Prof Julian Goddard

Julian Goddard is an artist, curator and academic with over 45 years of experience. He is Honorary Professor in the School of Art at RMIT where from 2015 – 2019 he was Dean. Prior to that he was Head, School of Design and Art at Curtin University. He served on the DDCA Executive (2015-19) and ACUADS Executive, (2006 –2016). Julian co-founded Praxis in Fremantle (later PICA, Perth) (1981 – 1989), the artist run space and studios The Beach (1986 – 1993), the Australian Centre for Concrete Art (2001 -) and The Bureau of Ideas (2003 -). He was also co-director of Goddard de Fiddes Gallery (1992 – 2012) exhibiting Australian and international artists in Australia and overseas. Julian has curated 150-plus exhibitions and has published widely on Australian, Aboriginal and Concrete art including books, chapters, articles, papers and catalogue essays as well as presenting numerous conference papers including international keynotes. Julian has exhibited films, paintings, installations, performances and photography since the mid-1970s.