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AnthonyLISTER®
With literally hundreds of successful exhibitions to date, Anthony Lister is a serious and professional artist. His work focuses on social issues like freedom, morality, and power in a rich and unique tapestry of ambiguity. His exhibitions have been presented in museums such as the National Gallery of Australia, the Institute of Modern Art, Berlin's Urban Nation Museum, and a number of academic institutions worldwide. His artworks have been featured and seen in several Hollywood films. He himself was the subject of a feature-length film on his life directed by acclaimed documentarian Eddie Martin titled "Have You Seen the Listers?" which was featured internationally on Netflix. Lister has also collaborated with many painters, writers, poets, and musicians, including singer-songwriter Nick Cave. Anthony Lister is a graduate of the Queensland College of Art and student of New Zealand-born, New York-based painter Max Gimblett. He pioneered the street art movement in Australia before moving to New York early in his career, participating in the "Spring Street Exhibition" by the Wooster Street Collective, curated by Marc and Sara Schiller, which saw his work published on the cover of the New York Times art section. Not long after, Lister began to work with several businesses and magazines, which elevated his profile as a painter to watch. Anthony Lister has given numerous talks at universities and seminars, speaking on the fundamentals regarding social concerns and the theoretical definitions behind his "contemporary mythology" artworks. His ongoing relationship with curator Roger Gastman, who is highly regarded within contemporary art, and who recently curated "Beyond the Streets" and co-curated "Art in the Streets" (LACMA) with Jeffrey Deitch and Aaron Rose. In collaboration, Roger and Anthony have held several successful exhibitions as well as created the 356-page Ginko Press publication "Lister - Adventure Painter." Anthony continues to keep busy, painting in his studios around the world and is currently working towards his sixth major survey publication about his work.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
- Painter Not Painting, Projected performances, Sydney, AUS (solo).
2023
- A Gay Old Time, POP-UP, Kings Cross, Sydney, AUS (solo).
- Dirty Laundry, POP-UP, New York City, USA (solo).
2022
- Play Contemporary Art Fair, Tenjin, JPN.
- KIAF Art Fair, KOR.
- Badtime Stories, POP-UP, Sydney, AUS (solo).
2021
- 4BYSIX, London, UK.
- KIAF Art Fair, KOR (solo).
- Welcome to Lister’s World, Galerie Brugier Rigail Seoul, KOR & Paris, FRA (solo).
- Birds I Meet Back Home, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA (solo).
2020
- Rude Words, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, JPN.
- Fine Line, Stolen Space, London, UK.
- Thousands Amazing the Great, Wollongong Regional Art Gallery, AUS (solo).
- Head Hunter, POP-UP, Melbourne, AUS (solo).
2019
- SCOPE Miami, Mirus Gallery & Mortal Machine, Miami, USA.
- ART Miami, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA.
- Culture is Over, POP-UP, Kings Cross, Sydney, AUS (solo).
- Modern Masters, Mirus Gallery, Denver, USA (solo).
- Woke Up on Fire, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA (solo).
2018
- Beyond The Streets, curated by Roger Gastman, Los Angeles, USA.
- Aqua Art Miami, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA.
- The Art of Fact, Allouche Gallery, New York City, USA (solo).
- Holy Mountain, The Wig Out Special, Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin, GER (solo).
- The Flower Show, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, AUS (solo).
- Something Borrowed/Somewhat New, First Street Gallery, Hong Kong, CHINA (solo).
2017
- Urban Nation Museum Grand Opening, Berlin, GER.
- Signs of the Time, Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast, AUS.
- Erotica, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne, AUS.
- Jane Griffith Gallery, Val D’Isere
- Avante Art, Directors Unit, London, UK.
- Time & Place, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA.
- Homeless Among the Gum Trees, Nanda Hobbs Contemporary, Sydney, AUS (solo).
- Have You Seen the Listers?, POP-UP, Brisbane, AUS (solo).
2016
- Slither Between the Blinds Shows us our Fears, Underdogs Gallery, Lisbon, PORTUGAL (solo).
- Still Here, A Decade Of Lazarides, Lazarides Gallery, London, UK.
- Run Away Ouiji, POP-UP, Blackarts Gallery, Melbourne, AUS (solo).
- Meanwhile In Australia, Spacejunk Art Centre, Grenoble, FRA (solo).
2015
- Art Basel, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Basel, Miami, USA.
- Context Art Fair, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA.
