
Nuit Blanche 2025 Artists
Junli Zhou & Xiaoman Hu
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
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
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.