Nuit Blanche 2025 Artists
Qiming Sezava Sun
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
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
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
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.
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.
