Krystle Silverfox: Distant Relatives

We are proud to present Distant Relatives, the inaugural solo exhibition by Krystle Silverfox at United Contemporary. Featuring a new suite of beaded photographic works alongside select line-form paintings and a multimedia installation, the exhibition extends Silverfox’s multidisciplinary approach to practice and research. Her work is rooted in Indigenous feminism, transnationalism, decolonial thought, activism, and lived experience, weaving these frameworks into materially rich and conceptually resonant forms.

Krystle Silverfox is a member of Selkirk First Nation (Wolf Clan), and interdisciplinary visual artist. Silverfox currently lives and works in Whitehorse, Yukon. Silverfox holds both a BFA in Visual Art (2015); a BA in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice from UBC (2013); also an MFA in Interdisciplinary studies from Simon Fraser University (2019). 

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.