The Visual.

Art That Speaks to the Senses

Our gallery, the Sensory Hall, invites you to engage with art beyond the visual — to see, to listen, and to feel.

Each exhibition is thoughtfully curated to highlight emerging local voices and is paired with the artist’s personal scent, allowing you to experience their work through multiple senses.

We believe every piece holds a story — not just in what you see, but in what you sense. By sharing the artist’s narrative and olfactory expression, we invite you into a deeper, more intimate connection with their work.

Art, not just seen — but sensed.

Currently On

TIMELINES

Artist: Edward Gajdel

Medium: BW archival pigment prints from 35mm BW film scans
Project Summary: Discovering the unconscious artist within.

  • Timelines is the presentation of two sequential frames as they appear on an uncut roll of 35mm film. Upon discovery they are scanned and printed as a diptych. I have not consciously set out to create diptychs and only become aware of them through the editing of my work.

    They are the result of years of personal photojournalism which for me was the antidote to the structured engagement of my commercial and editorial art practice. I afforded myself the freedom to be spontaneous and free of any constraints whatsoever. I always felt it to be my true artistic expression and the fuel that kept me passionate about my work.

    It has been only in the last few years that I’ve paid attention to the occurrence of these diptychs and started to actively search for them among my personal archives. In the process of editing I’ve come to re-experience my past but more importantly to recognize that there is a spirit present in this work that I’ve never been fully aware of and these images give that spirit a real voice.

    The spontaneous approach to creating this work reminds that it is beyond thinking and so much more about seeing with my heart.

    As I continue to discover these sequences and the insights they reveal I’ve come to the realization that I am building a portrait the unconscious.

  • edwardgajdel.com/timelines

Call for Artists

We’re looking for local emerging artists to be part of Ratelier’s Sensory Hall — our rotating gallery program that celebrates creative voices and visual storytelling.

If your work explores identity, emotion, memory, or sensory experience, we’d love to connect.

This is more than a gallery — it’s a collaborative space where scent, sight, and story come together to inspire our community.

Whether you're a painter, photographer, installation artist, or mixed media creator, we invite you to share your vision with us.

Submit your portfolio and tell us a bit about your work and process.
Let’s create something meaningful together.