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Conor Harrington was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1980. After completing a BA in Fine Art at Limerick School of Art and Design in 2002, he relocated to London, where he has lived and worked since.


Harrington began painting graffiti as a teenager in Cork and has since gone on to paint large scale murals around the world in locations such as London, Paris, New York, Miami, Sao Paulo and Mexico City. Working on the streets for over 25yrs has informed Harrington’s studio practice in terms of both content and technique, with narratives and approaches nurtured from the urban environment.


Harrington’s large scale oil paintings take reference from classical art, are rooted in graffiti and manifest as contemporary painting. He examines themes such as masculinity, colonialism and draws parallels between the politics of today and the language of painting. Heroes are built up, torn down and obliterated and the cycle of history and power continues on repeat. Interacting with a series of interchangeable symbols of power from flags to bunting and medals Harrington’s protagonists hold up a mirror to the male ego down through the ages. Harrington has exhibited extensively internationally including notable shows “ Eat and Delete” Lazarides Gallery New York, 2014 and “Watch Your Palace Fall” Heni/ PACE gallery London 2016.

Photographs by Mark Deff and Jason Wilder, please contact WALL\THERAPY for more information.