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

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

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

2009 Top Ten: Forces and Faces in Australian Design DQ magazine issue 33 autumn 09
Studio Hacienda by Melanie Joosten, Artichoke magazine issue 26
2008 Four ways to go from A to B Location Devices essay by Merryn Gates, Craft Culture Online magazine
New and Proven by Justine Costigan “M” The Sunday Age 1 April
General Assembly: A review in Parts by Merryn Gates, Craft Culture Online magazine
2007 General Assembly review by Meredith Hinchliffe, “Times 2” The Canberra Times 1 Oct
Victoria’s Secret by Stephen Crafti, “Essential Style” The Sydney Morning Herald 2 Aug
Open Sesame by Clare Kermond “Metro” The Age 5 July
Brooch the Subject by Claire Halliday “M” The Sunday Age 1 April
2006 Designs on Jewellery by Meredith Hinchliffe, “Times 2” The Canberra Times 5 April
Est. 2005 review by Kerry-Anne Cousins, “Times 2” The Canberra Times 20 April
2005 Illuminating Art by Kathleen Fisher Artlook magazine issue 16
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