Dal Schindell Gallery

Dal Schindell Gallery Sharing meaningful connections between art, theology, and the human condition since 1990.

Today is the closing day of the exhibition, Foreign Languages: Homages to the Misunderstood, at the . You’re invited t...
05/30/2026

Today is the closing day of the exhibition, Foreign Languages: Homages to the Misunderstood, at the . You’re invited to visit 10am - 2pm.

The Gallery will be temporarily closed for a filming project from 4:00pm-7:00pm on May 28 and May 29.
05/28/2026

The Gallery will be temporarily closed for a filming project from 4:00pm-7:00pm on May 28 and May 29.

Live writing in the gallery! You’re invited to see Brigitte work at 12-2pm on Tuesdays in May.
05/05/2026

Live writing in the gallery! You’re invited to see Brigitte work at 12-2pm on Tuesdays in May.

A perfect day to see the fascinating works on display by Our gallery is full of light on this beautiful day.
04/25/2026

A perfect day to see the fascinating works on display by
Our gallery is full of light on this beautiful day.

Detail from our current show:Foreign Languages: Homages to the MisunderstoodBrigitte Potter-MaelApril 8–May 30, 2026Arti...
04/24/2026

Detail from our current show:
Foreign Languages: Homages to the Misunderstood
Brigitte Potter-Mael
April 8–May 30, 2026

Artist Statement
Amongst the German Early Romantic poet-philosophers, the writings of Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843) have compelled and inspired me most over the past 25 years. Throughout his work, he focused on merging the Subjekt with the Objekt into a oneness, trying to eliminate the Zwist (separation) and unite the paradoxical concepts of concreteness and abstraction. He was a master of metaphorical language, putting pressure on the lexical and syntactical capacities of words, to the point of breaking traditional rules, gesturing toward what he referred to as a sprachlose Sprache, a speechless or unspeakable language. In dialogue with Hölderlin, this exhibition features a selection of works from three series made over the past 25 years.

Wednesday at 7pm, please join us! The artist will discuss her current exhibition which is on view in our gallery. This ...
04/13/2026

Wednesday at 7pm, please join us! The artist will discuss her current exhibition which is on view in our gallery.

This event is free, bring a friend along.

Wednesday April 15, 7pm

At the on the campus of

OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday, April 8, 4:00–8:00 pm Foreign Languages: Homages to the MisunderstoodBrigitte Potter-MaelA...
04/05/2026

OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday, April 8, 4:00–8:00 pm

Foreign Languages: Homages to the Misunderstood
Brigitte Potter-Mael

April 8–May 30, 2026

ARTIST TALK: Wednesday, April 15, 7:00–8:30 pm, Room 100

Spanning the past 25 years of Brigitte Potter-Mael’s art-making, this exhibition embarks on a series of retrospective reflections on some of her most vital works. Featuring several large-scale works on paper, Foreign Languages is an extended poetic meditation on the interrelatedness of language, botanical life, and human acts of translation.

We are between shows this week, but fortunately the trees have provided the art. See you next week Wednesday April 8, 4p...
04/01/2026

We are between shows this week, but fortunately the trees have provided the art. See you next week Wednesday April 8, 4pm to 8pm at the opening reception for

Only up for a few more days, please come and spend some time in the space .banks.art created with her powerful work. Clo...
03/24/2026

Only up for a few more days, please come and spend some time in the space .banks.art created with her powerful work. Closing March 28.
The One and the Unfathomable Many: A Lament for Gazabanks.art

Foreign Languages: Homages to the Misunderstood from artist Brigitte Potter-MaelApril 8 – May 30, 2026Opening Reception:...
03/17/2026

Foreign Languages: Homages to the Misunderstood from artist Brigitte Potter-Mael

April 8 – May 30, 2026

Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 8, 4–8 pm

Artist Talk: Wednesday, April 15, 7–8:30 pm

Brigitte Potter-Mael was born in the south of Germany in 1943 and immigrated to Canada in 1977. Her artistic practice includes drawing, papermaking, analogue printmaking, and installation art, guided by strong interests in botany, philosophy, and languages. Preliminary courses in weaving and ceramics at the Visual Arts Centre in Montreal led her to academic studies at Concordia University in 1979, where she earned a BFA in 1983. Many years of exploration included performative art, interdisciplinary collaborations, and community outreach projects, while creating works on paper remained closest to her practice throughout. In 1989–90, during a six-month residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Potter-Mael visited Vancouver and Victoria. Instantly enchanted by the lush and diverse flora of British Columbia, she left Montreal, and since then she has lived and worked in a culturally diverse art community on the unceded traditional territories of Vancouver’s Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. She continues to honour this fertile and welcoming land and its supportive community with gratitude.


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