Alfredo Cramerotti - currently senior director at QUAD, Centre of Art, Media and Film in Derby - has been named director of the Mostyn contemporary art gallery in Llandudno.
Cramerotti will take up the post in September to succeed Martin Barlow, who has overseen the major £5.1m redevelopment and expansion of the publicly-funded attraction.
"Our aim is simple: to make Mostyn the place to visit for contemporary art in Wales, and the place to watch closer if you are abroad," said Cramerotti.