Canada’s Most Stylish Thrifter🧚— @fashioncanada
Feeling all the good stuff all up in me! This is to all the brown boys who looks like me: you are powerful and capable of achieving great heights✨🫶🏽
Thank you to everyone who’s here now, the ones who’ve been here with me since day one, especially to my dearest friends and family. I can’t say enough to express my gratitude, I wouldn’t have gotten this far without you, thank you❤️
Read the full story on the link in bio :)
The amazing team:
Photography by @__by.molly__
Words @bernadettemorra
Makeup @makeupkacie
Photo assistant @beritjohnson
Location @memusestudio
FASHION’s April 2023 issue is on newsstands on March 27th🫶🏽❤️
#UnapologeticallyOurselves #fashioncanada #fashion #stylist #thrift #thrifting #yxe #saskatchewan #canada #thriftproud
27 Days until TUTUBÒ — my spring exhibition will be a synthesis of who I am in this moment, someone that is still growing. From fashion styling to design to sewing to drawing to painting… my visual art degree ultimately is to inform my practice and love for fashion. Talk soon #art #fashion #stylist
featured on @three.magazine ’s Rec Room as Artist and Fashion Icon — “What do some of the coolest Canadians find, well, cool?”
Thank you @katherineesingh for having me as part of this story, I’m deeply grateful🫶🏽 magazine is out on newsstands now, I got mine from @shoppersdrugmart :)
Shot by the talented @lilbuchichi@cherryfrnk — this was shot in my backyard with an iPhone… like that’s talent!! As always styling and makeup by moi, durrrr🥰
Thank you to everyone who has supported me on IG, for liking, commenting and sharing. All that support leads me to opportunities like this. This is my THIRD personal publication now, I’m in awe😭❤️
#fashion #canada #yxe #magazine #three #published #fashionicon #stylist #artist #style
Aldeneil Española Jr. is a queer, first-generation Canadian-Filipinx artist living and working on Treaty 6 Territory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts — Studio Arts (Honours) program at University of Saskatchewan. Aldeneil’s practice examines identity as a living, accumulative process that is shaped by the ongoing negotiations of place, gender, and time.
Aldeneil’s works are currently included in “Threads of Time: An Asian Heritage Month Exhibition” curated by Xiao Han, on view at Gordon Snelgrove Gallery from May 4 - May 22.
Please join us for a public closing reception on Thursday, May 21 from 5-8PM.
Curated by Xiao Han, Threads of Time—on view in Gordon Snelgrove Gallery from May 4 - 22, 2026—brings together six Saskatoon-based artists connected to the UofS whose practices span painting, sculpture, photography, textiles, and performance.
Through works shaped by cultural memory and everyday prairie life as Asian Canadians, the exhibition explores themes of life and death, otherworldly connections, and hidden languages across time and space.
Featuring MFA alumni and current MFA and BFA students, the exhibition highlights distinct visual languages rooted in heritage, identity, and contemporary experience.
Atrayee Basu | Aldeneil Española Jr. | Abraham Galman | Chen (Beni) Shen | Namya Jain | Qiming Sezava Sun
Please join us for a public reception Thursday, May 21 at 5:00PM
#asianheritagemonth #usask
twirling in something flowy is an underrated pleasure of life — aldeneil x @melaniemoniqueroseart for Meadows, thank you for letting me be a part of the magic of this land we call home. This dress Mel and I created is exactly like frolicking and twirling in a field. The fabric is botanical printed silk using plants from Saskatchewan! Happy Spring everyone! #fashion #art #botanical
We are currently preparing for the performance on the 26th.
We warmly invite you to bring your friends and family✨
The performance includes dance, music and ink art on live.
#saskatoon #asianheritagemonth
“Threads of Time” curated by @xiaohanart is now up @snelgrove.gallery for Asian Heritage Month. I am showcasing a collection of my works that explores the complications of place, time and identity. I’m honoured to share the space with such talented artists.
Open now the Snelgrove Gallery May 4- May 22, 2026. Join us for closing reception Thursday, May 21 5-8pm
Thank you @sezava_sun_art for the installation guidance and facilitation.
Featured works are as followed:
Slide 1: patuloy — mixed media, recycled magazines, thread
Slide 2 (left to right): “there’s no one way to go”, “dim sum by my kitchen window”, “today, i’m only passing by” — film photograph collage.
Slide 3: “modelo” — mixed media collage, personal makeup wipes
#art #mixedmedia #canada
Open today: “Threads of Time: An Asian Heritage Month Exhibition” curated by Xiao Han featuring works from Atrayee Basu, Aldeneil Española Jr., Abraham Galman, Chen (Beni) Shen, Namya Jain, and Qiming Sezava Sun.
The exhibition runs for three weeks, May 4 - May 22 at Gordon Snelgrove Gallery. Monday-Friday, 10am - 4pm.
Please join us for the Closing Reception on Thursday, May 21 from 5 - 8pm.
SASKATOON — We’re excited to bring Legendary Godmother Juju Louboutin to show you how to bring out your sensuality and teach what it means to walk Sex Siren at a Ball. Sign up is in the link in our bio🔥
Saskatoon — Thursday, May 28th Saskatoon Pole & Dance 3-401 46th St E Saskatoon, SK S7K 0W8
$5/workshop
🔥 Workshop #1: Sex Siren Pt 1 (90min) 19+
6pm-7:30pm
This workshop is all about capturing Sensual Energy.
Eye Contact & Facial Expressions: The non-verbal cues that build instant chemistry and magnetism.
Breathing: using your breath to convey desire and pace.
Intentional Walk & Stride: Transforming your basic walk into a mesmerizing, confident entrance.
Body Isolations: Fluid, controlled movements that draw the eye.
Floor Work & Transitions: Simple, sensual ways to move between levels and use your environment.
30 min. break
🔥Workshop #2: Sex Siren Pt 2(90min) 19+
8pm-9:30pm
This workshop is the breakdown of the sex siren category and Ball structure.
Category breakdown: catboy, women’s, fq, junior and senior
Charging up: how to command the space at the back of the runway
10’s: how to make a good first impression
Battles: learn how to stand out during a battle and create your own spotlight.
We want to thank @saskatoonpoleanddancestudio for hosting us with this special workshop. And thank you @edwardoalvaro@vibesyqr for the visuals.
#ballroom #sexsiren #yxe
Asian Heritage Month Collaborative Show “Currents”
4 local artists come together for a live performance inspired by water.
Rooted in Filipino, Japanese, and Chinese backgrounds, “Currents” explores the flow between cultures—like water dissolving boundaries, like ink leaving traces of stories.
There is an immersive experience with moments of audience participation.
Come experience the beauty where Asian aesthetics blend and transform.
🌊 May 26 (Tue)
⏳ Doors 6:30 PM
〰️ Performance 7:00 PM
🎙 Artist Talk 7:30 PM
◻ Free
Artists @respectfulchild@aldeneil@abrahams.portfolio@chikakoillustration
Supported by @pavedarts@aka_artist_run@bamsaskatoon@canada.council
As artists-in-residence at @aka_artist_run , @kyuubi_culture_ , and @bamsaskatoon , we come together for this collaboration.
#asianheritagemonth #collaboration
