ABOUT JOHN: Upcoming Shows - Recent Shows - New Films - 300 Films - Biography
JOHN"S 100+ SOLO SHOWS
since 1979
1979-1983
- 1985-1987 - 1990-1996
- 1997-1999 - 2000
2001-2006 - 2007-2008
- 2009-2013 - 2016-2019
John
Porter Talk, online on Zoom from Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, California
and simultaneously in-person at CineCycle, Toronto, December
11, 2021.
Porter Performs, for a live audience and video shoot at CineCycle, Toronto, November 10, 2021.
Faucet Media Arts / Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick - December 10, 2019.
York University Cinema & Media Arts, Nat Taylor Cinema, Toronto, January 8, 2019.
John Porter"s First Film Filibuster, at CineCycle, Toronto, April 17, 2018.
26th Artifact
Small Format Film Festival, Calgary, Alberta,
March 8-10, 2018.
The Visiting Artist presenting screenings, a workshop, a talk, and on
the awards jury.
Anthology Film Archives, New York City - October 18, 2017.
Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York - October 19, 2017.
5th Transient
Visions Festival of the Moving Image,
Spool Contemporary Art Space, Johnson City, NY - October 20,
2017.
52nd Pesaro International Film Festival, Pesaro, Italy, July 8, 2016.
Early Monthly Segments, at Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, March 7, 2016, all-ages!
31st FIFA, at Cinémathèque québécoise, Montréal, Québec, March 21, 2013.
Manif d'art 6, at Musée de la civilisation, Québec City biennial, May 24, 2012, all-ages!
Faucet Media Arts / Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick - March 16, 2012, all-ages!
Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, October 21, 2011, all-ages!
the 8 fest, at Trash Palace Theatre, Toronto, January 30, 2011, all-ages matinee!
Winnipeg Cinematheque, Artspace, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 23, 2010.
Super 8 in the Chapel, Hart House, University of Toronto, Sept. 10, 2008 & March 21, 2009.
22nd Stuttgart Filmwinter, 2 solo shows, 1 workshop, Stuttgart, Germany, January 22-25, 2009.
Queens University at Cameo Cinema, Kingston, Ontario, November 10, 2008.
53rd Cork Film Festival, 2 solo shows, 1 super 8 workshop, Cork, Ireland, October 12-19, 2008.
Images Festival, photography exhibition at Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, April 7-27, 2007.
14th James River Film Festival, Firehouse Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, April 12, 2007.
Anthology Film Archives, New York City - 2 different shows March 21 & 22, 2007.
Ed Video, Guelph, Ontario - January 12, 2007
EUROPE TOUR 2007
8. dresdner schmalfilmtage,Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany - January 25, 2007.
Starting
From Scratch Festival #5, Netherlands Tour 2007:
International
Film Festival Rotterdam, Lantaren 2, Rotterdam
- January 27 & 29;
Vera
Zienema, Groningen - February 14; Cinema
de Balie, Amsterdam - February 17.
Cogcollective at Candid Arts Trust, London, UK - February 4, 2007
Lumen, Monarch House, Leeds, England - February 6, 2007
Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, Left Side Gallery, Flesherton, Ontario - 2006
Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa, Ontario - 2006
Anarchist Free University, Toronto, Ontario - 2006
Paintings and Films, Fellowship Towers,Toronto, Ontario - 2005 (photos)
eyelevelgallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia - 2002, 2000
Artist in Residence, Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick - 2002
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario - 2002
Public, SpaHa, Toronto, Ontario - 2002
Film Busking, Toronto, Montreal, Sackville - 1999-2002
SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario - 2001
York University, Toronto, Ontario - 2001, 1999, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1983
Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario - 2001, 1984, 1982
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario - 2000, 1990
Symposium of Art, Struts Gallery & Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick - 2000
7a*11d Festival of Performance Art, Art System, Toronto, Ontario - 2000
Squeaky Wheel Buffalo Media Resources, Buffalo, New York - 2000
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York - 2000
Galerie Sans Nom, Aberdeen Cultural Centre, Moncton, New Brunswick - 2000
Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario - 2000
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario - 2000
Found Object Gallery, Toronto, Ontario - 2000
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York - 1999, 1991
Hart House Film Board, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario - 1999
Pleasure Dome Artists Film Exhibition Group, Toronto, Ontario - 1989, 1999
Splice This! Super 8 Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario - 1998
Saskatchewan Film Pool, Regina, Saskatchewan - 1998
University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan - 1998
The Blinding Light!! Cinema, Vancouver, British Columbia - 1998
Los Angeles Filmforum, Hollywood, California - 1997
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, California - 1997
University of California, San Diego, California - 1997
Chicago Filmmakers, Xoinx Tearoom, Chicago, Illinois - 1997
YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto, Ontario - 1996
Daily Express Cafe, Toronto, Ontario - 1995
Orgone Cinema, Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1994
San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California - 1993
Montage 93 Festival, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York - 1993
Cornell Cinema, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York - 1992
38th Annual Robert Flaherty Seminar, Wells College, Aurora, New York - 1992
Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, New York - 1991
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York - 1991
Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario - 1990
17th Ann Arbor 8mm Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan - 1987
Film as Art: 4 Perspectives, Pacific Film Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia - 1986
Eye Revue Showcase Window, Union Station, Toronto, Ontario - 1986
The Funnel Experimental Film Theatre, Toronto, Ontario - 1985
Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario - 1985, 1983, 1982
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - 1985
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario - 1985
Cinema Windsor, Windsor, Ontario - 1985
The Rivoli, Toronto, Ontario - 1983
Mercury Theatre, Poor Alex Theatre, Toronto, Ontario - 1983
Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1983
Canadian Images Festival, Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario - 1983
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario - 1983
Artcite, Windsor, Ontario - 1983
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario - 1983
Zone Cinema, Hamilton, Ontario - 1981
London Filmmakers Co-op, London, England - 1981
Stichting Logos, Gent, Belgium - 1981
The Funnel Experimental Film Theatre, Toronto, Ontario - 1981, 1980, 1979
Cinéma Parallèle, Montreal, Quebec - 1979
Upcoming Shows - Recent Shows - New Films - 300 Films since 1968 - Biography
