Skylar Borgstrom

Skylar Borgstrom serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor within the Art + Design school at Northeastern University, where she operates as a Boston and New York-based artist investigating systemic structures through intersectional feminist frameworks.

Her academic foundation includes:

• M.F.A. in Studio Art from the State University of New York at Buffalo
• B.F.A. in Drawing (with Distinction) from Alberta University of the Arts
• B.A. in Political Science from the University of Calgary

Borgstrom's research examines resistance, disillusion, and emotional vulnerability within American societal systems, with current focus on violence as a political instrument and U.S. gun culture. Her international upbringing across Canada, Western Europe, and the Middle East informs her critical exploration of American political structures through multidisciplinary artistic practice spanning painting, drawing, sculpture, and textiles.

No documented scientific awards, student advising relationships, or grant funding activities were identified in available sources. Exhibition history includes presentations across Western Canada, New York State, and Boston, MA.