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 solo exhibition, Mountain Shadow, was shown at Arthouse Gallery in 2024. He has participated in numerous curated exhibition contexts, recently including Hobie Porter: The Last Decade, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery (2018), The North Head Project, Manly Art Gallery & Museum (2017-18) and Assemble | Disassemble, Caboolture Regional Gallery (2015).
Hobie holds a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) with Honours (Contemporary Art) in conjunction with a Henry Lawson Scholarship program, and a Graduate Diploma of Education. He has been exhibiting regularly since 2004 and teaches Visual Art at TAFE NSW, Murwillumbah Campus.
His work is held in numerous public collections, including Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Tweed River Art Gallery, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Mosman Art Gallery and the Byron Bay Hospital. Hobie is represented by Arthouse Gallery, Sydney and Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne.
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
| 2025 | The King’s School Art Prize, Group, The King’s School, Sydney |
| 2024 | Mountain Shadow, Solo, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney Horizons, Group, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2023 | Paper & Clay, Group, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney Lives of Their Own, Group, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2022 | Wollumbin Art Award, Group, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah Wanderlust, Group, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2021 | Coming Home, Group, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney Summer Salon, Group, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| 2020 | Still, Group, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2019 | Sydney : A Saltwater Perspective, Solo, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney Love, Group, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah |
| 2018 | Hobie Porter, The Last Decade, Solo, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Bundaberg Unnatural History : The Tower Hill Project, Solo, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore Three Decades, Group, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah |
| 2017 | Works on Paper, Group, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney The North Head Project, Group, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, 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
| 2025 | Boy's Choice, Kings Schoool Art Prize, Sydney |
| 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
| 2019 | Walsh, E. ‘Sydney: A Saltwater Perspective’, Exh. Cat., Arthouse Gallery, Sydney |
| 2018 | Beck, E. ‘In The Studio: Hobie Porter’, Byron Art Magazine, Issue 9, Byron Bay Engledow, S. ‘Three Decades: celebrating the Tweed Regional Gallery collection’, Exh. Cat., Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah |
| 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 |
| Manly Art Gallery & Museum |
| Byron Bay Hospital |