BIOGRAPHY
Kit Porter (b. 1983) is a mixed media artist living and working in Beaufort, South Carolina. Porter received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of the South in 2005. Her abstract language has evolved from her interest in the way an object left by the sea wears down as a result of time and environment. To characterize this process of diminution, she paints around and into her subjects to create shapes which appear carved, softened and shaped from the outside. Whether painting literal pieces of marine debris, or dissecting flowers + fields into abstraction, Porter’s paintings abstract and fragment natural forms to act as a metaphor for the fragility of the physical world.
Kit’s work has been exhibited in solo + group exhibitions nationally, and has been written up in various publications such as Thalia Magazine and The Earth Issue. Her work can be found in private collections throughout North America and Europe. She is represented in the United States by Anne Irwin Fine Art in Atlanta, Georgia, Dimmitt Contemporary Art in Houston, Texas, Liz Lidgett Gallery in Des Moines, Iowa, and Uprise Art in New York City, New York.
KIT PORTER
b. 1983 | Wilmington, NC
Lives and works in Beaufort, SC
EDUCATION
2005 BFA, Painting, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
CAREER
2012-13 Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
2006-12 Gallery Director, Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC
EXHIBITIONS
2023 By Which We Wandered, Solo Exhibition, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Affinities: Laura Duerwald, Carmen McNall + Kit Porter, Dimmitt Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
Statement Pieces: A Departure From Neutrality, Miller Gallery, Charleston, SC
Fresh Finds, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Elemental, In Various Forms, Long Beach, CA
2022 SURROUND, Solo Exhibition, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Of Air, In Various Forms, Long Beach, CA
Field Guide, Solo Exhibition, Uprise Art, New York, NY
12x12, Smythe-McKee Art Advisory, Philadelphia, PA
2021 2x2, Miller Gallery, Charleston, SC
Kit Porter x Smythe-McKee, Smythe-McKee Art Advisory, Philadelphia, PA
Memory + Metaphor, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
To Grow With Them, Liz Lidgett Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Flora + Fauna, Uprise Art, New York, NY
Fragment + Form, Solo Exhibition, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Showfields x All She Makes, Showfields, Virtual
2020 Merry + Bright, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Here, There & Elsewhere: Exploring the Idea of Place, Visionary Art Collective, Virtual
Fall Show, The Art Salon, Charlotte, NC
From Chaos to Order, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
HOME: A Virtual Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Still We Rise Auction No. 9: In Response to Police Brutality, Virtual
Bailout Fundraiser + Exhibition, Bailout Gallery, Virtual
Kips Bay Designer Showhouse, West Palm Beach, FL
Introducing, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2019 Small Works Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Hundley Hilton Pop-up Show, Birmingham, AL
The Beacham Art Series, Beacham & Company, Atlanta, GA
Fall Show, The Art Salon, Charlotte, NC
Shape Shifters, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Unlocked, The Vault, Charleston, SC
Summer Show, The Art Salon, Charlotte, NC
Spring Show, The Art Salon, Charlotte, NC
2018 Small Works Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Holiday Home Designer Showhouse, Atlanta, GA
AIFA Emerging: Meet the Artists, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Kit Porter + Caroline Swetenberg, The Vault, Charleston, SC
Emerging Artist Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
PRESS
2023 We the Muse, Kit Porter x Kate Mothes
2022 Friend of the Artist, The Studio Image Project
2021 Kardia Design, Design Pulse, Kit Porter and Sea Transformation
The Uprise Art Journal, Meet Kit Porter
2020 The Unicorn Factory, Issue No. 2
The Gathered Gallery, Virtual Gathering No. 8: Berman, Porter, Rigdon
APÉRO Catalogue, LAND, August 2020
CandyFloss Magazine, Fragility of the Physical World - Artist Kit Porter
All SHE Makes, Featured Artist Interview: Kit Porter
New South Finds, Artist Interview: Kit Porter
2019 THALIA Magazine, The FRAGMENT Issue, Vol. 4
The English Room, Artist Spotlight Series: Kit Porter
SCOOP, 18 Artists Making Your Home and Our Local Galleries Beautiful
Cool Girls Collective, Artist Profile: Kit Porter
Voyage Houston, The Thought Provokers: Celebrating Artists & Creatives
2018 THALIA Magazine, The SPACE Issue, Vol. 1
The Earth Issue, Artist Highlight: Kit Porter
REPRESENTATION
Anne Irwin Fine Art | Atlanta, GA
Liz Lidgett Gallery | Des Moines, IA
Dimmitt Contemporary Art | Houston, TX
Uprise Art | New York City, NY
COLLECTIONS
MercyOne Cancer Center, Des Moines, IO
Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN
*Works held in private collections in North America and Europe.