Jenelle Porter is an American art curator and author of numerous exhibition catalogs and essays about contemporary art and craft.
She obtained her BA in Art history from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1994, and went on to obtain an MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies from University of California, Los Angeles in 2004.
2015–present Independent curator, Los Angeles2011– Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston2005–11 Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia1998–2005 Curator, Artists Space, New York1997–98 Curatorial Fellow, Walker Art Center, MinneapolisCuratorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York2016
Beverly Center Renovation Installation Projects, in associated with the Hammer Museum. Featuring a series of installation projects by artists Catherine Opie, Julian Hoeber, Geof McFetridge, Karen Kimmel, and Sharon Lockhart.2015
Erin Shirreff, ICA BostonArlene Schechet: All at Once2014
Fiber Sculpture, 1960–presentNick Cave2012
Figuring Color: Kathy Butterfly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams2011
Jessica Jackson HutchinsCharline von Heyl2010
Mineral Spirits: Anne Chu and Matthew Monahan2009
Dance with CameraDirt on Delight: Impulses that Form ClayThe 2015 show "Arlene Schechet, All at Once" is praised for "giv[ing] readers a holistic look at how her work challenges the conventions of ceramics and sculpture."Pepich, Bruce; McQuaid, Matilda; Porter, Jenelle; Stapleton, Lyssa (2016). The Box Project: Works from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press. Hatley, Pan; Porter, Jenelle; Chaffee, Cathleen (2015). Erin Shirreff. ISBN 9781887457187. Morineau, Camille; Pesapane, Lucia (2015). Ceramix: From Rodin to Schütte. Maastricht-Paris-Sèvres. ISBN 9789461612519. Schaffner, Ingrid; Porter, Jenelle (2009). Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Philadelphia. 
