Victor Sloan is one of  Ireland 's major visual artists. He was born in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone in  Northern Ireland . He lives and works in Portadown, Co.  Armagh . He studied at  Belfast  and  Leeds   Colleges  of Art. Victor Sloan is an influential artist and educator. He has developed an international reputation for creating powerful images, which display his prodigious versatility and inventiveness. He is known for his works commenting on various political, social and cultural aspects of  Northern Ireland . As well as working with the medium of photography, he also uses video, etching and screen-printing.