PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Creative Arts Research Institute (CARI), Griffith University, QLD
Griffith Criminology Institute (GCI), Griffith University, QLD
Griffith University Innocence Project, Griffith University, QLD
RESIDENCIES
2025 International Institute of the Sociology of Law, Onati, Spain
Bio
Rachel Dioso Villa is a visual artist whose work explores the tensions and constraints within institutional systems. Working across drawing, painting, and installation, she creates research informed works that turn legal processes and complex ideas into physical and spatial forms.
Her practice is shaped by long-term engagement with questions of justice, which she approaches through material, repetition, and mark making rather than explanation. Her work focuses on what is often overlooked or left out of formal systems, including emotional strain, persistence, and the unseen labour involved in navigating institutional processes.
Her work has been exhibited across Queensland and interstate, with recognition in multiple national art prizes. Alongside her artistic practice, she is an Associate Professor at Griffith University, where her research on miscarriages of justice informs her work.
Artist CV
AWARDS
2026 Finalist, Fairholme Open Art Prize, Toowoomba
2025 Finalist, Revival Emerging Artist Prize, Revival Art & Design Gallery, Albion
2024 Highly Commended, Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi
2024 Finalist, Brisbane Rotary Art Show, Brisbane
2024 Finalist, Brunswick Street Gallery Small Works Art Award, Melbourne
2024 Finalist, Fairholme Open Art Prize, Toowoomba
2024 Finalist, Inverell Art Award, Inverell Art Gallery, Inverell
2024 Finalist, Ipswich Art Award, Ipswich City Council, Ipswich
2024 Finalist, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2024 Finalist, Petite Pieces Art Prize, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
2023 People’s Choice Award, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2023 Finalist, Foot Square Art Prize, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 “After”, Project Gallery | QCAD Galleries (3rd to 13th June 2026)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 “Body of Woman”, Field Trip Gallery, Brisbane
2025 “Grammar Art Show”, Toowoomba
2025 “Object D’Art”, Revival Art & Design Gallery, Albion
2025 “Tenfold”, Side Gallery, Brisbane
2025 “The Others”, B.Lowe Art Space, Hamilton
2025 “Tower Art Show”, Brisbane
2025 “Still Becoming” , ArtBid, Sydney
2024 “Aspects Art Show”, Goondiwindi
2024 “Blooms and Birds”, Stevens Street Gallery, Yandina
2024 “Botanicals”, Et Al Gallery, Sandgate
2024 “Brookfield Art Show”, Brookfield
2024 “Frame of Mind”, Superordinary, Hamilton
2024 “Grammar Art Show”, Toowoomba
2024 “Life in Colour”, Tyger Gallery, Yass
2024 “Little Feature”, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
2024 “Living in Another World”, Tyger Gallery, Yass
2024 “Mighty Small Exhibition”, Cascade Art Concept, Brisbane
2024 “More Eclectic”, B.Lowe Art Space, Hamilton
2024 “Paradise Gloss” , Side Gallery, Brisbane
2024 “Recovered Futures”, Richmond Fellowship, Brisbane
2024 “Secret Sitter”, Goodspace Gallery, Chippendale
2024 “Signature”, Et Al Gallery, Sandgate
2024 “Small Wonders”, Plant Empire, Brisbane
2024 “Tower Art Show”, Brisbane
2023 “Celestial”, Makeroom, Brisbane
2023 “Echo”, Side Gallery, Brisbane
2023 “Eclectic”, Olga Furman Studios, New Jersey
2023 “Embracing Diversity”, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane
2023 “Pocket Pieces”, Stevens Street Gallery, Yandina
2023 “Reflections”, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2023 “Solstice”, Aspire Gallery, Brisbane
2022 “Urban Sketchers Brisbane”, Latrobe Art Space, Brisbane
