Julie Lomax Director of Visual Arts, Australia Council for the Arts

Current Arts Council England Visual Arts Director Julie Lomax has been appointed the equivalent role at the Australia Council for the Arts. Lomax is prominently known for her role as one of the commissioners of the Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth project which has seen to date such works as Marc Quinn’s Alison Lapper Pregnant, Anthony Gormley’s One and Other, and currently Yinka Shonibare’s Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle. Lomax originally trained as an artist, graduating from Chelsea School of Art in 1987, before pursuing a career in arts management.