and Technology, Munich,Germany
2000 31@20 Graduates from Canberra School of Art Gold and Silversmithing Workshop
Goldschmeidehaus, Hanau, toured to Taiwan, Perth and Canberra

Public Collections

2009 Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra
2003 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland

Professional Experience

2012 Speaker “Craft and Design as a Career” Craft Victoria Professional Development Seminar, NGV International
2009 Lecturer terms 1and 3 Gold and Silversmithing Workshop School of Art, Australian National University
06-09 Communications coordinator part-time role at e.g.etal Contemporary Jewellery and Objects, Melbourne
2008 Advisor Craft Victoria exhibition selection panel
2007 Speaker Smart Works: Design and the Handmade Symposium “Industry as Inspiration: Making, Mentorship, Collaboration”  Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Speaker Art Forum “General Assembly” Canberra School of Art, Canberra
Sessional teacher Product Design, NMIT, Melbourne
2006 Mentor youth@craft.design “Creating and making a living in the Arts today” Online Forum, Craft Australia
Speaker Art Forum “Est.2005” Canberra School of Art, Canberra
03-05 Project co-ordinator Thylacine Design and Project Management, Queanbeyan, NSW

Selected Publications

2010 Audio Design Museum edited by Kate Rhodes and Viviane Stappmanns, Object and Alphabet Press
The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques by Anastasia Young, Quarto Publishing, London
500 Judaica edited by Ray Hemachandra, Lark Books, New York
2009 The Melbourne Design Guide edited by Viviane Stappmanns, Alphabet Press, Melbourne
2008 The Compendium Finale of Contemporary Jewellers edited by Any Lim,
Darling Publications, Cologne and New York
2007 Smart Works: Design and the Handmade edited by Grace Cochrane, Powerhouse Publishing, Sydney

Selected Press

2012 Surface Asia magazine Issue 8 “Heart and Craft “ by Kate Nicholson
How We Create “Phoebe Porter: Craft ‘n’ Culture” by Ben Morgan
Habitus Living online  “Phoebe Porter: Cultural Couture” by Ben Morgan
2011 AFR Magazine Life Leisure Luxury Issue 18 “Diamonds Are A Man’s Best Friend” by Francis Mocknik
2009 DQ magazine Issue 33 “Top Ten: Forces and Faces in Australian Design” by Alice Blackwood
Artichoke magazine Issue 26 “Studio Hacienda” by Melanie Joosten
2008 Craft Culture Online Magazine “Four ways to go from A to B” Location Devices essay by Merryn Gates
M The Sunday Age 1 April “New and Proven” by Justine Costigan
Craft Culture Online Magazine “General Assembly: A Review In Parts” by Merryn Gates
2007 Times 2 The Canberra Times 1 Oct “General Assembly” review by Meredith Hinchliffe
Essential Style The Sydney Morning Herald 2 Aug “Victoria’s Secret” by Stephen Crafti
Metro The Age 5 July “Open Sesame” by Clare Kermond
M The Sunday Age 1 April “Brooch the Subject” by Claire Halliday
2006 Times 2 The Canberra Times 5 April “Designs on Jewellery” by Meredith Hinchliffe
Times 2 The Canberra Times 20 April “Est. 2005” review by Kerry-Anne Cousins
2005 Artlook magazine Issue 16 “Illuminating Art” by Kathleen Fisher
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