christianhastad@gmail.com
Christian Hastad (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist from the quiet edges of Minnesota, now based in Austin, Texas. His work navigates the blurred boundaries between memory, digital acceleration, and material trace. Working across painting, installation, and sculpture, he creates objects and images that hold tension between mediated experience and immediate perception. In 2025, he earned his MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was awarded the Academic Excellence Fellowship in 2024. That same year, he participated in the SOMA Summer residency in Mexico City, deepening his inquiry into place, time, and transformation. He holds a dual BA in Fine Arts and Sociology from the University of Minnesota (2020), and has exhibited work nationally. His practice is rooted in the poetics of time, environment, and the fragile architectures of remembrance.
Education
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 2025
BA in Fine Arts & Sociology, University of Minnesota, 2020
Residencies
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2025
SOMA Summer, Mexico City, MX, 2024
Rafter, Minneapolis, MN, 2020
Awards
Wolf E. Jessen Scholarship for the Arts, 2025
Michael Frary Endowed Scholarship in Painting, 2025
Academic Excellence Fellowship, UT Austin, 2024
(upcoming) Horizons
After Hours
St. Paul, MN
2025
(current) Acceleration Without Arrival
Visual Arts Center
Austin, TX
2025
Retracing the Rubicon
Visual Arts Center
Austin, TX
2024
Re-Imagining the Ney
Elisabet Ney Museum
Austin, TX
2023
Backburner
MirrorLab
Minneapolis, MN
2023
One of One
MirrorLab,
Minneapolis, MN
2023
Visually Similar Images
Holland East Gallery
Minneapolis, MN
2022
A Year In
Target Gallery
Alexandria, VA
2021
Starpower
Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Minneapolis, MN
2020
Cloud Data
Regis Center for Arts
Minneapolis, MN
2020
Collective (In)Action
Memorial Union Gallery
Fargo, ND
2019
Thaw
New Rules
Minneapolis, MN
2019