Our People

Bianca Durrant has joined Experimenta as Managing Director, and brings 20 years’ experience in the arts sector to bear for the organisation. As an authentic leader with a focus on working collaboratively to achieve outcomes, Bianca has developed a professionalised approach to her leadership informed by leading small arts organisations, producing and curating the work of leading Australian and international artists and consulting across the sector in strategy, diversity initiatives and funding.

Holding masters qualifications in fine arts, and bringing a strong business acumen rounded by leadership training from Oxford, Bianca approaches the eco-system of the arts sector to look for ways to bring people and organisations together to deliver what is needed most – with great care for artists and a developmental approach for the sector. She has extensive experience creating teams both within and across sectors, involving government, industry, researchers and creatives, with a passion for using art as a platform to create community dialogue around critical global issues. Previous roles include General Manager, Liquid Architecture, where she secured inaugural organisational funding and diversification (gender) strategies for the Board, staff and programming; Gallery Manager for Faculty Gallery (now MADA Gallery) Monash University; and board roles in the visual arts with CAVES Inc. and KINGS ARI. Bianca is based between Naarm (Melbourne) and Bundjalung Country (Northern NSW). 

Lubi Thomas is an experienced digital and new media curator whose work has significantly contributed to the cultural landscape over the past 20 years through exhibitions, projects, festivals, and transdisciplinary programming.

She has developed cultural policy models for precincts, councils, and institutions, collaborating with global organisations like LEGO Education and Ars Electronica to establish spaces and opportunities for artists to develop and present work. With over forty exhibitions, many touring nationally and internationally, Lubi has extensive experience. Her focus lies at the intersection of Art, Technology, Science, and Society, enabling her to engage with contemporary practice addressing environmental and societal issues. Lubi’s adaptable approach has allowed her to successfully present projects in traditional galleries and unconventional spaces.

Her key tenet is that Art is a language of ideas, through which she aims to present contemporary Art that ignites emotional and intellectual responses within the broader community. Lubi works and consults locally, nationally, and internationally, including with Experimenta since 2013. Lubi is based in Quadamoka Country.

Jo commenced her accounting career with Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants (E&Y), after completing a Bachelor of Commerce at University of Melbourne.
After leaving E&Y to travel, Jo returned to Melbourne and worked in financial positions with a number of advertising agencies including George Patterson Bates. Jo then took up a role as Business and Finance Manager with art gallery and consultancy, Australian Art Resources (AAR). After returning from maternity leave, Jo managed AAR’s art rental business, The Art Trust, before joining the Experimenta team in 2006.