Sandra Staples is a multidisciplinary artist. She completed her Master of Fine Arts in 2021, her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002. She is currently concentrating on Film and Media Production. In her short films, Sandra likes to include aspects of her visual arts background and her life. Her work is emotive and experimental, challenging her audiences to question their relationships with each other and nature. Her short films have been shown in France, Mexico, Canada, and the USA. Her visual art is in homes across Canada, with pieces in Scotland and China.

Emily Nestor (she/her) is an emerging artist and curator residing on Treaty 4 territory. Both artistically and curatorially, she is driven by an interest in the intersections of care and labour. This interest is derived largely from her upbringing in rural Saskatchewan. Through work that references Catholic traditionalism in the context of rural spaces, she challenges the gendered notions of the labour of caregivers through recontextualizing acts of care within a queer perspective.

Garrett Andrew Chong is a fourth-generation Chinese-Canadian. His artistic journey began with honours from Emily Carr. His evolution from visual communications to digital photography has consistently explored themes of light, from early black and white infrared film to capturing unseen light with HDR technology. His current works reflect a spiritual resonance with natural elements, shaping an illuminating narrative through the spectrum of climate art.

Jaymie Raefta was raised in Saskatchewan and grew up building forts, scribbling, doodling and dreaming up weird little imaginary worlds. They studied psychology and gender at the University of Saskatchewan where they began exploring these themes through animation and illustration. Today, they work as a graphic designer by day and continue scribbling and doodling by night.

Alexandra Thiesson is a visual artist based in Saskatoon, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. She is best known for her realist figure drawings, rich with complex patterns and vibrant colours. An advocate of art for art’s sake, Thiesson enjoys adding to the beauty of the everyday.

Factor Eight is a multi-disciplinary, award-winning artist known for his advocacy and exploration of mental health through music and visual media. Ana Solano is a highly innovative contemporary dance choreographer renowned for her emotionally gripping, award-winning work on stage. Together, they create powerful artistic pieces that seamlessly blend their distinct artistic voices in collaborations of music and movement. They are grateful to work with such talented dancers to bring the vision of ‘River Voices’ to life on Saskatoon’s beautiful Victoria Bridge, connecting with the local community and audience for Nuit Blanche 2025.

Barbara Reimer is a Canadian artist working in photo, installation, and sometimes sculpture and markmaking.

Analog Hermit is the architect of what he calls, "The Video Monster". Using this "Video Monster", the Analog Hermit creates video jams: a nostalgic, late-night channel surfing experience that pulls old footage from his VHS collection. Playing back 16 live feeds from VCRs, cameras, and retro computers, everything runs through analog tv switchers to keep that analog warmth. Along with glitch effects and scrambled transitions, you'e going to think you woke up from a fever dream watching satellite tv in the 90s. So, get ready to scrape the mental mucus from your brain.

Joseph Anderson was born in Edmonton, raised in southern Alberta, and currently lives in Saskatoon. He received his Master of Fine Arts at the University of Saskatchewan, a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge, and a Visual Communications diploma at Medicine Hat College. He has exhibited work in numerous group and solo shows. His work is in the collections of the University of Lethbridge, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Remai Modern, and Medicine Hat College. Joseph is happy to be showing his work for a third time at NBYXE.

Li Wan is an artist specializing in sculpture and public art. She has participated in numerous public art projects and residencies worldwide. Her works have been collected by galleries and institutions. She was a visiting artist at the University of Saskatchewan and held a solo exhibition at Gordon Snelgrove Gallery.

Karlie King’s artwork covers a broad range – from a functional line of pottery, to large-scale community projects, to street art. King’s artwork has been commissioned by the City of Regina and is also included in the SaskArts Permanent Art Collection, along with numerous solo and group exhibitions across the country. Much of King’s artwork focuses on repetition and concentric rings, as well as patterns and palettes of nature. Alongside her art practice, King is the Coordinator for SaskGalleries, a mother, has a passion for plants, astrology, and all things ‘woo.’

Jean-Sébastien Gauthier is a Saskatchewan-based artist working in sculpture, new media, and collaborative practices. Grounded in personal history and place, his work explores memory, technology, and shared authorship. He engages with materials, processes, and people to question how meaning is made through art, conversation, and care.

E. M. Alysse Bowd holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the AUArts in Calgary, and an Master in Fine Arts from NSCAD University in Halifax. Her creative practice navigates object-making, drawing and live art with a thematic focus on female perfectionism, self-care and motherhood mythologies. Her work finds the beauty and complexity held in the contradictions of being human. Through her work, she often seeks a balance between wildness and domesticity, playfulness and repose, while glimpsing the absurdity within the everyday.

Cheryl L’Hirondelle (self-described "Cree/Halfbreed; German/Polish") is an interdisciplinary artist and singer/songwriter with family roots from Treaty 6 - Papaschase FN/amiskwaciy wāskahikan and Kikino Metis Settlement, AB. Her art practice investigates and articulates dynamism inherent in nēhiyaw itapisinowin (Cree worldview) in contemporary time-place, and creates immersive environments and participatory engagement towards radical inclusion and decolonization. Her songwriting focuses on nēhiyawēwin and Indigenous soundshapes, contemporary songforms and personal narrative songwriting as methodologies toward survivance. Cheryl has performed, presented and exhibited nationally and internationally and she was a recipient of the 2021 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Art.

HYPERART is an artist collective led by Franco-Manitoban artist and producer Rayannah and media artist Stephanie Kuse. Since its inception in 2022, HYPERART has worked to curate, produce and present multidisciplinary performances, installations and residencies. Their annual HYPERART event, a micro-festival taking place during Nuit Blanche Winnipeg, brings together music, visual art, digital art, drag, and movement in the heart of Saint-Boniface.

Abraham Galman is an Interdisciplinary artist and sesigner based in Saskatoon. As a queer Filipino-Canadian, he aims to keep traditional Filipino culture and queer culture at the forefront of his artistic practice. Currently finishing his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design in Drama at the University of Saskatchewan, his background in set and costume design are the building blocks of his artistic practice.

Qiming Sezava Sun is a Canadian visual artist and a practicing witch based in Saskatoon on Treaty 6 territory. Working cross-disciplinarily through painting, drawing, sculpture, land art installation, performance art, and jewelry crafting, Sun’s work draws inspiration from nature, animalistic paganism, and queer symbolism. Sun’s practices explore the intrinsic connection between the human body and Mother Nature, navigate the enigmatic and often misunderstood traditions of occult origins, and create theatrical compositions to visually narrate those forgotten mythos of dark intrigues. Sun received his Master of Fine Art and High Honours Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Saskatchewan.

Breanne Bandur is an emerging visual artist currently based in Saskatoon. Born in Simcoe, Ontario, Breanne earned a Diploma in Fine Arts from Dawson College, a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University, and an Master of Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan. She creates large-scale, gestural, abstract drawings that engage in the complexities of formal visual art language, as well as a wide range of material exploration.

Jane Reväe McWhirter is a multidisciplinary artist from Treaty 6 territory. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts from Concordia University in Montréal. Jane uses art as an outlet, exploring various mediums while channelling emotion into her work. Her work explores themes of healing, vulnerability, connection, playfulness, and growth.

Naaz Sedaghatkerdar is an interdisciplinary artist , pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Saskatchewan. Her work explores themes of identity, belonging, displacement, dislocation and the immigrant experience, drawing on her personal journey from Iran to Canada. Through visual art, performance, and storytelling, Naaz weaves together a tapestry of her experience.