- Works on Paper, China Heights Gallery, Sydney, AUS.
- Black Door Limousine, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA (solo).
- Mad Props Street Cred, New Image Art, Los Angeles, USA (solo).
2014
- More or Less, Benaki Museum, National Gallery, Athens, GREECE.
- Birds, Bernaducci Meisel Gallery, New York City, USA.
- Miami Context Art Fair, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA.
- Summer Pill, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA.
- Power Tripping, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, USA (solo).
- Hurt People - Hurt People, Lazarides Gallery, London, UK (solo).
2013
- SCOPE Art Fair, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA.
- 10 years of Wooster Collective, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York City, USA.
- Confluence, Fifty24SF Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
- Never Odd Or Even, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA (solo).
- The Beautiful Misery, Olsen Gallery, Sydney, AUS (solo).
2012
- Au Courant, Olsen Gallery, Sydney, AUS.
- SCOPE Art Fair, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA.
- Unslung Heroes, Lazarides Gallery, London & Newcastle, UK (solo).
- Girls, New Image Art, Los Angeles, USA (solo).
- Things We Shouldn’t Talk About, Avante Gallery, Milan, ITALY (solo).
2011
- Outpost Festival, Cockatoo Island, Sydney, AUS.
- Young and Free, San Francisco, USA.
- The Underbelly Show, Miami, USA.
- Scott Redford presents Reinhardtt Collaboration, QAGOMA, Brisbane, AUS.
- Martha Cooper: Remix, Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
- Bogan Paradise, POP-UP, Gallery A.S., Sydney, AUS (solo).
- Street Faces, Metro Gallery, Melbourne, AUS (solo).
- Rainbow Tears/Print Release, PICTURES ON WALLS, London, UK (solo).
2010
- Hello Kitty, Miami Basel, Miami, USA.
- Space Invaders, National Gallery Australia, Canberra, AUS.
- Disorder Disorder, Penrith Regional Gallery, Penrith, AUS.
- Logan Hicks, Anthony Lister & Michael Kalish, Opera Gallery, New York City, USA.
- LISTER POP-UP, Curated by Roger Gastman, Miami Basel, Miami, USA (solo).
- Memories Not Included, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney, AUS (solo).
- How to Catch a Time Traveller, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York City, USA (solo).
- The Beauty Of Failure, Show & Tell Gallery, Toronto, CANADA (solo).
- You Call That a Back Rub, Metro Gallery, Melbourne, AUS (solo).
2009
- 20 Street Artists, Opera Gallery, New York City, USA.
- 15 Years of New Image Art, Los Angeles, USA.
- The Pain of Feeling, K Gallery, Legneanyo, ITALY (solo).
- Magic Tricks, Fifty24 Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo).
- No Win Sitch, POP-UP, Kings Cross, Sydney, AUS (solo).
2008
- Poster Renaissance, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
- Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C., USA.
- This Won’t Change Anything, Metro 5, Melbourne, AUS (solo).
- WK/Lister, Elms Lester, London, UK (solo).
- Quit Your Sobbing and Call Me in the Afternoon, New Image Art, Los Angeles, USA (solo).
- God has a plan to Kill Me, KGallery, Milan, ITALY (solo).
- Spider Stance, Elms Lester, London, UK (solo).
2007
- Replace Please with Now & Thank You with Good, Lab101, Los Angeles, USA.
- Scope Art Fair, London, UK.
- Super is as Super Does, Metro5 Gallery, Melbourne, AUS (solo).
- Cracker got Snapped by the Pops, Fifty24 Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo).
- Mythology for Beginners, Harrison Galleries, Sydney, AUS (solo).
- Rest on Nails, Lyonswier Ortt, New York City, USA (solo).
2006
- 11 Spring Street, Wooster Collective, New York City, USA.
- Terror?, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, USA.
- Saturday Morning Prime Time, Spectrum Gallery, London, UK (solo).
- Supermarket, Metro5 Gallery, Melbourne, AUS (solo).
- Backdoor Confessional, Harrison Galleries, Sydney, AUS (solo).
- Between Crackdowns, Art Gallery Schuberts, Gold Coast, AUS (solo).
- Observations of Manliness, Criterion Gallery, Hobart, AUS (solo).
2005
- Studio 14, Rome, ITALY (solo).
- Smells Like White-Out, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne, AUS (solo).
- Twice on Sundays, Fox Galleries, Brisbane, AUS (solo).
- Wrapped Meat Lyric, Lyonsweir Gallery, New York City, USA (solo).
