THE OVERLOAD PROJECT
Hello
I'm Nat
or The Overload Project
Photo credit: Toby Leighton
I am an audio-visual participatory artist working with creative technologies
to construct interactive, sensory objects and spaces that invite curiosity and play.
Intrigued by social interaction and the interplay between chance and control,
my practice delves into how physical computing ideas can be harnessed to facilitate accessible environments for human-tech-human co-creation.
Photo credit: Kezia Tan
Alongside studio practice, I support artists to use creative technologies and facilitate workshops exploring interactivity utilising physical computing ideas, with a particular focus in connecting with more female, non-binary and neurodiverse groups.
Additionally, I co-produce Young Artists in Suffolk, an arts platform centred around bringing together creative communities in Ipswich and surrounding areas. We aim to do this through; facilitating free creative space, sharing opportunities, fostering collaboration, highlighting artists and offering space to showcase their work.
CV
Education, work + awards
2024 - Present Associate artist Magic Acorns
2024 Young Creatives Bursary [YAIS] NNF
2024 - Present Associate artist Collusion
2023 - 2024 Trainee early years music facilitator Magic Acorns
2020 - Present Co-producer Young Artists in Suffolk
2022 - 2023 Asst. Technical Producer Collusion
2020 Alan Mohun Memorial Prize
2016 - 2020 BA Fine Art with Contemporary Cultural Theory [Industrial] (1st with honours) University of Leeds
2018 - 2019 Content Asst. East Street Arts
Freelance collaborations include Anglia Ruskin University, Collusion, DanceEast, Magic Acorns, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Ipswich Museums, Young Norfolk Arts, Out There Arts, Time and Tide Museum & Suffolk Libraries
Exhibitions, residencies + Projects
2025 Watershed Winter Residency Artist Residency Watershed / Pervasive Media Studio
2024 PlayTech [Lead Artist / Co-creator] Youth Music Energiser Fund Project Magic Acorns
2024 The Blank Page Project [workshop artist] Workshop series Suffolk Libraries
2024 The Summer Project Residency The Cut, Halesworth
2023 The Nest Residency Magic Acorns, Great Yarmouth
2022 LINKED Commission The Baths, Ipswich
2020 Simmer Virtual Degree Show
2018 Axis Group Exhibition Left Bank, Leeds
2018 Spectra II Group Exhibition Art Hostel, Leeds
2017 Spectra I Group Exhibition Art Hostel, Leeds
2017 Morphic Group Exhibition Lady Beck studios, Leeds
Young Artists in Suffolk Collaborations + Events
2024 Homegrown zine launch Zine launch CHIp Studios, Ipswich
2024 X Brighten the Corners Festival Punk zine inspired collaborative wall Ancient House, Ipswich
2024 X Led Creatives Found poetry workshop + creative networking Community Hub Ipswich
2024 X CHIp's 2nd Birthday Collaging belonging: places & spaces Community Hub Ipswich
2024 X CHIp Youth Council Unofficial Map of Ipswich
2024 X FLOCK Collaging belonging: places & spaces Old Jet, Rendlesham
2024 Young Creatives Bursary Norfolk & Norwich Festival funded
2023 X The Smokehouse Happy Kitschmas making space St. Stephen's Church, Ipswich
2023 X Brighten the Corners Chill-out Zine space Ancient House, Ipswich
2023 X Community Hub Ipswich Map it Out Stoke Bridge Workshops, Ipswich
2023 X Led Creatives Creative networking, industry panel + digital showcase King Street cinema, Ipswich
2022 X Suffolk Pride Collaborative Mural The Hold, Ipswich
2022 X Led Creatives Creative networking + young creatives showcase The Hive, Ipswich
2022 X The Smokehouse Zine workshop St. Stephen's Church, Ipswich
2022 X The Smokehouse Map of stories collaborative mural St. Stephen's Church, Ipswich
2022 X DanceEast youth takeover Collaborative sculpture DanceEast, Ipswich