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Born in Montreal, Canada; currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Born in Montreal, Canada; currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

photo by Alp Klanten, 2016

Selected Solo Shows

2019 The Faggots and the Dance
curated by Jason St Laurent as a special project for Sex Life, SAW Gallery, Ottawa.
2018 Excerpts From the Faggots
Queer Anarchiv, Split.
2015 A Berlin Diary
Schmidt & Handrup, Berlin.
2013 ARCANA
Archive Kabitt, Berlin, Germany.
2011 GV and the Glorious Bird
Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives, Toronto.
Excerpts from the Lurking Drawings
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough. ON (curated by Carla Garnet).
2009 Opera for Drella
Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY.
2007 Wish You Were Here
Paul Petro Multiples and Small Works, Toronto.
2006 Idiot Sketches
Lennox Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto.

Selected Group Shows

2023 Maureen Paley Gallery
Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2022 The Venusians
curated by Elijah Burgher and carrick bell, Come Again!, Berlin
Queering the Narrative
curated by Maurice Funken, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen.
Hiatus (with Matthias Herrman)
Galerie Steinek, Vienna.
2021 Any Distance Between Us
curated by Stephen Truax, RISD Museum, Providence.
2020 Intimacy: Queer Art from Berlin and Beyond
curated by Peter Rehberg and Apostolis Lampropoulos, Schwules Museum, Berlin.
Empirical Nonsense Daily
Empirical Nonsense (online exhibition).
2019 Sex Life
Curated by Jason St Laurent, SAW Gallery, Ottawa.
Them
Curated by Donald Ryan, Perrotin Gallery, New York.
2018 A Strong Desire
PS120, Berlin.
Intimacy
curated by Stephen Truax, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York.
AA Bronson’s Garten der Lüste
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin.
2017 Odarodle – An Imaginary their_story of naturepeoples, 1535-2017
curated by Ashkan Sepahvand, The Schwules* Museum, Berlin.
From the Archives to Hot-Off-the-Press
Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto.
“_____”
curated by Gabriel Maher, Roberto Perez Gayo and Carly Rose Bedford, Onomatopee, Eindhoven.
Unseen Art Fair
with Dead Darlings, Amsterdam.
The Nothing That Is
curated by Bill Thelen, The Carnegie, Covington, KY.
2016 Maureen Paley Gallery
as part of AA Bronson’s Queer Vitrines installation, Frieze London, London.
Schmidt & Handrup
NADA Art Fair, New York.
2014 A Matter Theatre
curated by Katrin Klingan, Ashkan Sepahvand, Christoph Rosol and Janek Müller, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.
Symposium
curated by Natasha Ginwala, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (performance for the Berlin Biennale), Berlin.
2013 In the Image of
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto.
2012 Berlin/Toronto
Zweigstelle Gallery, Berlin.
2011 Go Figure
MKG127, Toronto.
2009 New Work (w/Will Munro & Stephen Andrews)
Paul Petro Special Projects, Toronto.
Old School
Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY.
Postcards from Toronto
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto. (curated by Katharine Mulherin)
Art With Heart (auction)
Richie’s Contemporary Art, Toronto.
On Representation
Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto.
Wild Things
Paul Petro Special Projects, Toronto.
2007 Christmas Spice
Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
NIGHTLIGHT – Bright Light
Nuit Blanche Installation, Toronto.
2006 In Tents City
Edward Day Gallery, Toronto.
Remote Splendour
64 Steps Gallery, Toronto.
Skin of the City
Gales Gallery, Toronto.
2005 Small Comets
64 Steps Gallery, Toronto.
Pot Modern
Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto.
Imaging a Lover’s Discourse
Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto.

Special Projects

2023 Still Life for FGT
A fundraising postcard edition with the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein.
2019 The Krishtalka Tarot
Tarot deck multiple produced with Perrotin Editions.
Afterparty
editioned postcard project with Syncro/Europa.
2018 Krishtalka Books
An artist books and multiples installation in collaboration with Esther Schipper Gallery, Berlin.
2014-16 Think
Online publication project with the Witte de With Review.
2013-16 A Berlin Diary
Online publication project with Hazlitt Magazine.

Bibliography

Herrmann, Matthias. Hiatus. Vienna: self-published, 2022.

Simon, Vincent, ed. AA Bronson’s House of Shame. Zurich: Patrick Frey Editions, 2021.

