Rachael Haynes is a Lecturer in Visual Arts in the School of Creative Practice at QUT where she co-ordinates the 3rd year Open Studio program. Rachael completed her PhD, an exploration of the ethics of exhibition practice examining encounters between artworks and audiences in terms of difference, in 2009, with the support of an Australian Postgraduate Award for research. Her current research investigates feminist ethics, archives and activism through pedagogical, curatorial and collaborative strategies. Her work has been exhibited widely in independent spaces, most recently with solo exhibitions at Kuiper Projects (Brisbane, 2018), BUS Projects (Melbourne, 2017), Blindside Gallery (Melbourne, 2015), Seventh Gallery (Melbourne, 2015), Metro Arts (Brisbane, 2015) and FirstDraft (Sydney, 2014). Collaborative projects with LEVEL have been presented in Australia and internationally, including at ACCA (Melbourne, 2017), GOMA (Brisbane, 2014), the MCA (Sydney, 2013) and Performance Space (Sydney, 2012). Rachael has been actively involved with independent and artist-run activity since 2010 and has served on the Board of Directors for the Institute of Modern Art (IMA), was a founding member of the feminist collective LEVEL (2010-2018) and the Gallery Director of Boxcopy Contemporary Art Space (2012-2018).