jw@jwharrington.com
206-605-8259
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Washington
Art study with Sandy Bricel Miller, Red Ochre Studio, Seattle WA
Solo Exhibitions (non-juried)
October 2023 “The Impossibility of Knowing,” Gallery 110, Seattle WA
July-August 2023 “Portraits & Portals: Revealing & Concealing,” Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma WA
July-August 2023 “The Impossibility of Knowing",” Magnuson Park Gallery, Seattle WA
Sep - Oct 2022 “AutumnScapes",” Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma WA
July-August 2022 “Black & White, abstracted,” Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma WA
June-August 2022 “The Impossibility of Knowing,” Tacoma Comm. College, Gig Harbor WA
March 2022 “Embracing Black and White,” Gallery 110, Seattle WA
January-June 2020 “From Lecture Hall to Studio,” Skybridge Gallery, UW Tower, Seattle WA
Nov – Dec 2019 “Celebrating Color,” Tahoma Center Gallery, Tacoma WA
September 2015 “Recent Works,” Red Ochre Studio, Seattle WA
December 2016 “Recent Works,” Red Ochre Studio, Seattle WA
Galleries
June 2022 — Berkano Gallery, Seattle WA
June 2021 — Gallery 110, Seattle WA
July 2018 — Ryan James Fine Arts, Kirkland WA: Consignment and rental of selected works
June 2018 – June 2019 Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton WA
Group Exhibitions
July 2023 Gallery 110 booth at Seattle Art Fair
July-August 2023 SW Washington Juried Art Exhibition, Leonor R. Fuller Gallery, Olympia WA
July-August 2023 21st Annual Juried Local Art Exhibit, Gallery at TCC, Tacoma WA
July 2022 Gallery 110 booth at Seattle Art Fair
February 2022 Gallery 110 Juried Show, Seattle WA (Emily Zimmerman, juror)
April 2021 Benefit art sale for Artist Trust (Washington), Seattle WA (juried)
Jan-Feb 2021 CVG Juried Show, Bremerton WA (Michael D’Alessandro, juror)
June 2020 “Eros, C’est la Vie” exhibit, Gallery 110, Seattle WA (Trevor Doak, curator)
February 2020 Gallery 110 Juried Show, Seattle WA (Amanda Donnan, jurorr)
Nov 2019 – Jan 2020 “Brighter Future” show at ARTS at King Street Station, organized by City of Seattle’s Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery
June 2018 – June 2019 monthly rotating exhibits, Collective Visions Gallery
October 2018 Franke Tobey Jones senior art show, Tacoma WA (juried)
October 2017 Franke Tobey Jones senior art show, Tacoma WA (juried)
August 2017 Lakewood ArtsFest (WA); Magnolia Art Experience (WA)
February 2017 Benefit art sale for Artist Trust (Washington), Seattle WA (juried)
Award
July 2023 Purchase award, SW Washington Juried Exhibition
Collections
BDO Seattle
City of Tacoma
South Puget Sound Community College
University of Washington
Written Work
Harrington, JW. “Suprematism: Revolutionary Art for Revolutionary Times.” December 2020.
Harrington, JW. “Cultural Appropriation in the Arts.” Presented to The Monday Club, Seattle, 24 February 2020.
Harrington, JW. “Locating Art Worlds.” Conflux, September 2018.
Publications About
Walsh, Molly. “Black Art and Black Artists Exhibition at The Gallery at Tacoma Community College.” Oly Arts, 6 March 2023. https://olyarts.org/2023/03/06/black-art-and-black-artists-exhibition-at-the-gallery-at-tacoma-community-college/
Gallup, Lauren. “In conversation with Artists JW Harrington and Dorothy Anderson Wasserman,” Northwest Public Radio, 24 August 2022. https://www.nwpb.org/2022/08/24/in-conversation-with-artists-jw-harrington-and-dorothy-anderson-wasserman/
Kelley, Peter. “Academic, administrator, artist: Paintings by JW Harrington to be displayed at UW Tower.” UW News, 14 January 2020. https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/01/14/academic-administrator-artist-paintings-by-jw-harrington-to-be-displayed-at-uw-tower/