HB: Sex Life. Montreal: Editions HB, 2019.

Krishtalka, Sholem. Nudes II (A Berlin Diary). Berlin: Media Guru Editions, 2019.

Sepahvand, Ashkan, ed. Odarodle: Sittengeschichte eines Naturmysteriums 1535-2017 / An imaginary their_story of Naturepeoples 1535-2017. Berlin: Eldorado Editions, 2018.

Ayas, Defne and Adam Kleinman, eds. WdW Review: Arts, Culture and Journalism in Revolt, Vol. 1 (2013-2016) and WdW Review: Arts, Culture and Journalism in Revolt, Vol. 1.1 (2016-2017). Rotterdam: Witte de With Publishers, 2017

Berghain: Kunst im Klub. Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2015

Klingan, Katrin and Ashkan Sepahvand, eds. Grain, Vapor, Ray: Textures of the Anthropocene. Cambridge, Mass.: Haus der Kulturen der Welt and MIT Press, 2014

Vaughan, RM, introduction. Arcana. Berlin: Archive Kabinett, 2013 (exhibition catalogue)

Berlin/Toronto: 1982-2012. Berlin: Zweigstelle Gallery, 2012 (exhibition catalogue)

Headmaster Magazine 1, October 2011: 25-29

Carte Blanche 2: Painting. Toronto: Magenta Publishing for the Arts, 2008

Art With Heart. Toronto: Casey House Foundation, 2008 (auction catalogue)

Kingston Portrait Prize. Kingston, ON: National Portrait Foundation, 2008 (exhibition catalogue)

Selected publications

2022 “I Speak, Therefore I Will Be,”
General Idea, ed Adam Welch. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada.
2017 Illustration for Alex Tieghi-Walker’s “A Reputation for Pleasure,”
Pleasure Garden (Spring/Summer 2017) p.18-19.

“O Fortuna,”
Canadian Art (Winter, 2017) p.108
2016 “Drawn Criticism: An Art Review in Pictures,”
Canadian Art Online, http://canadianart.ca/features/sholem-krishtalka-gunter-brus/

“Wilkommenskultur Sketchbook 1-3,”
Witte de With Review, http://wdwreview.org/think/
2015 “Befores, Durings and Afters,”
Stephen Andrews: POV, ed Kitty Scott. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, pp 125-135.
2014 “Marcus 1-5”
Witte de With Review, http://wdwreview.org/think/
2013-15 “A Berlin Diary,”
Hazlitt Magazine, http://www.hazlitt.net/authors/sholem-krishtalka
2013 “A Self-Portrait of AA Bronson,”
The Globe and Mail, (Tues, Oct 8) Arts Section, p. 1
“It’s Here, It’s Queer, But Who is it For?”
The Globe and Mail Book Reviews, (Sat, May 4)
2012 “Toronto Curating Itself: An Unhistory,”
Canadian Art Online, http://canadianart.ca/features/toronto-curating
2011 “You and Me and Her and Us and Them: A Conversation on Using and Being Used,”
C Magazine 109 (Spring 2011)
“So You Want to Be an Artist?”
Bookforum Online
2010 “Luc Tuymans: Wrestling With Representation,”
Canadian Art Online
2008 “Going Public,”
CBC Arts Online
“Brice Marden,”
C Magazine 98 (Summer 2008)
“Art Market Education”
C magazine 96 (Winter 2008)
“Women’s Realm,”
catalogue essay for Allyson Mitchell’s “Serious Fur” at Stride Gallery, Calgary
2007 “The Wide Camp Sea, or Notes on Sontag,”
Forum 4 (Spring 2007)
“Neo Rauch,”
C Magazine 93 (Spring 2007)
2006-11 Regular publications as the visual arts columnist for
Xtra! Magazine
2006 “Notes on Glad Day,”
published as part of the catalogue to “(Mary Mary) Are These the Hands that Cut?” a programme of videos presented at MoCCA by the Pleasure Dome Collective.

Selected Press

Aigner, Claudia. “Der alternde Meister.” Wiener Zeitung, June 8, 2022.

Rose, Michael. “RISD Museum Explores Intimacy.” GoLocalProv.com, October 13, 2021.

Fritschy, Tyna. “Intimität im verpixelten Miniformat.” Texte Zur Kunst, February 19, 2021.

