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Born: 1972, Anaheim, California Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY Education: BFA Kansas City Art Institute, 1994
Collections: Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg Museum of Contemporary Art, LA Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami MCA, Chicago Astrup Fearnley Museeet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway Residency: 2000, John Michael Kohler Arts Program
Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2009 Christian Holstad Galleria Civica of Modena, Italy American Standard Victoria Miro Gallery, London 2008 I Know Why the Birdcage Sings Daniel Reich Gallery, New York 2007 Christian Holstad Galleria Massimo deCarlo, Milan 2006 Containers on the BeachArt Basel Miami Beach: Art Postitions Leather Beach, Prince Deli (Daniel Reich Gallery), New York
Christian Holstad, The Terms of Endearment, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami 2005 Beautiful Lies You Could Live in, Victoria Miro Gallery, London Christian Holstad, Galeria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
2004 Gaity; Discovering the Lost Art (in Absentia), curated by Beatrix Ruf, Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland Formalismus. Moderne Kuinst, huete, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior Kunstverein in Hamburg; 04/05 A Dark Room in Which to Stagger Sorrow, Whitney Biennial, NY Innocent Killers, Project Room, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center Queens, NY Moving Towards the Light, Daniel Reich Gallery, NY American Express, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan 2003 Sonnenaufgang (sunrise), Aurel Scheibler Gallery, Cologne, Germany Sonnenaufgang (sunset), Daniel Schmidt Gallery, Koln, Germany The Birth of Princess Middlefinger, Prague Biennial, Prague The Housekeepers, Daniel Reich Gallery @ the Scope Art NY '03, Dylan Hotel 2002 Life is a Gift, Daniel Reich Gallery, NY The Self Esteem Salon: The Baptism Series, jointly with Chris Verene Deitch Projects, NY & Faye Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA Gentle Heights presents Christian Holstad's Sand Day (in Absentia): A Show of Artifacts, Absentia Art Gallery, Williamsburg, NY 1997 How Art Thou, Chorus Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Selected Group Exhibitions and Performance: 2009 The Power of Paper, Saatchi Gallery, London Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London
Compilation IV, Kunsthalle , Dusseldorf Zur Sache (opening exhibition, Schmidt & Handrup, Cologne Light Chamber (Part 2, X-Initiative Foundation, New York Second Hand, (curated by Jasper Sharp) Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna Compass in Hand, Selections from the Judith Rothchild Collection, MOMA, New York 2008 Unmonumental (Inaugural Exhibition), New Museum, New York (i-mˆªrj¬…d), Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
Time Crevasse, Yokohama Triennale 3, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken Inaugural exhibition, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery (second space), Tokyo Art & Entrepeneurship, Credit Suisse, Chelsea Art Museum, New York The Dark Fair, Swiss Institute, New York The Otherside( curated by Billy Miller), The 58 Gallery, New Jersey Yours, Mine and Ours, University Gallery, Gallery of Essex, Colchester 2007 BloodBath & Beyond, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo Lyon Biennial of Art, Lyon
Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia Fit to Print, Gagosian Gallery Madison Avenue, New York 2006 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Thank You for the Music, Spruth Magers Lee, London, England
Panic Room - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, curated by Jeffrey Deitch and Kathy Grayson, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece Clarissa Dalrymple’s Exhibition of Young Artists to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Bortolami Dayan Gallery, New York 2005 Thank You for the Music, Spruth Magers Lee, Munich, Germany Greater New York, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
2004 Incantations, Metro Pictures, New York, NY The New Gothic: Art for the Tortured Soul, (with Olaf Breuning, Steven Klein, Pierre Molinier, Ewoud Van Rijn, Markus Selg, and Floria Sigismondi), Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, Sweden
Happy Days are Here Again, curated by Andre Schlechtriem, David Zwirner, New York, NY My People Were Fair..., curated by Bob Nickas, Team Gallery, NY Domestic Porn, Foksal Foundation Gallery, Warsaw, Poland Le Cabinet des Collages, D'Amelio Terras, NY California Earthquakes, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY Socle du Monde, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Germany Anima/Botanica, Branch New York, NY 04. Preview Collection, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan 2003 Today's Man, John Connelly Presents, NY Regarding Amy, Greene Naftali Gallery, NY
Now Playing, D'amelio Terras, NY Group Show, curated by Clarissa Dalrymple, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA Surreal Estate, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NY Group Show, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy Brewster 2003, Brewster, NY Karaoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York City Branch New York: First Biennial Group Show - Anima/Botanica, Branch Gallery, NY Costume and Set collaboration with Claude Wampler: stable (Stupidity Project Part 10), January 16th - 19th, P.S. 122 Performance Space, NY Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: Welcome Home, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NY 2002 Bathroom Group Show, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York City Two For the Road, with Delia R. Gonzalez + Gavin R. Russom, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NY
