Anthony Lister
Australian born and based artist Anthony Lister is a world renown contemporary, street, and graffiti artist. Beginning painting on the streets at the age of 17, Anthony Lister, or Lister is now one of Australia's most prominent contemporary and street artists. Employing his skills and iconic gestural mark on various media, Lister masterfully paints giant street murals and crafts smaller studio pieces inspired by subjects such as superheroes, supervillains, and ballerinas. Lister has found much success over his studio work which has been displayed in solo shows in cities all around the world including New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, San Francisco, and Miami. In addition to great success in the gallery space, Lister also maintains a strong presence on the street with his murals. Lister has now painted hundreds of murals all around the world and participated in many collective mural festivals. With a strong presence in Miami, Lister has participated in local mural exhibition including Primary Flight and the Raw Project while also painting many murals around Miami throughout his many visits. In Miami Anthony Lister is represented by the Robert Fontaine Gallery where he has previously put together two solo shows. Lister received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Queensland College of the Arts in 2001 and was then mentored by Max Gimblett in New York in 2002. In 2004 Lister was the recipient of the Queensland Education Minister’s Art Award, with a further mentoring workshop residency at Blender Studio, Melbourne. Anthony and his work have been published by VNA Magazine, Juxtapoz, and has been named one of the “50 Most Influential Street Artists of All Time” by Complex Magazine. Lister continues to tackle huge murals and masterfully create studio works.