About/Biog

Nicola Triscott is a cultural producer and writer, specializing in the intersections between art, science, technology and society. She is the founder and Director of The Arts Catalyst, which she has built over 18 years into one of the UK’s most distinctive arts organizations, distinguished by ambitious artists’ commissions that engage with science, including notable projects by Tomas Saraceno, Stefan Gec, Aleksandra Mir, Otolith Group, and Critical Art Ensemble.

She has curated and co-curated many exhibitions and events, often partnering major galleries and museums, including Tate, ICA, Tramway, Natural History Museum and Roundhouse. She lectures and publishes internationally, and has edited several books, most recently ‘Arctic Geopolitics & Autonomy’ with Dr Michael Bravo. She co-chairs the International Astronautical Federation’s Committee on Cultural Utilization of Space, has addressed the United Nations’ Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, and was cultural consultant to the European Space Agency. From 2000, she organized – and participated in – several art and science parabolic flights with the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, Russia.

She has worked in theatre and arts production, venue management and cultural policy, holding senior positions including Acting Director of a London arts centre and International Initiatives Officer at Arts Council England. She studied physics at Imperial and geography at UCL and SOAS. In 2007, she was awarded a Clore Leadership Fellowship. From 2007-9 she was Visiting Researcher at London South Bank University.

Nicola is also the founder of Catalyst Rwanda, an initiative working with vulnerable young people and emerging artists in Rwanda. She has traveled widely in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Nicola Triscott is a cultural producer and writer, specializing in the intersections between art, science, technology and society. She is the founder and Director of The Arts Catalyst, one of the UK’s most distinctive arts organizations, distinguished by ambitious artists’ commissions that  engage with science. She has curated many exhibitions and events, and lectures and publishes internationally. In 2007, she was awarded a Clore Leadership Fellowship. From 2007-9 she was Visiting Researcher at London South Bank University. She is also the founder of Catalyst Rwanda, working with vulnerable young people and emerging artists in Rwanda.