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Victor Sloan
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Victor Sloan

MBE
(born 1945) is a Northern Irish photographer and artist.

Life and work

Sloan was born in 1945 in

Leeds Colleges of Art, the latter in England. He lives and works in Portadown, County Armagh
in Northern Ireland.

Employing primarily the medium of photography, he manipulates his negatives and reworks his prints with paints, inks, toners and dyes. In addition to photography, he also uses video, and printmaking techniques.[1]

Sloan's works are a response to political, social and religious concerns. He is perhaps best known for his works investigating the

Orange Order in series such as: Drumming; The Walk, the Platform and the Field and The Birches.[2]

Sloan was awarded an MBE[3] in 2002. He is an academician of the Royal Ulster Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. He won the Academy's Conor Prize in 1988 and the Gold Medal in 1995 and 2008.[4]

The Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast held a major exhibition of his work (Victor Sloan: Selected Works 1980–2000) in 2001. In 2008, the exhibition History, Locality, Allegiance, curated by Peter Richards at the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, brought together a comprehensive selection of past works, with a particular focus on his video works.[5]

His exhibition Victor Sloan: Drift,[6] curated by Dr Riann Coulter, Curator of the F.E. McWilliam Gallery & Studio and Feargal O'Malley, Curator at the University of Ulster, explored a related though distinct area, tracing the story of the Vietnamese Boat People who settled in Craigavon, Northern Ireland in 1979.

In preparation for this exhibition, Sloan rekindled his friendship with Ka Fue Lay,[7] who was a teenager when he settled in Craigavon in 1979 and now lives in Salisbury, England. Sloan made a video[8] in which Ka Fue Lay discusses his life in Vietnam, displays family photographs and fondly recalls his time in Craigavon. The exhibition also includes Sloan's black and white photographs of Craigavon from the late 1970s and early 1980s, contemporary images that he created by scratching, painting and bleaching photographic prints, and recent work including large colour photographs of Moyraverty.

Sloan's exhibition Before,

Craigavon
; and the constant and pervasive presence of the political conflict.

For the artist these photographs functioned as a type of preliminary 'sketchbook', shaping the distinctive style and thematics he would later become known for. Viewed together as an exhibition they represent Sloan's significant contribution to the tradition of Northern Irish documentary practice.[10]

Books about Sloan and his work include Marking the North by Brian McAvera (1989),[11] Victor Sloan: Selected Works by Aidan Dunne (2001),[12] Victor Sloan: Walk, by Jürgen Schneider (2004),[13] and Luxus by Glenn Patterson (2007).

"Belfast Zoo III", silver gelatin print, toner, oil pastel and torn paper, 25 cm x 25 cm, 1983

Photoworks

A typical image from the Northern Irish works of Sloan is Walk X from 1985. It is a silver gelatin print. In it we see dead centre, splitting the image, a uniformed police officer with a peaked cap. He is in profile, staring tight-lipped at the parade, feet apart in a rooted stance, symbol of law-and-order but also unusually for the North, of impartiality, indicated by his dead centre stance. From the left a huge Lambeg drum, strapped to its unseen owner's chest, juts out across the body; but it has been rendered semi-transparent so that the outline shape of the police officer can still be seen.

On one level this drum functions as a musical instrument, the rhythmic 'keeper of the beat'. But the unhinged arm, wielder of a

loyalist people (the police being a largely Protestant force).[14]

From Stadium installation

Videoworks

Sloan's video work includes a 44-minute video of an

Berlin Olympics of 1936. There is no further direct reference to Jesse Owens, the Führer's gravest embarrassment, but flickering through this laden environment, archive footage of white children allowing a black child to draw the short straw, serves as an indicator".[13]

The video work Walk (28 minutes, 2004.), has been shown in Berlin and Augsburg, Germany; Belfast, Portadown and Dublin, Ireland; Pretoria, South Africa; Bialystok, Poland; Madrid, Spain; Paris, France, and Damascus, Syria.[16]

Susan McKay describes the video in The Irish Times: Walk shows, in slow, plodding motion, an Orange walk (as the parades are properly known to those who take part in them). The marchers appeared to disappear into a mirror, and the sound was distorted so that drumbeats sounded out suddenly like shots, and voices were slowed down to groans. In the end, the last shiny black shoe has marched into the mirror leaving an empty street. It is a melancholy piece".[17]

Other video works include Drumcree[18] (2001) and Fishtank[19] (2006) Ka Fue Lay.[20] (2014).

