Julian Simmons (b.1971) is a UK-based photographer, composer, master-printmaker and contemporary artist. He is perhaps best-known for his collaborative work with his partner Sarah Lucas. His books, compositions and printed works have been show in a number of exhibitions worldwide, including Contemporary Fine Arts Galerie Gmbh, Berlin; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Gladstone Gallery, Brussels; and Paul Stolper, London.

Sarah Lucas (b. 1962, London) studied at the Working Men's College (1982-3), London College of Printing (1983-4), and Goldsmith's College (1984-7). She has exhibited internationally since coming to prominence in the 1990s with solo shows Penis Nailed to a Board, City Racing, London (1992) and The Whole Joke, Kingly Street, London (1992), followed by a presentation in 1993 at MoMA, New York. In 2005 a touring retrospective took place at Kunsthalle Zürich, Kunstverein Hamburg and Tate Liverpool. In addition to her recent retrospectives in China and the USA, major exhibitions in the last decade have included Sarah Lucas: Good Muse, Legion of Honor, San Francisco (2017); POWER IN WOMAN, Sir John Soane's Museum, London (2016, travelling to Humber Street Gallery, Hull in 2017); I SCREAM DADDIO, British Pavilion, 56th Venice International Art Biennale, Venice (2015); Tramway, Glasgow (2014); NOB + Gelatin, Secession, Vienna (2013); and SITUATION Absolute Beach Man Rubble, Whitechapel Gallery, London.