
Nuit Blanche 2024 Artists
Cat C. Haines
Cat C. Haines describes herself as "an academic/artist/activist weirdo", and a filmmaker on Treaty 4 territory in Regina. Haines was the 2024 City of Regina Neil Balkwill Artist in Residence, where she produced All We Have, an experimental Super 8 documentary exploring trans people’s connection to place. In the summer of 2024, Haines curated TOWARDS LIBERATION at Bridges Art Movement in Saskatoon, featuring trans women artists across Saskatchewan. Haines received an Master of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies from the University of Regina in 2021, and in 2022 published Trans Feminist Self Help Zine: Volume 0 with Gravitron.
Genesis 19:39
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
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 & 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.
kelsey philipchuk
Kelsey Philipchuk is a hobbyist and emerging artist. Her work explores various mediums, but mostly textile and quilted art. She works as a registered nurse. She is a settler person from Treaty 4, now living in Treaty 6 territory.
Jill Bogan
Jillian Bogan is an artist based on Treaty 6 territory in Saskatoon. Her work explores the intersection of painting, textiles and sculpture, using materials to create layered compositions that reflect personal narratives and the tension between the seen and unseen. Through techniques like pleating, soak staining, and string art, she experiments with form and textiles.