Rachel Dioso-Villa

With bold strokes and fluid gestures, Rachel’s paintings embrace colour and looseness, creating dynamic works filled with emotion and movement. Rachel Dioso-Villa is an emerging mixed-media visual artist and criminologist based in Meanjin/Brisbane. Her academic research focuses on miscarriages of justice, while her art explores themes of human resilience in the face of adversity and sparks discussions about social justice. Rachel’s artwork is characterised by loose, free-flowing lines that convey agency, multiple layers that conceal and reveal elements, and a bright and colourful palette that imbues her work with a sense of hope and optimism.