- My Daughter’s Panic Attack, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney, AUS (solo).
2004
- Rats Alliance, National Gallery Australia, Canberra & Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, AUS.
- CRYSTALIS/1980 Collective, New York City, USA.
- Subtitled, Fox Galleries, Brisbane, AUS (solo).
- The Finer Points of Monkeyism, Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast, AUS (solo).
2003
- White Lies Beneath, Helen Gory Gallery, Melbourne, AUS.
- Atlantic Conference/1980 Collective, New York City, USA.
- Places & Things, Fox Galleries, Brisbane, AUS (solo).
2002
- Dis/place/meant, Fox Galleries, Brisbane, AUS.
- Godzilla Monster Child, Video Installation, INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART, Brisbane, AUS (solo).
- Issues & Aesthetics, Queensland College Art Galley Project Space
EDUCATION
2018
Artist in Residence, PRINT THEM ALL, Paris, France
Etching & Lithography Print Focus
Mentors: Invader, Cost, Horfe
2011
Artist in Residence, PICTURES ON WALLS, London, UK
Screen & Stencil Print Focus
Mentors: Sam, Sam, Dora, Ben Eine, The Boss
2008
Artist in Residence, FAILE COLLECTIVE, Studio Brooklyn, NY, USA
Painting Focus
Mentors: Maya Hayuk, Patrick & Patrick, RAMBO, Tony Archabaccio, Doze Green
2004
Artist in Residence, BLENDER STUDIOS, Melbourne, Australia
Public Art/Urban Intervention Focus
Mentors: Doyle, HAHA, SYNK, James Dodd, Phibs,
ART PRIZES
- 2020: SBS Landscape Prize, Finalist
- 2019: Moran Portrait Prize, Finalist
- 2005: Prometheus Art Award, Gold Coast, Finalist
- 2005: The Metro 5 Art Award, Melbourne, Finalist
- 2004: Churchie Art Award, Brisbane, Finalist
- 2004: The Courier Mail Art Award, Highly Commended
- 2004: The Metro 5 Art Award, Melbourne, Finalist
- 2003: Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition, Finalist
- 2003: Theiss Art Prize, Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane, Finalist
PUBLIC ART
- 2020: Bus Shelter Advertising Takeover, Wollongong, Australia
- 2018: Newtown Central, Sydney, Australia; RiNo on Walnut St, Denver, USA
- 2017: Westfield, Coomera, Australia; G-Star Raw, Sydney, Australia
- 2016: Rock Head on Car, The Rocks, Sydney, Australia
- 2015: Westfield, Chatswood, Australia
- 2013: North Bondi Pools, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
- 2010: Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, Australia; The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, USA; Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia
- 2009: Brick Lane Powerhouse, London, UK
- 2008: Rise Planet of the Apes, Universal Pictures, Barracuda Wall, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA
- 2007: Two Half Head, LES, New York City, USA
- 2006: 11 Spring Street, Wooster Collective, New York City, USA
- 2005: The Mayor’s Pardon, Milan, Italy
- 2004: Hosier Lane, City Lights, Melbourne, Australia
- 2003: Fred Perry Skate Park, Brisbane, Australia
- 1999-2002: Switch Boxes, Brisbane, Australia
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
- National Gallery of Australia
- Urban Nation Museum, Germany
- JJJ / ABC
- David Roberts Collection
- ARTBANK Australia
- BHP Collection
- Brand & Slater Architects
- ICON Collection
- Urban Spree Collection
- Parramatta City Council
- AGNSW Members Collection
- Brisbane Grammar School
- TVS Partnerships
- Sydney Children’s Hospital
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 2019: "Have You Seen The Listers?" - Netflix Worldwide
- 2018: Beyond The Streets Publication, Ginko Press, Roger Gastman, USA; "Have you seen the Listers?" Documentary film, Eddie Martin, Australia
- 2017: Collaboration with Nick Cave, Stories for Ways and Means, Waxploitation, USA
- 2016: The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti, Yale University Press, USA; Street Art International, Explore Art Publishing; Surface, Gingko Press, USA; 11 Spring St., Wooster Edition, USA
