About
Susan likes to make art about humanity’s relationship with the environment, a theme that she expresses through various oil painting series. Her current work is an environmental commentary about the endangered and native species of plants in the western United States that are threatened by urban expansion, agriculture development, wildfire and climate change. These paintings are inspired by the botanical style of the 17th century and leverage this particular style to communicate and focus attention to these species and the environmental threats they face.
For the past two decades she has worked primarily in oil painting. She’s been featured in “Professional Artist Magazine”, and the “Subjectiv Journal” and exhibits her work in one-person and group shows throughout the United States. Her paintings are in the collections of Oregon Health & Science University, Willamette Valley Vineyards and multiple private collectors.
Susan received a B.F.A. from the California College of Arts and a M.A. in Instructional Design from San Francisco State University. She is a full-time artist and maintains a studio at the NW Marine Art Works collective in Portland.
Susan shows her work at Waterstone Gallery, 124 NW 9th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209, 503-226-6196. In addition to this website, her work can be found @susanjeanharrington on Instagram.
Curriculum Vitae
Susan Harrington
Website: susanharringtonstudio.com Instagram @susanjeanharrington
Represented by Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR, www.waterstonegallery.com
Contact: susanjeanharrington@gmail.com
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, California College of Arts (CCA), San Francisco & Oakland, CA
Master of Arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Select Group Exhibitions:
2025 Waterstone Gallery, “Of Earth and Sky”, Portland, OR
2025 Oregon Contemporary, “The Sitka Invitational 2025”, Portland, OR
2025 Seattle Art Fair 2025, represented by Waterstone Gallery, Seattle, WA
2025 The Writer’s Block, Selected NWMAW Artists, Portland, OR
2025 The Columbia Art Center, “New Landscapism”, Hood River, OR
2025 301 Gallery, “Wild About Flowers”, Hood River, OR
2024 Waterstone Gallery, “The Big Little Show”, Portland, OR
2024 Oregon Contemporary, “The Sitka Invitational 2024”, Portland, OR
2024 Seattle Art Fair 2024, represented by Waterstone Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 NW Marine Art Works, Group Exhibition, Portland, OR
2024 Lakewood Theater, invited artist for “Lake Oswego Reads 2024”, Lake Oswego, OR (show traveled to locations throughout Oregon during 2024)
2023 Waterstone Gallery, “The Little Big Show”, Portland, OR
2023 Oregon Contemporary, “The Sitka Invitational 2023”, Portland, OR
2023 SHIFT Gallery, “Seattle/PDX Shift”, Seattle, WA
2023 NW Marine Artworks, Group exhibition, Portland, OR
2022 Waterstone Gallery, “30th Anniversary Group Show”, Portland, OR
2022 NW Marine Artworks, Group exhibition, Portland, OR
2022 Waterstone Gallery, “Come Together”, gallery artists group exhibit, Portland, OR
2022 Gallerium, “Extinction: Save the Planet”, International online juried exhibit
2021 Waterstone Gallery, “Play”, gallery artists group exhibit, Portland, OR
2021 NW Marine Artworks, Group exhibition, Portland, OR
2020 Giustina Gallery at Oregon State University, Art About Agriculture Competition and Exhibition, “Tension/Harmony”, juried exhibit, Corvallis, OR
2019 NW Marine Artworks, Group exhibition, Portland, OR
2019 Umpqua Valley Arts Association, juried exhibit, “Artworks Northwest 2019”, Roseburg, OR
2018 NW Marine Artworks, Group exhibition, Portland, OR
2017 Verum Ultimum Gallery, “Abstract Catalyst 4”, juried exhibit, Portland, OR
2017 PDXOS, juried exhibit, Portland, OR
2017 Umpqua Valley Arts Association, juried exhibit, “Artworks Northwest 2017”, Roseburg, OR, 2017
2016 PM Shore Studio/Gallery, “Actions Have Consequences”, Portland, OR, 2016
2016 PDXOS, juried exhibit, Portland, OR
2016 LO Festival of the Arts, juried exhibit, “The Noun Show”, Lake Oswego, OR
2016 OSA, “Spring Juried Show”, Portland OR
2016 OSA, “The Color Red”, Portland, OR,
2015 OSA “200 Under 200”, Portland, OR 2015
Solo Exhibitions:
2026 Waterstone Gallery, “Resilience Is Our Nature”, Portland, OR
2023 Waterstone Gallery, “Our Attention Creates the World”, Portland, OR
2022 Waterstone Gallery, “Our House on Fire”, Portland, OR
2020 Portland Center for the Performing Arts, May 2020 (Exhibit cancelled due to Covid Closure)
2017 PulsePDX, Portland, OR
2017 Gallery at Cerulean, “This Is the Garden”, Portland, OR
Public Collections:
2025 Seattle University, purchased two paintings for their collection.
2023 Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) purchased two paintings for their collection
2022 Willamette Valley Vineyards purchased two paintings and commissioned a third painting
Publications and Press: (See my website for links)
Subjectiv Journal, Spring 2022
KBOO Radio “Art Focus”, Joseph Gallivan, April 2022
Professional Artist Magazine, March/April 2018