Cian McLoughlin is one of Ireland's foremost contemporary artists. Writing in the cover story of the autumn 2014 issue of 'The Irish Arts Review', Brendan Rooney said of the artist that he is "invigorated by the uncertainty inherent in the creative process. Working without any prescribed vision, he embraces the challenges and impediments he encounters in his work and favours a method of engagement, detachment and re-engagement in the realization of his compositions."
Born in 1977, McLoughlin is an architecture graduate who went on to take a masters in film studies in UCD. He completed an MFA at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin in 2023. The following year, McLoughlin was artist-in-residence at the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, culminating in an exhibition in the Molesworth Gallery in November 2024. He currently holds an assisstant lecturer position in NCAD.