Richard Porter

Overview
Richard Porter (b. 1988, UK) is a British artist and publisher whose multidisciplinary practice spans visual art, performance, publishing, and curation. His work explores memory, queerness, disappearance, and the politics of visibility. His solo exhibition Night Glyph was held at Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, London, in 2021. He has participated in group exhibitions including Origin Story at Gordon Robichaux, New York (2023), Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature at John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (2022), and I Know Where I'm Going, Who Can I Be Now at The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2021). In 2017, he founded Pilot Press, an independent publishing project focused on queer narratives. He curated A Horizon is Not Straight (Tenderbooks, London, 2021) and co-hosted QUEERS READ THIS at the ICA, London (2018–2022). Porter lives and works in London and holds an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London (2019).
Works
  • Richard Porter, A Part Song (after Denise Riley), 2021
    A Part Song (after Denise Riley), 2021
  • Richard Porter, And They All Went To Heaven, 2021
    And They All Went To Heaven, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Earthing Sky, 2021
    Earthing Sky, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Fields, 2021
    Fields, 2021
  • Richard Porter, I Haven't Gone There, But I Might, 2021
    I Haven't Gone There, But I Might, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine I, 2021
    Shrine I, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine II, 2021
    Shrine II, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine III, 2021
    Shrine III, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine iV, 2021
    Shrine iV, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine IX, 2021
    Shrine IX, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine V, 2021
    Shrine V, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine VI, 2021
    Shrine VI, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine VII, 2021
    Shrine VII, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine VIII, 2021
    Shrine VIII, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine X, 2021
    Shrine X, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine XI, 2021
    Shrine XI, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine XII, 2021
    Shrine XII, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Shrine XIII, 2021
    Shrine XIII, 2021
  • Richard Porter, Ascent with Pink Sky, 2020
    Ascent with Pink Sky, 2020
  • Richard Porter, Broken Firmament, 2020
    Broken Firmament, 2020
  • Richard Porter, Empty Box with Light Ascending, 2020
    Empty Box with Light Ascending, 2020
  • Richard Porter, I am Here, 2020
    I am Here, 2020
  • Richard Porter, Mandala, 2020
    Mandala, 2020
  • Richard Porter, Metamorphosis, 2020
    Metamorphosis, 2020
  • Richard Porter, On Ness, 2020
    On Ness, 2020
  • Richard Porter, The World Spins, 2020
    The World Spins, 2020