Dubé, Peter, “Sex Life: Homoeroticism in Drawing,” Espace no 124, Winter 2020. pp. 84-85.

Barbu, Adam, “Sex Life: Homoeroticism in Drawing, Saw Gallery, Ottawa,” Esse no 98, 2020.

Joanny-Furtin, Michel, “Homoérotisme à dessein,” Fugues, September 2019. p. 128.

Delgado, Jerome, “Au centre SAW, un érotisme militant,” Le Devoir, August 13, 2019.

Sandals, Leah, “8 Lessons from an Artist-Run Centre’s Massive Expansion,” Canadian Art Online, July 29, 2019.

Stewart, Chris, ” “Them”,” Gayletter, July 29, 2019.

Yerebakan, Osman Can, “Claiming a Seat at the Table,” L’Officiel Art, June 20, 2019.

Cascone, Sarah, “Editor’s Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week,” Artnet News, June 17, 2019.

Čajdo, Marino, “Sholem Krishtalka-Dnevički Odlomci od Pedera i Njegovih Prijatelka,” Vox Feminae, November 13, 2018. [Croatian; “Sholem Krishtalka – Diary Excerpts of Faggots and Their Friends”]

Pejić, Ivana, “Čarobno unutar svakodnevnog,” Kulturpunkt.hr, November 7, 2018. [Croatian; “Magic in the Everyday”]

Telling, Ollie, “Four artists busting the stereotype that queer art has to be doom and gloom,” Dazed Digital, July 19, 2018.

Christie-Dervaux, Millie, “Intimacy,” The Brooklyn Rail, July 11, 2018.

Goldstein, Caroline, “Beat the Heat With These 19 Summer Group Shows on View Now in New York,” Artnet, July 4, 2018.

Truax, Stephen, “Why Young Queer Artists are Trading Anguish for Joy,” Artsy Magazine, November 7, 2017.

Dupuis, Chris, “Is Berlin Really an Artist’s Shangri-La?,” CBC Arts Online, February 8, 2017.

Andrews, TL, “Honesty Over Truth: Sholem Krishtalka’s Illustrated Diaries of Queer Berlin,” Berlin Art Link, August 8, 2016.

Valelly, Jonathan, “Jonathan’s Pick: A Berlin Diary,” Broken Pencil, March 9, 2016.

Diakiw, Larissa, “A Day in the Life,” The Town Crier, February 19, 2016.

Matthes, Ronny, “Sholem Krishtalka’s gezeichnetes Berlin Tagebuch ist besser als ein Porno,” Vice Germany, April 7, 2015.

Vaughan, RM, “I Don’t Give a Shit About Authenticity: Sholem Krishtalka performs his Reveal in A Berlin Diary,” Momus, March 30, 2015.

Nakiska, Tempe, “AA Bronson Selects Berlin-based Artist Sholem Krishtalka,” Hero Magazine, October 7, 2014.

Vaughan, RM, “Sholem Krishtalka at the Art Gallery of Peterborough,” Globe and Mail, (Fri, Jun 3) Arts Section

King, Patric, “Today’s Obsession: Sholem Krishtalka” Imprint Online, January 3, 2011.

Stecher, Hanno, “Sholem Krishtalka: Lurking” Catch Fire, November, 2010.

Holstad, Christian, “Top Ten” Artforum (November, 2010) pp 149-150

Curcio, Seth, “Sholem Krishtalka,” Daily Serving (April 12, 2009)

Caffery, John. “Celebrating Sholem Krishtalka.” Xtra! Magazine Online (March 9, 2009)

Residencies

2011 The Soiree Retreat (w/Ragnar Kjartansson, Asdis Sif Gunnarsdottir & Davið þor Jonsson), Banff Centre, Alberta.

Collections

Tisch Library, Tufts University, Boston, USA

Library of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

New York Public Library, New York, USA

Bank of Montreal, Toronto, Canada

Schulich School of Business, Toronto, Canada

Awards & Grants

Toronto Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant, 2008

Art @ Suite 500 purchase prize, 2006

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award, 2005

FRQSC (Fonds de Recherche Québécois en Société et Culture) grant (ranked 4th in Visual Arts category in the province of Quebec), 2004

Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Scholarship, 2002

Stevenson Colour Scholarship, 2000