About

EDUCATION

Chelsea College of Arts, UAL | Distinction, Graduate Diploma in Fine Art | September 2015 – June 2016

The Slade School of Art, UCL | Summer Foundation in Fine Art | July – September 2014

Durham University, University College | 2:1 BA Hons, History (specialising in architectural history) | Sept 2005 - July 2008

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

Rising Stars Award | 2021 | Winner

Bankside Hotel X Contemporary Collective Artist Residency | London | 2020

NLCS Jeju Arts Festival Artist in Residence | Jeju Island, South Korea | June 2019

London Festival of Architecture City Benches Competition | 2019 | Winner

Richard Seager Annual Arts Award | 2019 | Winner

Signature Art Prize | 2018 | Shortlisted

Broomhill National Sculpture Prize | 2018 | Winner - Judge’s Prize

The Griffin Gallery Project Residency | London | May 2018

The Jackson’s Open Painting Prize | 2018 | Shortlisted

The Annex Collection Acquisition Award | 2016 | Shortlisted

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Rotate curated by Natasja Jozsa | Court-X, Southsea | 17 July - 11 September 2023

A Painting of Two Halves | 22 Bury Street, London | 16-30 July 2021

One Hundred and Eighty Nine to Forty Five | Haru Gallery, London | 21 February - 5 July 2019

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath | 8 May - 13 May 2024

Abstract Exhibition | Byard Art Gallery, Cambridge | 1 March - 30 April 2024

Collect International Craft and Design Fair | Somerset House, London | 28 February - 3 March 2024

Winter Exhibition | Byard Art Gallery, Cambridge | November - December 2023

Art of Belonging curated by Contemporary Collective| Bankside Hotel, London | October 2023 - Spring 2024

The Other Art Fair | Truman Brewery, London | 12 October - 15 October 2023

The Other Art Fair | West Handyside Canopy, London | 29 June - 2 July 2023

UnMute curated by Stephanie Crosland-Goss | Somerset House, London | June 2023

Future Icons Selects X London Craft Week 2023 | Bargehouse, London | 10 - 14 May 2023

Unity | Bluecoat Display Centre for Contemporary Craft, Liverpool | 14 April - 3 June 2023

New Makers Showcase | Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery, London | November 2022

The Other Art Fair | Truman Brewery, London | October 2022

Row, Row, Row | Račice, Czech republic | 18 - 25 September 2022

Paris Design Week | Maison et Objet, Paris | 7 - 13 September 2022

New Designers | Business Design Centre, London | 28 July - 8 July 2022

London Craft Week | The Gallery, Craft Council X Liberty, London | May - August 2022

Rising Stars One Year On | New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham | 24 March - 24 April 2022

Rebirth | 99 Projects, London | 4 - 27 March 2022

The Other Art Fair | Truman Brewery, London | March 2022

Curious? | Images in Frames, London | November - December 2021

Artwaves Festival | Artelium Vineyard, Sussex | September 2021

SFSA Painting Open | No Format Gallery, London | September 2021

The Other Art Fair | West Handyside Canopy, London | July 2021

Rising Stars 2021 | New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham | April 2021

Life on Venus - The Organic | The Auction Collective, London | February 2021

Life on Venus | Tub Gallery, London | December 2020 - February 2021

The London Design Festival | Unit 2, London | September 2020

The Other Art Fair | Victoria House, London | 2 - 5 October 2019

LFA City Showcase | The City Centre, London | 20 May 2019 - 27 July 2019

The Other Art Fair | Truman Brewery London | 22 - 24 March 2019

The National Sculpture Prize | Broomhill Sculpture Gardens, North Devon | 20 May 2018 - May 2019

Summer Show | Walthamstow Village Window Gallery | 20 July - 16 September 2018

New Artist Fair 2018 | Truman Brewery, London | 14 - 16 September 2018

Artrooms Roma | Church Palace Hotel, Rome | 2 - 4 March 2018

The Other Art Fair | Victoria House, London | 22 - 24 March 2018

Three100 | No Format Gallery, Deptford | 22 March – 30 April 2017
Chance & happenstance | room. South London | 4-9 April 2017

CHROMA: Green Issue | Art Hub Gallery, Deptford | 11-13 November 2016

FLOCK 2016 | GX Gallery, London | 2 August - 3 September 2016 (Painting performances 13, 20 and 27 August)

TALKS

The Future of Craft | Liberty’s, London | 26 May 2022

London Festival of Architecture Pecha Kucha | The City Centre, London | 26 July 2019

Chromophobia | Art Hub Gallery, Deptford | 13 November 2016

PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

Financial Times - Frieze Week Highlights Sudoku no. 4 | 2 October 2022
Fad Magazine - The Other Art Fair Top 10 | March 2022
Livingetc UK, - The Faces of the Future, pg. 56 | October 2021
FAD Magazine - The Upcoming: Sarah Emily Porter | 6 July 2021
We Are Makers - Porter + Trundle, Edition 2, pg. 128 - 131 | April 2021
Elle Decoration NL - Welcome to the House of Fun, Issue 2, pg. 52-53 | March 2021
Black Label 3 - The power of craftsmanship: from passion to mastery Pg. 218-220 | 2020
London Evening Standard - Where to find handmade homeware | 30 July 2020
Home and Design Trends Magazine India, Vol. 7, Issue 3 - Transformative public art that alters perceptions and neighbourhoods | Autumn 2019
Londonist - Tube ponderings by Barry Heck, | 14 August 2019
The E List - Sarah Emily Porter speaks to Paul Lindt about her career to date | July/August 2019
Deezen - City Benches by young designers brighten London's Cheapside | 13 June 2019
Wallpaper* - Eccentric benches sit pretty during London Festival of Architecture | 4 June 2019
Timeout London - Canary Wharf Pianos | 25 March 2019
Architects Journal - Five design teams chosen in city benches contest | 25 March 2019
London Festival of Architecture - LFA and Cheapside Business Alliance announce winners of second edition of ‘City Benches’ design competition | 22 March 2019

PROJECT FUNDING, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

The Arts Council Developing Your Creative practice, Grant Funding, 2020
Craft Council Hothouse 2020
Kumpabana, Project Funding, 2016
Student/Staff Collaboration Fund, Project Funding, 2015
The South Square Trust, Scholarship, 2015
The Eaton Fund, Grant, 2015

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