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.

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.

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.

Genesis 19:39 is a multidisciplinary collective formed in 2024 by Saskatchewan international artists Lautaro Reyes and Alejandro Romero. With a social justice lens the collective focus on art installations with performance components to reinterpret, reimagine and recreate history, to claim a space to generate conversations about contemporary issues. Priscila Cabildo, an emerging artist, joined the collective as a guest artist for the current project.

Greg Orrē (pronounced “greg-ory”) is a Saskatoon-based multidisciplinary artist blending music, poetry, and painting into emotionally immersive experiences. His work explores thought, nature, and identity through experimental pop, spoken word, and visual storytelling. In 2025, he released a new album, two poetry books (love swells, I Am Still In It), and reunited with his band, Too Soon Monsoon. His longform project I Am In It (2018–2025) includes albums, books, visual art, and a children’s story. A nominee for Pop Artist of the Year at the Saskatchewan Music Awards, Greg also hosts The Third Space poetry open mic at Art Bar.

Junli Zhou is a paper-cutting artist. Her major is literature and art theory. She visited many excellent paper-cutting artists and has spent a long time learning traditional Chinese paper-cutting art. She has been actively involved in Saskatoon's art community, and is committed to spreading traditional paper-cutting art.
Xiaoman Hu is an artist and newcomer from Beijing, China. She advocates for bringing art back to the lives of everyday people. In the past, she organized various art activities for women and families in her community. This is her way that make the world more beautiful.

Melanie Lazelle is a creator of temporary public art installations and immersive experiences. She also works as an event producer. She loves creating moments of wonder and enjoyment for communities while also sharing important messages about our world. From a memorial to lost species, illuminated enchanted forests, giant inflatable creatures, stories under the ocean, to a giant world of changing weather, her creations integrate splashes of light and colour, thoughtful moments of learning, and stories of our environment.

Jaye Kovach is a multimedia and performance artist who lives as a white Magyar/Scots settler on Treaty 6 (currently in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan). Her work, which has received local and national attention, often engages their queer and trans community, taking as its starting point his positionality as a disabled and neurodivergent, butch trans woman.