Thursday, December 6, 2018 – 09:45Since she established the organisation in 1994, Nicola has built Arts Catalyst into one of the UK\u2019s most distinctive contemporary arts organisations, pioneering a model for transdisciplinary collective inquiry that has come to underpin Arts Catalyst\u2019s ethos and methodology for working with artists.\u00a0Renowned internationally as an innovator and leader in the field of art, science and technology, under Nicola\u2019s visionary leadership, Arts Catalyst has commissioned over 160 new artists\u2019 projects and produced more than 70 exhibitions, collaborating with major arts, science and academic organisations in the UK and internationally – from Tate to the European Space Agency. Ambitious and often spectacular, notable projects have included works by Tom\u00e1s Saraceno, Otolith Group, Aleksandra Mir, Jan Fabre, Helen Chadwick, Donald Rodney, Carey Young, Ashok Sukumaran, Marko Peljhan, and Critical Art Ensemble, among many others.\u00a0Nicola joins FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), the UK\u2019s pre-eminent media arts centre, based in Liverpool, to lead the organisation into its next phase, building on its history of supporting, producing and presenting world-class art that embraces and explores creative media and digital technology.\u00a0Nicola will leave Arts Catalyst in Spring 2019. Plans for recruiting a new Artistic Director, who will work alongside the current Executive Director, Claudia Lastra, to take the organisation forward, will be announced soon.\u00a0Nicola Triscott said: \u201cI can\u2019t think of another job to which I would rather move from Arts Catalyst than that of Chief Executive of FACT, Liverpool. It is an organisation that I deeply admire, with an international reputation for championing and supporting art, media and creative technology. After nearly 25 years at Arts Catalyst, I am excited to take my knowledge and enthusiasm for art, science and technology to FACT and to contribute to Liverpool\u2019s thriving art scene and cultural ecology. There is never a perfect time to leave an organisation, and especially one with which I am so deeply connected, but I am completely confident that Arts Catalyst\u2019s exceptional staff team and board will ensure a dynamic future for the organisation.\u201d\u00a0Elizabeth Lynch, Arts Catalyst Chair said: \u201cUnder Nicola\u2019s direction, Arts Catalyst has played a leading role in developing critical thinking, artistic practice, and research around transdisciplinary work across art, science and technology. The Board is immensely proud of her achievements with us and delighted that she will lead FACT, an organisation with whom Arts Catalyst already has a valued relationship. The Arts Catalyst team is well-positioned to deliver a compelling 2019 programme under Executive Director Claudia Lastra and Programme Curator Anna Santomauro, who have been pivotal in establishing the organisation\u2019s national and international programme following the move to its new King\u2019s Cross centre in 2016. True to the spirit of the organisational culture that Nicola has fostered, Arts Catalyst looks forward to change and we are excited by the opportunity to look for fresh creative leadership.\u201d\u00a0FACT Chair, Rachel Higham, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have found in Nicola, such an accomplished and visionary CEO and Artistic Director with a strong history of building innovative partnerships.\u00a0 Nicola is a respected scholar who has conducted outstanding creative and innovative research in the field of interdisciplinary art and science studies and practice. The Board and Senior Management team are looking forward to working with Nicola to lay out a new future for FACT that critically evaluates and responds to the changing artistic, social, scientific, political and economic landscape. Under Nicola\u2019s leadership, I am confident FACT will grow into playing an even stronger national and international role in influencing thinking, artistic practice and models for transdisciplinary work across art, science and technology.\u201d\u00a0Looking forward to 2019, the organisation\u2019s 25th year, Arts Catalyst\u2019s programme includes a major new commission Genetic Automata by Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, Arts Catalyst\u2019s ongoing Test Sites programme – a series of collective inquiries into matters of concern relating to environmental issues in West Yorkshire, London and Poole, and a cross-institutional season of work, The Destruction of Capitalism in 5 Acts, examining the current state of extractive politics and economics.\u00a0Read the full press release here.\u00a0For interview requests, images and further information contact:Poppy CockburnCommunications Officerpoppy.cockburn@artscatalyst.org \/ T: 020 7278 8373\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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