Bio

Biography:
Neal Harrington, originally from Rapid City, SD, earned his BFA in Painting from the University of South Dakota (1998) and his MFA in Printmaking from Wichita State University (2001). Harrington’s prints have been extensively exhibited all over the nation. He is a two-time recipient of the Arkansas Art Center’s Delta Award for the Annual Delta Juried Exhibition as well as multiple other awards from prestigious exhibitions like the Boston Printmakers Biennial, 2016 Pacific States Biennial North American Printmaking Exhibition, Prints U.S.A, Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink, and the Arkansas Art Council’s Small Works on Paper (annual statewide traveling exhibition). He was also awarded the 2017 Beaux Arts Award from the River Valley Arts Center and the Faculty Award for Excellence for Scholarship/ Creative Activity in 2018.

In 2025 Neal had his winning commission (a triptych of 3 large woodcuts titled Arkansas As Home) permanently installed as the latest work added to the Art at the Airport Program display in the Bill and Hillary Clinton Regional Airport, Little Rock, AR. Mr. Harrington continues to create new works and is a Professor of Art at Arkansas Tech University since 2001. Currently Neal, his wife, Tammy, and his two children (Jake and Olive) live in Russellville, Arkansas.

Collections representing Mr. Harrington's work:
Arkansas As Home, triptych woodcuts, Bill and Hillary Clinton Regional
Airport, Little Rock, AR
University of the Ozarks, S&S Grillhouse, Clarksville, AR
24 Hours of Wonder Collective, traveling exhibition
Ledger Bentonville, Bentonville, AR
Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA
Experiencing Veterans and Artists Collaborations (EVAC), Tiffin, OH
IUCAT Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR
Artlink, Auer Center for Art and Culture, Fort Wayne, IN
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR
The Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Neal Harrington is represented by M2 Gallery, Little Rock, AR