Cortney Harrington

I was born and raised in Florida, but also spent parts of my youth in Texas, California, Tennessee, and Indiana. I benefited from the influence of a creative mother who enrolled me in art lessons at an early age. As a fourth grader, I attended a drawing camp at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida where I learned how to draw with professional materials and received instruction from university art students. During my high school years, I spent countless hours perusing the galleries of the Ringling Museum of Art.

I painted throughout college, though I was not formally part of any art classes (besides those in art history). I was also developing a music and performance-based practice at that time. I hoped to combine these interests in my work in the MFA-IA program at Goddard College. My most successful project there, Pontifex Marshmallow Bunny, was a performance and installation based on an invented, rabbit-based religion. After two years of study, I decided to take a job at a television station and did not complete my degree. I taught myself graphic design during the years immediately following my graduate school experience. This led to many opportunities to develop my creative skills as a commerc...

Multi-subject California Teaching Credential, Cal State Fresno
MFA-IA Program Work, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont
B.A. Florida State University (Anthropology Major, Humanities Minor)

2014 Featured Artist - Silver Otter Gallery, Bend, Oregon
1998 Pontifex Marshmallow Bunny, Performance and Installation, MFA exhibition, Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont