Multi platform makers of rare ambition and invention -The Guardian
Invisible Flock is led by artists Victoria Pratt and Ben Eaton and was founded in 2009. Our practice fuses technology and natural materials collaborating with environments and communities to form layered understandings of place.
We place artworks in nature, in galleries and museums, in digital and public spaces, in print and out at sea.
We work across sectors to have a creative impact on ecology, politics, health and society.
Our work has been exhibited at Wellcome Collection, Brighton Festival, COP27 and COP28 with the World Health Organisation, Karachi Biennale, British Library, FACT Liverpool, The Sage Gateshead, Qatar Museums, Victoria & Albert Museum, Vooruit Ghent, Saint Sauveur Lille and MIMA amongst many others.
In 2021 Invisible Flock received the Wellcome Trust Hub Award to lead Land Body Ecologies (LBE). Land Body Ecologies is a global collective of artists, expert communities, researchers, Indigenous leaders, designers, conservationists, technologists and activists together exploring the deep connections between mental health and ecosystem health.
Recent works
The Sleeping Tree Immersive sound installation, Sumatra/UK (Brighton Festival)
Microtonal Sculptural sound installation, winner of the Karachi Biennale Jury Prize for 2022 (Karachi Biennale)
The Health Pavilion Design and curation at COP27, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 2022 and COP28, Dubai, UEA (World Health Organisation)
Land Body Ecologies Festival London, 2023 (Wellcome Collection)
This is a Forest Exhibition, Leeds, 2023 (LEEDS 2023)
Victoria and Ben in the studio 2025
Victoria developing Voyage in the studio 2025
Core team
Victoria Pratt
Artist x Creative Director
Victoria is an artist who works across disciplines. She is Co-founder and Creative Director of Invisible Flock. She is passionate about understanding the complexities of human/nature relationships, how humans live in our present climate, and how creative practice might allow us to re-imagine our realities and our relationship to the landscapes that hold them.
Ben Eaton
Artist x Technical Director
Ben is an artist and the Technical Director of Invisible Flock. He co-founded the studio and has been a creative and artistic lead on all of its outputs. His practice generally seeks to employ the use of technology in ways that allow a critical capture or perception of the natural world around us in order to highlight stories and relations in the landscapes in which he works. He has a particular focus on sound.
Catherine Baxendale
Executive Director
Catherine Baxendale is Invisible Flock’s Executive Director; a wide ranging role that spans strategy, development, operations and production. Catherine has worked in the cultural industry for over 19 years, 13 years as part of Invisible Flock. She is grounded by the ability for cultural experiences to facilitate and impact meaningful connections with the geographies we inhabit.
Amy Balderston
General Manager
Amy Balderston is the General Manager for Invisible Flock. Her role is multifaceted; supporting logistics, communications and care across the global projects and collaborators. She’s also an illustrator and homeware designer from her studio in Yorkshire.
Ralph Shuttleworth
Fabricator and Studio Technician
Ralph is Invisible Flock's Fabricator and Studio Technician. Ralph is also a sculptor and process-led designer. Since graduating in 2021, Ralph has run his own sculpture and design studio in Yorkshire, and from Spring 2023 he joined Invisible Flock to work on making installation pieces and exhibition furniture. Ralph’s interest in using local resources and sustainability is evident in his own practice where he uses renewable and recycled materials, with low waste processes.
Jessica Sim
Research Officer
Jessica Sim is the Research Officer for Invisible Flock, having first joined the team to work on Land Body Ecologies. Her work centres around creative climate communication. Jess previously worked as a curator and co-founded two community art spaces in Istanbul.
