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.

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.’

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.

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.

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.

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.