Publications

Exhibitions

From Walk video installation
  • EV+A, Exhibition of Visual Art, City Gallery of Art, Limerick, 1981[citation needed]
  • Independent Artists, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, 1984[citation needed]
  • Views From Ulster, Touring exhibition curated by Colin Osman, Creative Camera, London. Peacock Gallery, Craigavon, Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, 1984-85[21]
  • Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, 1985[citation needed]
  • Divisions, Crossroads, Turns of Mind: Some New Irish Art, curated by Lucy Lippard, touring US, Finland and Ireland, 1985–86[citation needed]
  • Victor Sloan: Drumming, Arts Council of Northern Ireland Gallery, Belfast, 1986[22]
  • Next: Tomorrow, Cambridge Darkroom and Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 1986[citation needed]
  • Contrasts, Fung Ping Shan Museum, Hong Kong, China, 1987[citation needed]
  • Critics' Choice, Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast, 1987[citation needed]
  • Directions Out, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1987[23]
  • Magnetic North, Orchard Gallery, Derry and Impressions Gallery, York, 1987–88[24]
  • Selected Images – A Sense of Ireland, curated by Declan McGonagle and James Coleman, Riverside Studios, London and Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, 1988[25]
  • Victor Sloan: The Birches, Orpheus Gallery, Belfast, 1988[26]
  • Ulster Art in the 80s, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, 1988[27]
  • Victor Sloan: Walls, Orchard Gallery, Derry, 1989[28]
  • Sun Life Awards, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (now the National Media Museum), Bradford, 1989[citation needed]
  • Irish Art of the Eighties, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1990[29]
  • Heritage – Image and History, curated by Paul Wombel, City Art Gallery and Impressions Gallery, York; Cornerhouse, Manchester and Greenwich Citizens Gallery, London, 1990–91[citation needed]
  • Victor Sloan: Marking the North, Impressions Gallery, York and Cornerhouse, Manchester, 1990 – 92[30]
  • Victor Sloan: Force Fields, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany, as part of Kunst Europa, 1991[31]
  • Parable Island: Some Aspects of Recent Irish Art, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, 1991[citation needed]
  • The Long Summer Still to Come: Some Aspects of Recent Irish Photography, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, 1991[citation needed]
  • I-D Nationale, Portfolio Gallery and 369 Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1992[32]
  • Victor Sloan: Acts of Faith, Gallery of Photography, Dublin and touring UK, 1992–95[33]
  • Bradford Print Exhibition, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, 1993[citation needed]
  • Victor Sloan: Initials, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Poland, 1994[citation needed]
  • Cease-fire: Reflections of Conflict, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, 1994[citation needed]
  • Victor Sloan: Borne Sulinowo, Orchard Gallery, Derry, 1995[34]
  • The Lie of the Land, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris, France and touring Europe, 1995–98[35]
  • Victor Sloan: Poza Bornym Sulinowem, Baszty Czarownic, Slupsk, Poland, 1996[36]
  • Victor Sloan: Seek Me, Goteborg Konstmuseum, Hasselblad Centre, Gothenburg and Bildmuseet Umea, Umea Universitets Museum, Sweden, 1996–97[citation needed]
  • Zeitgenössische britische Fotografie, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Kunstamt Kreuzberg/Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. and Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1997–98[37]
  • Troubled: Photography, Film and Video from Northern Ireland, The Light Factory, Charlotte; Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh; Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US, 1998–1999[citation needed]
  • Victor Sloan: Stadium, Context Gallery, Derry; Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast; galerie + edition caoc/Walden Kunstausstellungen, Berlin and Gasteig München, Munich, Germany, 1998–99[38]
  • Victor Sloan: Selected Works, Medienzentrum, Bremen, Germany, 1999[citation needed]
  • Revealing Views: Images from Ireland, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London, 1999[39]
  • Troubled: An Exhibition of Irish Art, Pitshanger Manor Museum, London, 2000[citation needed]
  • Victor Sloan: Portadown, Orchard Gallery, Derry, 2000[citation needed]
  • Recent Work from Northern Ireland, curated by Wayne Bearwaldt, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada, 2001[40]
  • Victor Sloan: Selected Works 1980–2000, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, 2001[citation needed]
  • The Public Eye: 50 years of the Arts Council Collection, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, 2002[citation needed]
  • Revealed Treasures, Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, 2002[citation needed]
  • Political Works from the Arts Council Collection, Context Gallery, Derry, 2002[citation needed]
  • The Public Eye, City Art Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2003[citation needed]
  • Blue Skies, Grey Mists, Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, 2004[citation needed]
  • Open Secret, Imperial War Museum, London, 2004[citation needed]
  • Victor Sloan: Walk, Toskanische Saulenhalle, Augsburg, Germany, 2004[41]
  • Seeing Orange, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, 2005[42]
