Hobie Porter
Born 1976, Sydney, Australia
Lives & Works – Tweed Valley (Bundjalung)
The virtuosic landscapes of Hobie Porter explore the fraught and fractured relationship between modern civilisation and the natural environment. Rendered with microscopically detailed trompe l’oeil, the paintings conjure the notion of environmental catharsis and transformation while, paradoxically, questioning the concept of sustainability and humanity’s intoxication by our own consumption. While exploring anthropogenic notions of loss and neglect, Porter’s paintings also poetically point towards transcendence and redemption.
Hobie Porter has exhibited nationally since 2004 with major exhibitions at Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Lismore Regional Gallery, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Arts Centre and in 2017 was invited to participate in the 'North Head Project' at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum. His work is held in numerous public collections, including Warrnambool Art Gallery, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Arts Centre, Mosman Art Gallery and Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
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30 Years of Arthouse Gallery — Summer Edition
7 December 2024 - 1 March 2025Over the past three decades, Arthouse Gallery has distinguished itself as one of Australia's leading contemporary art galleries. Currently representing over forty artists, the gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary this...Read more -
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Mountain Shadow 14 - 30 November 2024Hobie Porter’s virtuosic paintings weave together personal history with sensitive and sublime visions of the landscape. Rendered with microscopic clarity, they speak of an essential yet elusive harmony between nature...Read more -
Arthouse Group Show
Present Tense 15 June - 1 July 2023Read more -
Group Show
Paper 4 May - 10 June 2023'Paper & Clay' brings together the work of twenty-nine Australian artists traversing the timeless materiality of two enduring artforms. Unencumbered by dense conceptual wilderness, the works in this show posit...Read more
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Sydney: A Saltwater Perspective 29 November - 14 December 2019Hobie Porter’s microscopically detailed landscapes examine the faceted intersections between modern civilisation, Indigenous cultures and the natural environment. The artist’s skilful trompe l’oeil and striking verisimilitude capture a specific place...Read more -
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Unnatural History: The Tower Hill Project 19 May - 11 June 2016‘Unnatural History: The Tower Hill Project’ commemorates 160 years since Australian artist Eugene von Guérard painted Tower Hill (1855). Employing his characteristic photorealist aesthetic, Porter interrogates the environmental impacts that...Read more -
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Burnshine 26 March - 12 April 2014Read more -
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Continuum 5 - 22 September 2012In nature, particles mimic and repeat, amass and decay; continuing in a constant cycle. This constancy, this seemingly infinite patterning in the natural world is both comforting and disturbing. Comforting,...Read more
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Hobie PorterMountain Time, 2024oil on polyester canvas113 x 200 cm, 120 x 207 cm (framed)$34,000
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Hobie PorterSolitude, 2024oil on polyester canvas113 x 200 cm, 120 x 207 cm (framed)$34,000
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Hobie PorterLooking through the Angophoras (Berry Island), 2020oil on polyester canvas86.5 x 166.5 cm (framed)$22,000
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Hobie PorterPrecipice, 2024oil on polyester canvas70 x 130 cm, 77 x 137 cm (framed)$19,500
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Hobie PorterThe Big Scrub (Stenocarpus sinuatus), 2022oil on polyester canvas80 x 120 cm, 87 x 127 cm (framed)$19,500
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Hobie PorterTransience, 2023oil on polyester canvas31 x 50 cm, 36 x 55 cm (framed)$7,000
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Hobie Porter awarded the Boys' Choice Award in the King's School Art Prize
The King's School 17 June 2025We are excited to share that Hobie Porter has been awarded the Boys’ Choice Award in the Kings School Art Prize for his incredible work...Read more -
Hobie Porter Announced as a Finalist in the King's School Art Prize
The King's School 15 May 2025Congratulations to Hobie Porter who has been selected as a finalist in the Kings School Art Prize for his work ‘Precipice’. ‘My work brings to...Read more
