Brian Porter CV
Faculty:
Chairman Fine Arts/Humanities Department – Associate Professor of Art, Erie Community College, Williamsville, NY
Education:
MFA, Drawing and Painting
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Studied with Eric Fischl, Vincent Desiderio, Martha Erlebacher,
Ted Schmidt, Randy Melick, Andrew Conklin, Wade Schuman
BFA, Communication Design
State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY
Studied with Illustrator Alan E. Cober and Harvey Breverman
Edinboro University: Human Anatomy, Animal Anatomy,
Landscape Painting and Figure Drawing
Wonderful opportunities:
17/19 Alicia Ponzio: Figure portrait/Portrait Ecorche, Warehouse 521, Nashville, TN
2019 Mary Whyte: Watercolor Painting, RAC Rochester, NY
2018 Susan Lyons: Drawing, RAC Rochester, NY
2015 David Kassan: Drawing and Painting, RAC Rochester, NY
15/17 Jeff Hein: Painting, RAC Rochester, NY
2013 Portrait Society of America Conference: 4th Merit Portrait Sculpture
08-16 Robert Liberace: Silverpoint/Chalk/Ecorche/Painting workshops
1997 Nelson Shanks Figure Painting, NYAA.
Honors:
1999 Save Americas Treasures/National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Honorary Chair - Hillary Rodham Clinton
Awarded the honor to create sculptural replica of "Soldiers and Sailors Monument", Buffalo, NY for White House Christmas
Display at The White House, Washington, D.C. under the Clinton Administration.
Commissions:
16/18 Bronze life size sculpture commission: Company F Memorial
13/17 Bronze life size sculpture commission: SUNY graduates - SUNY Buffalo, Amherst, NY
06/08 Bronze life size Seabee: United States Seabees Memorial, North Tonawanda Seabees Park, NY
05/06 Bronze bust sculpture commission: Father Thomas Conway Memorial, Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
2004 Small table top figure Bronze: private patrons
Private and corporate collections:
Seavest Collection
Sonwil Corp – Founder oil portrait commission
Private collectors/private oil commissions
Portrait Society of America:
2015 Honorable Mention, Members Competition, Portrait Drawing
2014 Honorable Mention, Members Competition, Sculpture Portrait