It's a Wild Party and We're Having a Great Time, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Coat Check, with Claude Wampler, Contact Studios, Brooklyn, NY Zeek Sheck Collaboration, Knitting Factory, NY 2001-2000 Gentle Heights, Manhattan Public Access Television, NY 2000 The Self Esteem Salon, for Cherie Nevers, Whitney Biennial, NY M.I.M.E.: History Part One, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NY
Slide Show, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI 1999 The Car ShowReported Injuries Art Space, Brooklyn, NY 1998 Fleshy Juggler Collaboration with Scoli Acosta and Hall of Fame, Brownies, New York, NY Rejoice Collaboration with Scoli Acosta Rubulad - The Strip Show, Brooklyn, NY
¡Gringo!, La Panderia, Mexico City, Mexico 1997 Beck and Al Hansen Benefit, Thread Waxing Space, NY New York Society of Fondness and Appreciation, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NY
Fancy Pantz School of Dance Collaboration with Alex Bag & Tom Borgese, Gramercy Art Fair, NY The Lucky Breeders Barbershop Quartet, The Cooler, NY Current - A Human Buffet Collaboration with Scoli Acosta, Here Arts Gallery, NY Cult of Claude Here Arts Gallery, NY “Home Shopping Channel,” for Chivas Clem's Fifth International, NY 1996 Sauna Hut Available, Chorus Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1995 Midwest Bound, Chorus Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Catalogues: Holstad, Christian. After 9.11, Sprout, Japan 2005 Holstad, Christian. Dignity (Pressed Flowers), Galerie Aurel Scheibler / Snoeck, 2004 Holstad, Christian, The terms of Endearment, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Holstad, Christian, upcoming monograph with Powerhouse Books, 2008 Bibliography: 2009 De Koff, Derek, “The Roof is On Fire,” Out.com, April Castets, Simon, “Christian Holstad” V Magazine online, March
Phybus, Michael, “Christian Holstad,” Plastique Magazine Vloet, Corine, Mr. Motely, March Kinsey, Cadence, “Christian Holstad,” Dazed and Confused, February Bombelli, Ilaria, “Primaries Underwear: Christian Holstad,” #16 2008 Weist, Nick. “All that Glitters,” Tokion, Vol2 No. 5 “Sloppy Craft: How Practice Makes Perfect,” Crafts, March/April
Dupois, Isabelle. “Collage: The Unmonumental Picture,” Flash Art, March/April. Smith, Roberta. “Collage: The Unmonumental Picture,” The New York Times: Art in Review, February 1. 2007 “Goldberg, Rosalee. “Performa: New Visual Art Performance”. 2006 Cattelan, Maurizio. “Christian Holstad,” Flash Art, November. Cotter, Holland. “Christiaqn Holstad,” The New York Times
Bollen, Christopher, “Christian Holstad,” Artforum Velasco, David ,“Christian Holstad,” artforum.com 2005 “Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium“. Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art. 2004 Johnson, Ken. “Incantations,” The New York Times: Art in Review, July 16 “Christian Holstad: Moving Toward the Light,” The Village Voice: Voice Choices, April7-13.
“Christian Holstad: Moving Toward the Light,” Time Out New York, March 18-25 “2004 Biennial Preview: Christian Holstad,” Time Out New York, March 4-11 “Biennial Favorites: Christian Holstad,” New York Magazine, March Saltz, Jerry. “Termite Theory,” The Village Voice, June 23-29 Tranberg, Dan. “Christian Holstad: Moving Toward the Light at Daniel Reich Gallery,” Art on Paper, May/June “Museums Collect Spring ’04: Christian Holstad,” Museums New York, Spring Westerbeke, Julia, “A room with a view,” Time Out New York, January 22-29 2003 Cohen, Michael. “The New Gothic: Scary Monsters and Super Creeps,” Flash Art, July/September Cotter, Holland, “By and About Men, and They’re Running With It,” The New York Times, August 8
Dzuverovic-Russell, Lina, “New York: Daniel Reich Gallery, Karaoke Death Machine,” Contemporary Magazine, July Fujimori, Manami. “Very New York,” BT Magazine (Japan), January Kerr, Merrily. “Satellite Spin-off: Standouts from the Alternative Art Fair Scene,” Flash Art, October Krebber, Michael. “Der Sonnengruss,” Texte zur Kunst, December Lafreniere, Steve. “Steve Lafreniere on Christian Holstad,” Artforum, January Lafreniere, Steve. “Unplugged,” Work: Art in Progress, October - December Levin, Kim. “Magnetic Living,” The Village Voice: Show World, December 10-16 Maida, Joseph. “Forward and Back,” The New York Times Magazine, October 5 Rimanelli, David. “Karaoke Death Machine at Daniel Reich,” Artforum, Summer Robinson, Walter. “Weekend Update,” artnet.com Saltz, Jerry. “Rays of Light,” The Village Voice, January 22-28 Smith, Roberta, “A Bread-Crumb Trail to Spirit of the Times,” The New York Times, January 17 Smith, Roberta. “A Grand Finale of Group Show Fireworks,” The New York Times, July Tischer, Benjamin. “Infect Others: Christian Holstad fights virtual reality with a human touch,” Gay City News, February 7-13 Tischer, Benjamin. “Dreams, Children & Self-Esteem: Three Emerging New York Artists,” Fine, Summer/Fall Velez, Pedro. “Art Fair Future: The Stray Show,” artnet.com, December Zapperi, Giovanna. “Sex & Space,” Flash Art (Italy), October/November “Christian Holstad: Fear Gives Courage Wings,” Time Out New York, November 27-December 4 “Christian Holstad/Nick Mauss and Shelby Hughes,” New York Magazine, December 8 “Pick: Nick Mauss & Shelby Hughes + Christian Holstad,” The Village Voice, December 3-9 2002 2002 Bollen, Christopher. “How to Deal at Home,” V Magazine, September/October Hensel, Laurie. Freedom Fighters, Bust Magazine
Holstad, Christian & Verene, Chris. “Welcome to a Course of Human Events...,” Self-Esteem Salon Baptism Series (brochure), Deitch Projects Mir, Aleksandra. “Happy Birthday,” (newspaper edition), Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NY & Greengrassi, London UK Sheets, Hilarie M. “Strange Comfort,” Artnews, September 1999 "M.I.M.E.," Open City, #9, Fall |