We are thrilled to announce the representation of Krystle Silverfox at United Contemporary. Silverfox’s work explores Indigenous feminism, decolonialism, lived experience, and relationships to the land through sculpture, painting, photography, and beadwork. Born in Vancouver and now based in Whitehorse, she draws deeply from her Northern Tutchone culture and history. A member of Selkirk First Nation (Wolf Clan), Silverfox is an interdisciplinary visual artist whose practice engages diverse materials, methodologies, and symbols to create conceptually rigorous works. Her approach is informed by Indigenous feminism, transnationalism, activism, and embodied experience.
Krystle 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 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 at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Sante Fe NM (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.
Land, Embodied: An Interview with Krystle Silverfox
Read a recently released interview featuring Krystle Silverfox in conversation with Wahsontiio Cross, Associate Curator at the National Gallery of Canada. Silverfox discusses her work, including the above work Copper + Concrete, which was created for the 2022 Sobey Shortlist exhibition and is now held in the National Gallery of Canada’s collection.
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