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). Her artistic practice explores different materials, methodologies, and symbols to create conceptual works. Silverfox is inspired by Indigenous feminism, transnationalism, de-colonialism, activism, and lived experience.
Silverfox’s work has appeared in group exhibitions and collections across Canada. She was a shortlisted recipient of the 2022 Sobey Art Award in Canada and has participated in several residencies and artist initiatives including the 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. Silverfox held her first inaugural exhibtion In The Air with Macaulay + Co. Fine Art in the Spring of 2023.