Cillian Johnson is a visual artist from Dublin, Ireland. He graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BA in History of Art and Architecture, with a focus on semiotics, art ecology, and technical imagery. He received a postgraduate certificate in Data Visualisation through the Creative Futures Academy in IADT.

His current work focuses on sensory data visualisation. The process aims to reconstruct a visual interpretation based on the audio data from urban and natural landscapes, GPS data, topographical data and more. These take the form of animated maps, graphs, soundscapes and 3D models.

This approach has been shaped by research in psychogeography and neuroarchitecture; attempting to understand the cognitive response to our natural and built environments paired with the more experimental and emotionally-reactive methodologies.

Johnson previously had curating and exhibiting roles with De Liceiras 18 in Porto, Portugal. This included working on “Itta / To East” for Beast International Film Festival 2024, and “10 and Beyond,” a retrospective exhibition of De Liceiras 18 as part of Circuitos ’24, a government initiative that aimed to strengthen familiarity between the public and Porto’s contemporary art world.

In November 2025, he completed a residency with SODAS2123 in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he presented a WIP example of this method in an artist talk at the Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts. He will continue his work in Lithuania with a residency in Uzupis Art Incubator in February/March 2026, and will participate in a group exhibition with Kaunas Artist House in April 2026.