Project Gallery | South Brisbane | 3 - 21 June 2026after
after is a research-informed exhibition by Rachel Dioso‑Villa, a criminologist and visual artist whose work over the past fifteen years has focused on wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice. Her research demonstrates that while wrongful conviction may be rare, it is not exceptional, but a recurring problem embedded within legal processes and institutional decision making.
The exhibition brings together three interconnected bodies of work: Data, Process, and Response, each engaging with the same research material from a different position.
The Data works translate academic research and case analysis into visual form, making visible the scale and systemic nature of error within the justice system. The Process works draw on journals, research notes, and working documents to reveal the labour of research and art making. The Response works attend to the emotional impact of sustained engagement with trial transcripts, court decisions, media reporting, and interviews with exonerees, their families, and advocates, bringing forward feelings that are often left out or unspoken in professional and research contexts.
