Anthony Lister is a contemporary Australian graffiti artist, best known for his merging of “high” and “low” cultural imagery in his work. Born in 1979 in Brisbane, Australia, he studied at the Queensland College of Art. In 2002, he traveled to New York, NY where he was mentored by the painter Max Gimblett. Lister helped pioneer the street art movement in his home city as a teenager, and is considered Australia’s premier street artist. His scrawling, figurative style employs charcoal, acrylic, spray paint, and oil. “The first rule of painting is to take everyone else out of the equation,” he has said. “I am the viewer, so I don’t underestimate my viewers. They see everything and I just have to assume that they are me. I can’t paint for anyone else.” His exhibitions include those held at the New Image Art Gallery in Los Angeles, Robert Fontaine Gallery in Miami, and Black Art Projects in Melbourne. Lister currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia.