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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.
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