Krystle Silverfox | WIP (Winter in Progress)
Krystle Silverfox
WIP (Winter in Progress)
FOCUS GALLERY
September 5 - 27
Opening Reception: September 5, 5-7pm
“WIP” is an acronym for “Work in Progress” - often used by artists to label artworks or projects that are incomplete. WIP artworks usually focus on the process of creation – such as underpainting, blocking in colours, or rough outlines. In this series, WIP means Winter in Progress, - celebrating the process of winter with snowy Yukon landscape paintings and drawings. These artworks combine traditional landscape painting with colourful Northwest Coast formline design elements. WIP pays homage to the processes of art creation, snow days, and never really knowing when a painting is complete.
KRYSTLE SILVERFOX
Krystle Silverfox (b. 1984) is a Selkirk First Nation (Wolf Clan) interdisciplinary visual artist living and working on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and Ta’an Kwach’an Council (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). Inspired by a material- focused practice, Silverfox uses visual mediums to communicate ideas and tell stories. Silverfox’s work explores concepts of Indigenous futurism, feminism, activism, and de-colonialism.
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