Graham Lister
Lecturer - Painting and Printmaking
Fine Art Painting & Printmaking Staff
Research Profile
Graham Lister (b.1982) is a painter and researcher based in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2016, he completed a Practice-based PhD at the Glasgow School of Art.
His ongoing painting practice is concerned with using the activity of painting as a way of distilling physical forms, surfaces and experiences. His work encompasses gradual abstraction processes which allow him to better understand the visual codes and surface materialities of the spatial environments which often go unnoticed within our everyday lives. Recent exhibitions in Edinburgh, Manchester and Berlin have made use of large-scale painting installations to explore ways in which gallery spaces can be controlled and altered through the creation of internal barrier-type works. Prior to study at the GSA, he studied at the University of Glmore...
Graham Lister (b.1982) is a painter and researcher based in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2016, he completed a Practice-based PhD at the Glasgow School of Art.
His ongoing painting practice is concerned with using the activity of painting as a way of distilling physical forms, surfaces and experiences. His work encompasses gradual abstraction processes which allow him to better understand the visual codes and surface materialities of the spatial environments which often go unnoticed within our everyday lives. Recent exhibitions in Edinburgh, Manchester and Berlin have made use of large-scale painting installations to explore ways in which gallery spaces can be controlled and altered through the creation of internal barrier-type works. Prior to study at the GSA, he studied at the University of Glasgow, gaining an MA(Hons) (Art History), and at Gray's School of Art, studying on the MFA programme. Since 2008, he has worked at the GSA, in the Painting and Printmaking department and in the Forum for Critical Inquiry.
Qualifications
MA(Hons) | MFA | PhD | FHEA
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PhD (Practice-based) - Glasgow School of Art
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
MFA (Gray's School of Art)
MA(Hons) Art History - The University of Glasgow
