About
Rachel Morley is an artist and arts worker based in Narrm/Melbourne.
Through analogue photography and photo-collage, her practice explores relationships to place and the construction of memory. Drawing on her experiences growing up, her past photographic works reflect on how power and inequality is created both within housing and through urban planning in Melbourne’s outer western suburbs. She is currently researching how familial relationships, behaviours and identities are shaped by suburban environments and infrastructure.
Rachel has presented works in public spaces; hanging from rooftops, pasted onto bridges, and beamed from an LED light screen installed above a house. She has held solo gallery exhibitions at Analogue Academy (2022) and The Annex (2023), and her work 'Housing should not be for profit' was shortlisted for the 2023 Wyndham Art Prize. Rachel is currently undertaking a residency as part of Next Wave's 2024-25 Kickstart program.
CV
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Kingston Boulevard (solo), The Annex, Werribee, 21-27 August 2023.
dream life (solo), Analogue Academy, Geelong, 17-29 Sep, 2022.
MOVIE (curated), Trocadero Art Space, Footscray, 15 May - 01 Jun, 2019.
Efflorescence (group), The Artists Guild, Docklands, 11-25 Jan, 2019.
Interiorities (group), The Artists Guild, Docklands, 30 Aug - 20 Sep, 2018.
QUEER. HERE. (group), The Old Bar Gallery, Fitzroy, 13-22 July, 2018.
9x5 Exhibition (group), Collingwood Gallery, 13-26 July, 2018.
Erasing Stigma (group), The Old Bar Gallery, Fitzroy, 20-27 May, 2018.
GRANTS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS & OTHER PROJECTS
Creative Development Grant, funded by Wyndham City Council, Jan-June 2023.
Hyper-local forums (online lecture), Platform LAB, Oct 2021.
Exhale (public art installation), MPavilion, Mar 2021.
Collecting & Collage Workshop (online), Platform Arts, Sep 2020.
Angel Exchange, initiated by Zara Sully through Bus Projects, 2020.
Cover artwork, Antithesis Journal Vol 28: Binary, Oct 2018.
EMPLOYMENT
Digital Communications Coordinator, Platform Arts, Feb 2020 - present.
Research Assistant, Public Art Commission, Aug 2021 - present.
Producer, Workshops & Storyfest, Platform Arts, Jan 2021 - May 2021.
Social Media Coordinator, Trocadero Art Space, Jan 2019 - Sep 2021.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, The University of Melbourne, 2015-2018.
→ Majors Art History & French