Hobie Porter is a contemporary landscape painter focused on place and environment. He lives & works in the Tweed Valley, North-Eastern NSW. His most recent exhibition, Unnatural History: The Tower Hill Project (2016) Warrnambool Art Gallery highlighted the problems of restoring Tower Hill to its pre-colonial splendor. His work has been selected for recent survey exhibitions, including Assemble | Disassemble (2015) Caboolture Regional Gallery and The New Arcadia (2011) Lismore Regional Gallery, among others. He is currently producing work about North Head’s significant natural history, to be exhibited at Manly Art Gallery & Museum in December 2017.
Hobie has been shortlisted for the 2014 John Leslie Landscape Art Prize. In 2013, he was a finalist in the Colville-LLoyd Rees Landscape prize (Colville Gallery, Hobart), the Mosman Art Prize (Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney) and the Paddington Art Prize (Mary Place Gallery, Sydney). In 2012, He was awarded Highly Commended in the Essential Energy Countryscapes Art Prize (Bathurst Regional Art Gallery).
Hobie is a Henry Lawson Scholarship recipient, holding a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) with Honours (Contemporary Art) and a Graduate Diploma of Education. Hobie has been exhibiting regularly since 2004 and teaches painting at the North Coast Institute of TAFE. Hobie is represented by Arthouse Gallery, Sydney.
Education
| 2010 | Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAA40104), North Coast Institute of TAFE, Kingscliff |
| 2002 | Graduate Diploma of Education, Southern Cross University, Lismore |
| 1998 | Honours, Contemporary Arts, Southern Cross University |
| 1997 | Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts, Southern Cross University/Pratt Institute, New York |
Scholarships
| 1996 | Vice Chancellor’s travel grant, America |
| 1994 | Henry Lawson $10 000 Tertiary study scholarship |
Exhibitions
| 2017 | Works on Paper, Group, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| 2016 | Unnatural History : The Tower Hill Project, Solo, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool |
| 2015 | Assemble | Disassemble : Earth. Wind. Fire. Water. Heart., Group, Caboolture Regional Gallery,Sunshine Coast, Unfolding Splendour, Group, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| 2014 | Nature’s Redesign, Solo, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, Melbourne Art Fair 2014, Group, Mossgreen Gallery Stand, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Burnshine, Solo, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| 2012 | Continuum, Solo, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, Melbourne Art Fair 2012, Group, Arthouse Gallery Stand, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne |
| 2011 | Full Circle, Solo, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, The New Arcadia, Group, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Lismore, Pressing Currents, Solo, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah |
| 2010 | Inanimate, Group, Nyst Gallery in association with Lorraine Pilgrim, Southport, Rivers of life, Group, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina |
| 2009 | Dry Rain, Travelling Solo, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah and Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, Exquisite: Small Landscapes, Group, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise |
| 2008 | Suspension, Solo, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, Wish You Were Here, Group, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah |
| 2007 | Sydney Art Fair 2007, Group, Arthouse Gallery, Exodus Solo, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| 2006 | Conrad Jupiters Art Award, Group, Gold Coast City Arts Centre, Gold Coast, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2006 Finalists, Group, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney, Hobie Porter - New Work, Solo, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, Relationships Australia, Group, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore |
| 2005 | Urgent Calm, Solo, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, Reflex-ions, Group , Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Lismore |
Awards/Acquisitons
| 2011 | Highly Commended, Countryscapes Art Prize, Bathurst |
| 2006 | Second, Border Art Prize, Tweed River Art Gallery & Gold Coast City Art Gallery |
| 1997 | Australia Day South Arm Citizen of the Year for Youth Award, Australia Council |
| 1996 | Community Printmakers Murwillumbah Student Encouragement Award, Murwillumbah |
| 1995 | Tweed Valley Art Prize Acquisitive, Tweed Shire Council, Tweed Valley Art Prize, Colin Thomas Popular Vote Award, Youth Week Art Award, Murwillumbah |
Publications
| 2015 | Pullin, R. ‘Unnatural History : The Tower Hill Project, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool |
| 2014 | Huda, S. ‘Nature’s Redesign’, Exh. Cat., Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2014 | Porter, H. ‘Process’, Artist Profile, issue 28, Sydney |
| 2014 | Grishin, S. ‘Horizon: A Contemporary Perspective on the Australian Landscape & Environment’ Exh. Cat., Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2014 | Brewster, R. ‘Australian Artist a True Nature Lover’, Australian Auction Review http://www. australianauctionreview.com.au/australian-artist-true-nature-lover |
| 2012 | Gibson, P. Continnuum, Ex. Cat., Arthouse Gallery |
| 2009 | Muddiman, S. Dry Rain, Ex. Cat., Tweed River Art Gallery & Arthouse Gallery, Murwillumbah |
| 2008 | Wheeler, E. ‘Hobie Porter’, Tweed artifacts newsletter, Vol.9, No.2, June, Murwillumbah |
| 2007 | Kennedy, R. ‘Hobie Porter Exhibition-Exodus’, Art Interview, http://www.artinterview.com.au/event-articles/exodus-robbie-porter/ |
| 2006 | ABC Television. ‘Painting Australia’, episode 4 |
| 2006 | Anderson, J. ‘A Breath of Fresh Art’, Gold Coast Bulletin, Gold Coast |
| 2005 | Abernethy, L. ‘Deconstructing Rapture’ Ex.Cat., Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
| Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery |
| Warrnambool Art Gallery |
| Mosman Art Gallery |
| Tweed Shire Council |
| Tweed River Art Gallery |
| Park Road Group |