Krystle Silverfox

Krystle Silverfox is a member of Selkirk First Nation (Wolf Clan), and interdisciplinary visual artist. Silverfox currently lives and works in Whitehorse, Yukon. and holds a BFA in Visual Art (2015); a BA in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice from UBC (2013); and an MFA in Interdisciplinary studies from Simon Fraser University (2019). Her artistic practice explores different materials, methodologies, and symbols to create conceptual works. Silverfox is inspired by Indigenous feminism, trans-nationalism, de-colonialism, activism, and lived experience.

Silverfox’s work has appeared in group exhibitions across Canada, including the Audain Art Gallery, Vancouver, National Gallery of Canada, and The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, and the artist was a shortlisted recipient of the 2022 Sobey Art Award. She has participated in several residencies and artist initiatives including the Residency Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Sante Fe NM (2023), Sobey Art Award exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada (2023), the Arctic Summit, Shakaat Artist Residency Program hosted by the Kwalin Dün Cultural Centre in Whitehorse, YT; the AGO X RBC Emerging Artists Exchange; and the Banff Centre’s Emerging Visual Artist Intensive.