About

Rachel Morley is an artist and arts worker from the outer western suburbs of Narrm/Melbourne. Working across analogue photography, Super 8 film and photo collage, her practice explores place, memory and the ways power is embedded within the built environment. Drawing on her own experiences growing up in Melbourne's west, she examines how housing, urban planning and public infrastructure shape identity, while increasingly focusing on the role of family in transforming these everyday landscapes through acts of care, humour and remembrance.

Morley has presented work in galleries and public space, with projects appearing on rooftops, bridges and LED billboards embedded within suburban streets. She has held solo exhibitions at Next Wave (2026), the Wyndham Cultural Centre (2023), Analogue Academy (2022), and her photographic work 'Housing should not be for profit' was shortlisted for the 2023 Wyndham Art Prize. She is an alumna of Next Wave's 2024-24 Kickstart program.

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Art is not going to help this town, Next Wave, 7 - 21 Aug 2026

Sympoesis, Platform Arts, 17 Mar - 17 Apr 2025

Preconceived Interrogations - Memory, Trocadero Projects, 27 Feb - 29 Mar 2025

In the Deep West, West End Art Space, 10-31 Aug 2024

Laverton Market, The Annex, 20 Mar - 6 Apr 2024

Suburban Views, [AT HOME] Project, curated by Common Collective, 1 - 3 Dec 2023

Kingston Boulevard (solo), The Annex, 21 - 27 Aug 2023.

dream life (solo), Analogue Academy, 17 - 29 Sep, 2022.

PRIZES & RESIDENCIES

Next Wave Kickstart Residency, 2024-25

Wyndham Art Prize, shortlisted, 2023