Cheli Nighttraveller

© Cheli Nighttraveller, Untitled, 2003. reminiSCENT. Photo Miklos Legrady.

Canada / Little Pine First Nation

Cheli Nighttraveller, born in Saskatoon, explores her identity as a person of mixed cultural heritage (Métis) through performance and video. She was active in Saskatchewan’s contemporary Aboriginal arts community before moving to Montreal in 2001. She has participated in artist residencies and performance festivals across Canada, including the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art (Toronto), Latitude 53’s VisualEyez Festival (Edmonton), Sâkêwêwak Artists’ Collective (Regina) and grunt Gallery (Vancouver).


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Artist Orange

Just as a performance artist uses their body as their medium, this is a fragrance composed entirely of the orange tree: fruit, leaves, bark, roots, and flowers. Artist Orange performs itself.

Top Notes

neroli, blood orange

Middle Notes

fresh orange juice, petit grain

Base Notes

orange twig, orange seed