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LISTER Anthony
Anthony Lister was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1979. He graduated from the Queensland College of Art in 2001 and shortly thereafter moved to New York under the mentorship of New Zealand painter Max Gimblett. Recently, he undertook a research residency in Berlin and took part in several exhibitions around the world.
Lister uses comic book imagery for his own means, redirecting popular culture for personal expression. Heroes and villains are taken out of the panel and placed in a new space, devoid of the usual storyline, dialogue and scenery. His paintings are not controlled by cartoon contexts. Rather, the figures in these portraits are reinvented through the artist’s hand. His mixed media technique, involving layers of ink, spray and brushwork, allow his paintings to simultaneously have soft ethereality and a garish, raw energy.
Lister is consistently a finalist in a number of prestigious awards including the Prometheus Art Award and the Metro 5 Art Award. He has been asked to give several lectures, the most recent of which was a Semi-Permanent 2008 in Sydney. In addition, he has presented solo exhibitions in London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, New York, San Francisco and Sydney and is represented at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Lister currently lives and works in both New York and Australia.
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