ABOUT
ARTIST STATEMENT
Christian Sloan is a Northern Irish sculptor who creates objects from a potential future timeline where climate change or nuclear war materialises, a warning of a deadline that has already passed.
Our ancestors' archaeological legacy encompassed stone, wood, and clay, the structures and objects that lasted to our age. However, modern society's legacy will be concrete, metal, glass, and plastic.
The artist explores these materials using inspirations from architecture, pollution, and industry to create forms and compositions that immerse the viewer in a depiction of scale monumentality: how smaller objects can evoke emotions and the presence of larger structures.
He uses a minimalist style and repetition to create simple forms that oppose the busyness and chaos of modern technology and society today.
CURRICULUM VITAE
AWARDS
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RSA John Kincross Art Scholarship 2024
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Nominated- New Blood Art Emerging Art Prize 2024
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Selected- Astaire Art Prize 2024
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Winner- Northern Ireland College media awards (Animation) 2020
EXHIBITIONS
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RSA Annual show, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2024
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ECA Graduate show 2024
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What Next?, Salt Space Gallery, Glasgow 2024
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Pilot Exhibition, West Barns Arts, West barns, Scotland 2024
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Anatomy of a Museum (2), Anatomical Museum at The University of the Edinburgh, Edinburgh 2023
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Selected Artist, CALA homes Royal Blind School gallery event, 2022
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Gallery Society Summer Show, Edinburgh 2022