  • Beyond the Troubles: Kunst aus Irland, Raum5 Galerie, Berlin, Germany, 2005[citation needed]
  • Icons of the North: Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art, Socio-Political Art from 1969 -1994, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, 2006[43]
  • Northern Propositions: Art of the Troubles, An Gaileraí, Falcarragh, Donegal, 2006[citation needed]
  • Icons of the North: Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath, 2006[44]
  • Victor Sloan: Walk:, Théâtre Paris-Villette, Paris, France (Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin), 2006[45]
  • Things We May Have Missed, curated by Peter Richards, Golden thread Gallery, Switch Room, Belfast, 2007[46]
  • Victor Sloan: Luxus, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, 2007[47]
  • Victor Sloan: Walk:, Diversions Festival, Gallery of Photography, Dublin (Projection, Meeting House Square), 2007[48]
  • Victor Sloan: History, Locality, Allegiance, curated by Peter Richards, Golden Thread Gallery, Switch Room, Belfast, 2008[5]
  • Breakthrough, Imperial War Museum, London, 2008–2010[49]
  • Drawing a Line: A Contemporary Survey of Northern Irish Art, curated by Peter Richards, Museum of the Heilongjiang Daily, China, 2008[50]
  • A Shout in the Street: Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art, curated by Declan McGonagle, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, 2008[51]
  • An Eye for an Eye: Representations of Conflict in Ireland, curated by Dermot Keogh and Ruth Osborne, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, 2008/9[52]
  • Arts Council of Northern Ireland Troubles Archive Exhibition, curated by Feargal O'Malley and Liam Kelly, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, 2009[53]
  • The Northern Ireland Collection: Fresh Perspectives, curated by Zoë Lippett, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, England, 2009/10[54]
  • A View From Napoleon's Nose, curated by Brian Kennedy, Kao Yuan Arts Centre, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2010[55]
  • Elective Perspective, Galeria Arsenale, Białystok, Poland, 2010[56]
  • The Art of the Troubles, Mid Antrim Museum, Northern Ireland, 2010[57]
  • Victor Sloan: Walk, AllArtNow Gallery, Damascus, Syria, 2010[58]
  • Portrait of the North, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, England, 2010–2011[59]
  • Syrian Artists Talking, with Brian Kennedy, Naughton Gallery, Belfast, 2011[60]
  • Images: Victor Sloan, Art and Design Academy, LJMU, Look International Photography Festival, Liverpool, England, 2011[61]
  • Voices from the Levant, Context Gallery, Derry, with Brian Kennedy, 2011[62]
  • Nepotism+ 1, curated by Feargal O'Malley, Platform, Belfast, 2012[63]
  • Aleppo International Photography Festival, Aleppo, Syria, 2012[64]
  • Picturing Derry, the City Factory, Derry, Northern Ireland, as part of UK City of Culture, 2013[65]
  • Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography, the MAC and Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2013[66]
  • The Far Away Nearby, F E McWilliams Gallery & Studio, Banbridge, 2014[67]
  • Art in the Eastside, Billboard Project, Creative Exchange, various locations, Belfast (invited artist) 2013[68]
  • Art of the Troubles, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2014[69]
  • Voices Travel: A Conversation Between Two Harbours, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, 2014[70]
  • Craigavon New Town: 50 Years of Modernity, curated by PLACE, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, 2014[71]
  • Victor Sloan: Borne Sulinowo, The University Gallery, Belfast, 2014[72]
  • Victor Sloan: Drift, F E McWilliams Gallery and Studio, curated by Dr Riann Coulter and Feargal O'Malley, Banbridge, Northern Ireland, 2014[73]
  • Art of the Troubles, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, England, 2014-2015[74]
  • Victor Sloan: The Baron, Belfast Print Workshop Gallery, Belfast, 2015[75]
  • Victor Sloan: Before, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2017[9][10]
  • Conflicting Images: Photography during the Northern Irish Troubles. Ulster Museum, Belfast, 2017–2018.[69]
  • Aleppo, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland, 2017[76]
  • Crossing Lines, Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland and F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge, Northern Ireland 2018–19.[77]
  • Troubles Art, Nerve Visual Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland, 2019.[78]
  • Of people and walls – 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany, 2019–2020.[79]
  • Island Life, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, part of Bristol Photography Festival, 2021.[80]
  • Portrait of Northern Ireland: neither an elegy nor a manifesto, Centenary exhibition, Curated by Shan McAnena, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, 2021.[81]
  • Against The Image: Photography. Media. Manipulation, curated by Clare Gormley and Anna Liesching, Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, (Belfast Photo Festival), 2022.[82]
  • Images Are All We Have, The Paintwork's, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. PhotoIreland Festival, 2022.[83]
  • Victor Sloan: Beyond, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast, (Belfast International Arts Festival), 2023. [84]


"Route III (Lurgan)", silver gelatin print, toners and gouache.

Collections

Sloan's work is held in the following public collections:[85]

References

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