Julianne Pierce

Julianne Pierce is an Australian new media artist, curator, art critic, writer, and arts manager/creative producer. She was a member of the groundbreaking group VNS Matrix. She went on to become a founding member of the Old Boys Network, another important cyberfeminist organisation.

She has served as executive director of the Australian Dance Theatre and was Chair of the Emerging and Experimental Arts Strategy Panel for the Australia Council. Pierce was executive director of the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) from 2000 to 2005, based in Adelaide, and was Executive Producer of Blast Theory from 2007 to 2012, based in Brighton in the UK.

Pierce has a long association with ISEA International as a contributor to the Symposium, member of the International Programming Committee and Chair of the ISEA International Board from 2001-2011.

She has worked with Adelaide Film Festival since 2022 as Manager and Lead Facilitator of AFF Expand Lab a collaborative development initiative where 30 Australian visual artists, video artists, filmmakers, writers, and XR and VR creatives come together to learn from each other, work with renowned mentors, and develop new moving image projects .