Breathing Spaces

Breathing Spaces is a two-person exhibition that examines the interplay of stillness and movement through the distinct yet complementary practices of Colleen Schindler and Grahame Lynch. Their process-oriented works highlight how art can serve as a repository for fleeting experiences and emotions, preserving them in tangible forms that resonate beyond the moment. 

Colleen Schindler
Schindler is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist whose work explores memory, place, and time through the integration of drawing, textile-based media, and photography. She has presented numerous solo exhibitions across Canada, participated in group exhibitions in Canada, Spain, Japan, and the United States, and held artist residencies at Relais de Camont and Atelier AiR in France and Ireland, as well as the Hammer & Sky residency in Nova Scotia. Schindler holds a Master of Fine Arts from Louisiana State University and is an Associate Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Grahame Lynch
Lynch is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is informed by lifelong visual disability. His work invites audiences to engage in ways that challenge visual and spatial perception while also reconsidering the emotional dimensions of sight. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and the United States, and has contributed to community arts initiatives connecting visual art and disability. Lynch has held artist residencies at Relais de Camont and Atelier AiR in France and Ireland, as well as the Hammer & Sky program in Nova Scotia. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Guelph and is an Associate Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Image credit: Left: Colleen Schindler, Of this I am sure - #2 (detail), 2024; charcoal and stitching on paper 

Right: Grahame Lynch, Lost Signals (detail), 2024; collage with oxidized cyanotypes, silver-gelatin prints, ink and graphite