MEDIA

"Seeking to understand that which was not articulated, Lister became the chronicler of the self-deluded; the recorder of internal deception...Highly observant and fearless when it comes to what is within limits to talk about, Lister's work encourages not by cynicism but engaement."

-Lisa Steele,
"Shake It Up, Baby: Works of Intervention by Ardele Lister", Images Catalouge 1992


A New York based artist, Ardele Lister was born in Calgary, Alberta. She has studied art history, film aesthetics, video theory and technology, cinematography, writing, directing, acting and computer graphics over extended career as producer/director and instructor of media arts. She has worked as a producer for clients including MTV, AVC World News Tonight, CBS and the National Film Board of Canada as well as for closed-circuit television. Her work has been screened at festivals in New York, Tokyo, Barcelona, Berlin and Toronto.