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 environments inviting curiosity and play.
Intrigued by social interaction and the interplay between chance and control, I like to explore how physical computing can be harnessed to create accessible spaces for
human–technology co-creation.
Driven by a belief in the power of play and collaboration, I aim to apply creative technologies as active co-facilitators in shaping authentic participatory experiences.
These experiences invite embodied interaction and explore connections
to ourselves, each other, and our surroundings
Photo credit: Kezia Tan
Alongside studio practice, I support artists to use creative technologies and facilitate workshops exploring interactivity utilising playful physical computing approaches, with a particular focus in connecting with neurodiverse groups, female and non-binary participants and those who may feel 'tech isn't for them'.
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
Organisation I have worked with include: Anglia Ruskin University, Collusion, IOU Creation Centre, DanceEast, Magic Acorns, SAW Trust, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Ipswich Museums, Frozen Light, Spill Festival, Tech Art Fest, Young Norfolk Arts, Suffolk Artlink, Out There Arts, Pervasive Media Studio, Peckham Digital, The Art Station, Arts University Bournemouth & Suffolk Libraries
Exhibitions, residencies + Projects
2026 IOU Artist in residence Residency IOU Creation Centre
2026 Ecotone [Sensory Studio] Installation Frozen Light
2026 The Microbe Zoo Festival Installation Norwich Science Festival
2025 Spark Artist [Light Up the North] Mentoring programme Light Up the North
2025 Peckham Digital [Meeting points II] Exhibition Copeland Gallery, Peckham
2025 Not Yet Invented 5 [Facilitator] Workshop series Arts University Bournemouth
2025 Your Eyedentitiy, Memory Mart Festival installation Boomtown Festival
2025 Little Beats artist [First Light Festival] Event Suffolk ArtLink 2025 Brave Art [workshop supporting artist] Workshop series Suffolk ArtLink
2025 Watershed Winter Residency Artist Residency Watershed / Pervasive Media Studio
2025 Sonic Shy [Exhibiting artist / workshop facilitator] Exhibition / Workshop Tech Art Fest
2025 SPILL Festival Winter Residency artist Residency SPILL Festival
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 [Take a Seat] 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
2026 X Brighten the Corners Spring Equinox workshop The Church, Ipswich
2025 X The Art Station Group Residency The Art Station, Saxmundham 2025 X Brighten the Corners [Paper Tracks] Workshop series / exhibition Ancient House, Ipswich
2024 X St Stephen's Church Community collage workshop The Church, Ipswich
2024 Homegrown zine launch Zine launch CHIp Studios, Ipswich
2024 X Brighten the Corners 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 Kitschmas making space The 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 The Church, Ipswich
2022 X The Smokehouse Map of stories collaborative mural The Church, Ipswich
2022 X DanceEast youth takeover Collaborative sculpture DanceEast, Ipswich