Cherry Velour is the alias of artist Hana Noelle.

Hana is a queer Palestinian-American interdisciplinary artist based in Leeds, UK. Her work moves through the realms of BDSM, neurodivergence, and community care - using kink as a framework for creative inquiry into intimacy, identity, and power.

Working across performance, participatory ritual, and emotionally charged workshops, Hana creates spaces that are both raw and tender, where vulnerability becomes a site of transformation. Her practice is rooted in lived experience and shaped by over a decade of work as a kink educator, facilitator, and community organiser. She’s collaborated with grassroots collectives, experimental art spaces, and wellbeing initiatives across the UK and internationally.

From long-form collaborative workshops to kinky clowning, Hana’s work centres emotional intensity and co-created care. She is particularly interested in how pain, surrender, and play can be harnessed as tools for connection, resilience, and creative risk-taking.

Hana is currently seeking media coverage, reviews, and critical responses to her work in support of a Global Talent visa application - particularly from outlets, writers, or platforms engaged with queer culture, alternative performance, or emotionally radical art.

Thank you so much. Love, always.