- 2015: Anthony Lister / PhD Thesis / Public Spaces: Public People, Griffith Law Journal, Australia; Street Art Australia, Explore Australia Publishing, Australia
- 2014: Anthony Lister - Adventure Painter by Roger Gastman, Ginko Press, USA
- 2013: Ten Year Sketchbook, Blackarts Publications, Melbourne, Australia; Graffiti, Abrams Publishing
- 2012: We Own The Night, Rizzoli, USA
- 2011: Blek Le Rat, Art Publishing Ltd, France
- 2010: Beyond The Street - The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art, Gestalten, USA; Trespass - A History of Uncommissioned Art, Taschen, New York City, USA; Stickers: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art, Rizzoli Books, New York City, USA; Anthony Lister, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, Australia; Street Art New York, Preston Publishing, USA; Space Invaders, National Gallery of Australia Publication, Australia
- 2009: Tales of White Trash Prophecy, Upper Playground Publication, San Francisco, USA
- 2008: God Has a Plan to Kill Me, KGallery Publication, Milan, Italy
- 2007: Uncommissioned Art, Melbourne University Publications, Melbourne, Australia; Alarmi3, Vanilla Edizioni, Como, Italy
SELECTED PRESS
- 2020: Top 20 Interiors, Vogue Living, Australia; ART FORUM, Full Page Nude, USA
- 2013: Vogue Magazine, April edition, Bondi Studio Feature, Sydney, Australia
- 2012: COMPLEX MAGAZINE, Top 50 Most Influential Street Artists of All Time, New York City, USA
- 2011: Forbes Magazine, Lister: On Point, USA
- 2010: Australian Art Collector, 50 Most Collectable Artists Issue
- 2009: ART FORUM, September, Page 196, USA; Australian Vogue, August, Page 82; Sydney Morning Herald, Arts Diary, July 16, Page 13; Monster Children Magazine, #23, Page 17; Sunday Telegraph Magazine, July 12, p10
- 2008: Modern Painters, April, USA; Show Paper, Brooklyn, USA; KMAG, London, May, UK; Paper Magazine, Art Issue, Feature Artist, New York City, USA; Vapors, Issue 47, Los Angeles, USA; VICE Magazine, Vol 6 Issue 3, Australia; Australian Vogue, May, Australia; Modart Issue 14, Pages 54 to 57
- 2007: Juxtapoz Magazine, #81, Pages 92-101; Pimp Magazine, Issue 13, Page 46; Monster Children, Issue 16; King Brown, Issue 3; Anthem Magazine, LA; Art & Australia, Volume 45, Spring; Fecal Face; Wooden Toy Magazine
- 2006: Art in America, December, Issue 11, Pg 34; The New York Times, Art Section, December 14, Page 1; Overspray Magazine, Issue 5; weAREtheIMAGEmakers, Issue 7; Lino Magazine, Issue 15, Page 100; Black + White, Issue 86, Page 009; Frankie Magazine, Issue 13, Page 16; Riot Magazine, #5, The Push, Page 18; Sydney City Weekly – Art Review, July 6; Sydney Morning Herald, Editorial, July 6; The Drum Media, Issue 814, Welcome to the Underworld, Page 57; Australian Art Collector, Issue 37, Page 23; Arkitip Magazine, Issue 032, Page 37; Wooster Collective, Comic, Issue 01
- 2005: Brisbane Magazine, #03, “Anthony Lister”; Frankie, #8, “Bright New Stars,” p.68; Belle Magazine, “Generation Next,” Nov; State of the Arts, “Mona Lister,” 30 May; Oyster Magazine, Issue 57, “The Cut News on Anthony Lister”; Monster Children, Issue 10, Listerart; Lino Magazine, #10, “The Limitless Lister”; Madman Entertainment, RASH DVD; Empty, #05, “Kidnapping Suburbia”; Ente Gallery, Online Excerpts from Published Book, “Twice on Sundays”; Noise, Online Profile Anthony Lister; Nothing Magazine Issue 03, Online Profile; Herald Sun Newspaper, Review, Dec; Beat Online Magazine, Review, Dec
- 2004: Antipoda, Online Interview; Lucky Magazine, Anthony Lister
- 2003: Australian Skate Boarding Magazine, Anthony Lister, July-August; Courier Mail, by Digby Hildreth, June 23; Wooster Collective, Interview, June 19
- 2002: Retort Magazine, Online Review, Nov 6; Large Magazine, Art Soul, August; Antiques and Art, Fox Galleries, July; Southern News, “Taking Art from Streets Inside,” March 28; City News, “Bringing Street into the Gallery,” March 21; Tsunami Magazine, “Listern Up,” March; Frequency Magazine, “Mixed Signals”
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