1972, Anaheim, California
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

BFA Kansas City Art Institute, 1994

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

2000, John Michael Kohler Arts Program

Leather Beach, Prince Deli (Daniel Reich Gallery), New York

Christian Holstad, The Terms of Endearment, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami

Beautiful Lies You Could Live in, Victoria Miro Gallery, London

Solo Exhibition, Galeria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy

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

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

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

Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

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

Greater New York, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York

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

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 Ôø‡ 19th, P.S. 122 Performance Space, NY

Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: Welcome Home, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NY

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

Zeek Sheck Collaboration, Knitting Factory, NY

M.I.M.E.: History Part One, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, NY

Slide Show, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI

Rejoice Collaboration with Scoli Acosta Rubulad - The Strip Show, Brooklyn, NY

¡Gringo!, La Panderia, Mexico City, Mexico

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

“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

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

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