1974	born in Zürich
	lives and works in Zürich

2010	Wentrup, Berlin Andersen/Renggli, Associazione Barriera, Torino
2009	Watch out, you might get what you're after, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris Christian Andersen/David Renggli HOCUS POCUS OUT OF FOCUS, Museum KUB - Kunstraum Baden Baden
2008     2007	Sideways in Reverse,Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin Kunstverein Bregenz, Bregenz   Colonisation, Kunstmuseum Thun, Enter Andersen’s, Ausstellungsraum 25, Zürich Get the Balance right, Neuropa – Modern Institute, Zürich Losing your highs and lows, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
2006	Stick up. Don’t move. Smile, 404 Gallery, Milano
2005	A Chair affraid of the Mouse, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
2004	Andersen & Elgar, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (with Annabel Elgar)
2003	Lick the Wick, Quicksilver Galerie für Zeitgenossische Kunst, Berlin Lick the Wick, Galerie Claude & Fabian Walter, Basel
2002	Neue Arbeiten, Mitteldeutscher Kunstverein, Leipzig Nice and Dirty, Part 2, Haus Schwarzenberg, Berlin Nice and Dirty, Part 1, Glassbox, Paris
2000	Explosions, Waterstones Gallery, London, Neue Arbeiten, Message Salon, Zürich
1999/ 2000	Suntic Installation, Steinfelsareal, Zürich

2010	La part des choses / Get the balance right, Galerie RDV, Clermont-Ferrand Hot Stuff, Avlskarl Fine Art, Copenhagen
2009	The Mask, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen Cristian Andersen/David Renggli, Roots, Wentrup, Berlin Kenworthy-Ball Lange +Pult, Zurich Le sang du poète, Frac des Pays de la Loire Nantes, Carquefou Berlin-Paris, kamel mennour, Paris Crotla presents, Lothringer 13, Munich
2008	Reinvented: Study & play, Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin London Calling, Galerie Jan Wentrup –Temporary Space, London Shifting Identities – (Swiss) Art Now, with David Renggli, Kunsthaus/ Airport Zürich 5th international DADA Festival, Kolin Visit, Larm Gallerei, Copenhagen
2007	On fait le mur, Espace de l´Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux Helmhaus, Zürich
2006	Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Reale Fantasien, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur Fantasy Island, MAMa, Rotterdam Artnews Projects, Berlin
2005	Cosmic Logic, Jette Rudolph, Berlin Nieves, Rocket Gallery, Tokyo
2004	Rendez-vous, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Lyon Back to Nature, CoalMine Fotogalerie, Winterthur The Perfect Number, 404 contemporanea, Napoli 4th Internationale DADA Festival, Bliss/Zürich Zement-Geister, Fabian and Claude Walter Gallery, Zürich
2003	Landscape, Galerie Fabian & Claude Walter, Zürich (with Annelis Strba and Andreas Dobler)
2002	Märzflimmern, Maerz Galerie, Leipzig Neighbourhood, Galerie Claude and Fabian Walter, Basel Iconen, Coninx Museum, Zürich Reunion, Ausstellungsraum 25, Zürich (with David Renggli and Kerim Seiler)
2001	Magnet/Erweiterung, Glasbox Paris in Budapest Wald und Explosionen, Helmhaus, Zürich
1998	International Design Award, Hannover, Mailand, Tokyo

Public collections

2008  2006	Art award of the national bank of Zurich Danish National Grant Scholarship, Kanton Zürich Scholarship, Kanton Zürich
2004	Scholarship, Kanton Zürich
2002	Kiefer Halbitzl Scholarship, Switzerland The Danish Art Foundation Grant

2006	Rock’in it, Tanja Roscic & Cristian Andersen, Zürich 2006
2005	Yang, Gent 2005
2004	Out of Time, Tanja Roscic & Cristian Andersen, Zürich 2006; Uovo 2004
2002	Swiss Art Awards, Art Basel, 02, Switzerland Coninx Museum, Zürich 2002
2001	Explosions. With/Without my friends, ed. by Gestalten-Verlag, Berlin 2001 Glassbox. Glassbox, Budapest 2001
1998	International Design Award, Magnet/ Erweiterung, 1998

2009	Pablo Alonso, Cristian Andersen… Paris – Berlin, paris-art.com, February 2009.  An Artistic Exchange, http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090201/ART/975614438 Die Deutschen mögen's französisch, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 7, 2009, February 2009 Was das Wiesel erzählt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 7/8, 2009 Ben Rossi: DOVA, Dr. Wax sample pictures and sounds, Chicago Maroon, January 16th 2009
2008	Ausstellung von den abwesenden Gedanken-Skulpturale Arbeiten von Cristian Andersen im Bregenzer Magazin4, Kultur, September, 2008 Absent Thoughts- Cristian Andesen im Magazin4, Blättle, September 11, 2008 Absent Thoughts, VN, September 19 , 2008  Kunst, die aufrüttelt, Weekend, September 20/21, 2008 Ariane Grabher: Gedanken sind frei, aber manchmal abwesend, VN, September 20/21, 2008 Absente Gedanken, Neue, September 23, 2008 Inge El Himoud-Sperlich: Flüchtige Gedankenspiele, Neue, Oct 4, 2008 Emily Verla Bovino: Critic’s picks/ Sideways in Reverse, www.artforum.com Stückwerk: Cristian Andersen, in: Liebling. Zeitschrift für Mode, Film, Musik und Kunst, March 2008, p. 18
2003	Magazin, Frankfurter Rundschau, September 2003 Marion Benz: Protest, Basler Zeitung, March 2003 Allegorien der Popkultur, iSI, March 2003
2002	Der Augenblick vor dem Ereignis, Leipziger Volkszeitung, June 2002
2001	Daniele Muscionico: Rauchkreuz und Kühlpilz, Neue Züricher Zeitung, December  2002, page 38 Stefan Zucker: Im Wald, im schönen grünen Wald, Tages Anzeiger, December 2001 Callum McGeoch: Eye Opener, Dazed & Confused, October 2001, page 38-39 Claudia Gerdes: Schweizer Explosionen, Page, October 2001, page 64-67 Knaller, Kulturspiegel, June 2001, page 4 Stephan Glietsch: Christian Andersen, Spex, June 2001, page 16-17 Simone Maurer: Die Explosion als Liebeserklärung, Tages Anzeiger, May 2001, page 51 David Bate: Christian Andersen & the Digital Boom, Dpict. Creative Camera, April 2001, page 3- 4/ 20- 21
2000	Topic Gizmo, Skim.com/Print, 2000, page 17- 28