Natasha Cox joins ESW as Curator for Research

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is delighted to welcome Natasha Cox as our new Curator for Research,
starting in mid March 2026.

Natasha Cox is an artist and organiser with extensive experience supporting artists and delivering
collaborative projects. She has worked beyond traditional galleries, actively participating in educational
spaces, residencies and festivals that prioritises peer-to-peer exchange and alternative educational
frameworks.

She has worked with Supernormal Festival for ten years, most recently as Co-Director, producing
expansive programming across installation, sculpture, performance and music. In 2024 and 2025 she
worked with Fusion Arts in Oxford on a multi-strand summer programme of workshops, publishing
projects and exhibitions. Since 2020 she has worked on several other residency programmes, including
as Residency Curator and Programme Manager for The Villa Lena Foundation in Italy, 2020 to 2022, and
as Residency Consultant and Curator for IZZA in Morocco, 2024 to present, as well as Artist
Development Curator for the Fellowship scheme with UK universities run by Freelands Foundation, 2023
to 2024.

As a practitioner, Cox is interested in analogue photography, collaborative learning, experimental film and writing. She is Co-Founder and Arts Editor of FIELDNOTES. Founded in 2020, FIELDNOTES is an annual print journal alongside a public programme of workshops, mentoring opportunities, radio broadcasts, screenings and readings. The project aims to promote and support non-conforming creative practices that pioneer new cultural forms as a test site for poetic innovation, a place for new voices and collaborations.

Cox’s understanding of artist-led, alternative and peer-to-peer models was shaped through her
experience with School of the Damned, a self-organised UK-wide alternative MA programme, which she
took part in between 2016 and 2018, following her BA in Drawing from Camberwell College of Arts,
London, 2009 to 2010.

“When I first encountered ESW, I was immediately struck by the scope of possibility within its shared
spaces, multi-layered programming, technical community and culture of exchange. Creating the
conditions in which artists can test ideas, be in dialogue with others and develop work over time has been
the driving force behind my practice as a curator and organiser. I look forward to working with ESW to
continue this reflective and collaborative way of working.”