Ralph is from a family of Gjoa Haven artists. Other sculptors in his family include his mother Martha Porter, his brothers Walter and Benjamin Porter, and his sisters Rita Porter and Ann Palongayak. Palongayak and Ralph’s wife Mary Porter are also textile artists. His sister Ruth Ruben is involved in the craft industry.

Exhibitions

• 3rd Salon Printemps, presented by Galerie Saint Merri
• Art Inuit, Galerie Saint Merri
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie Maite Aubert
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Tour des Cardinaux
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at La Halle aux Bles
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Thonon les Bains
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe
• Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Le Theatre
• Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Chapelle de la Visitation, Thonon
• Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Les Chiroux, Centre Culturel de la Wallonie, Liege
• Art Inuit, Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Galerie La Poutre, Marseille
• Art Inuit: Autour de la Collection de Cape Dorset 1990, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Centre Culturel Canadien
• Beeldhouwkunst van de Inuit (Canada), by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai, France at Amphora Finippon pvba, Sint Andries, Brugge, Belgium
• Creatures of the Sea and Snow, Snow Goose Associates
• Gjoa Haven Sculpture/Wallhangings, Atlantic Galleries
• Gjoa Haven/Spence Bay Sculpture, The Innuit Gallery of Eskimo Art
• Glaciopolis: Art Inuit, Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Maison de Pesey
• Inspiration Four Decades of Sculpture, Marion Scott Gallery
• Inuit Art on the Mezzanine: New Acquisitions, Winnipeg Art Gallery
• Inuit Sculpture: Displayed in Conjunction with the 1991 Cape Dorset Annual Graphics Collection, Muscarelle Museum of Art
• Kitikmeot, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Kitikmeot-Land of the Spirits, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Kitikmeot: Sculpture from Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak and Pelly Bay, Isaacs/Innuit Gallery
• Kunst van de Inuit Eskimo's, Gemeentelijk Kunstcentrum Huis Hellemans
• Salon International Europ'art '92, presented by Galerie Saint Merri
• [Inuit art], Galerie Saint Merri
• [L'art inuit], Presented by l'Iglou Art Esquimau, Douai at Palais de l'Europe, le Touquet

Collections

• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Publications

• ESKIMO SCULPTURE '69., Author: Robertson Galleries, Publication: Ottawa: The Robertson Galleries. (1969)