Director/Curator
Mika Abbott
program@neutralground.sk.ca
Mika Abbott (she/her) is an emerging curator and lens-based artist residing on the traditional territories of Treaty Four. She holds a BFA with Distinction from the University of Regina (2020). Her practice is conceptually driven by themes of identity, place, and the nuanced relationships between intimate spaces and cultural values.
Active within Regina’s arts, culture, and heritage community, Abbott has held roles with Dunlop Art Gallery and served as Festival Curator and Coordinator with Nuit Blanche Regina. She has contributed to major digitization initiatives at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan. Encounters with archival imagery depicting prairie domestic life, have informed her ongoing interest in the domestic sphere as a site of care, rest, ritual, and devotion.
Abbott has received support for independent research and creation from SK Arts, the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative (CAP), and from the 2024–2025 CARFAC Foundational Mentorship Program under the guidance of Dr. Risa Horowitz. In 2026, she engaged in a summer artist residency at the University of Regina.
Gallery Assistant
Yvonne Niegas
admin@neutralground.sk.ca
Yvonne Niegas (she/they) is an emerging artist based in Regina, Saskatchewan, working primarily in printmaking.
Born and raised in the Philippines, their practice is rooted in the intricacies of human experience and connection, exploring themes of identity, belonging, and emotional resonance. At the core of their workis an interest in interpersonal connection, captured through moments of vulnerability, humanity, and quiet intimacy.
Yvonne received their BFA from the University of Regina and is currently pursuing a Post-Baccalaureate program in Visual Arts to further develop their practice. Alongside their studio work, Yvonne is actively engaged in community initiatives, volunteering in arts-based programs and mentoring youth through Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Summer Student
Myka Der
gallery@neutralground.sk.ca
Myka Der (she/her) is a Saskatchewan-born printmaker pursuing her BFA at Alberta University of the Arts and Concordia. Through her copper etchings, she explores the contradictions and nuances within Canada’s national identity. By contextualizing Canada’s present narratives within the nation’s colonial histories, Myka’s practice is grounded in a dialogue between national myth and current reality.
Neutral Ground Board of Directors
board@neutralground.sk.ca
Geremy Lague (Chair)
Colton Bates (Vice – Chair)
Miranda Derkson (Treasurer)
Gwen Elaine Singer (Secretary)
Audie Murray
Sheldon Brown
Sage Wosminity
Amin Malakootikhah
Savannah Downs