Garry Loughlin

Garry Loughlin is a lens-based artist whose work interrogates power, territorial control, and the ways in which narratives are shaped and asserted. Through photography, writing, and archival material, he explores the intersection of history, myth, and geopolitics, questioning how authority is inscribed onto landscapes and collective memory. His practice is driven by a curiosity for micro-histories — seemingly peripheral events that, when examined, reveal deeper structures of influence and control. He often combines archival material with his own imagery, to create a fragmented aesthetic that reflects the complexities and contradictions of contested spaces. Brought up in the Republic of Ireland, he now lives in Bristol.