Ardele Lister's works in analog and digital media have been exhibited internationally in festivals, galleries, and museums. One of the first artists to work with digital technologies, Lister’s art (notably “Hell”, 1984) led to her work on avant-garde television projects such as Pee Wee' s Playhouse (CBS). For this innovative television show, Lister produced all the “Connect the Dots” segments, in which live-action Pee Wee ‘jumped’ into the computer-generated and animated “Magic Screen”.

Her films are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) and the Kunsthalle (Berlin).

The issue of defining identity in our globalized culture, and the role of media in shaping our identities, is at the center of Ardele’s research. She is currently at work on an interactive project that will hopefully promote understanding across racial, religious and national boundaries.

Lister has also written on media and art for “Afterimage”, “Felix”, “Criteria” and other publications. In 1977, she founded and edited “The Independent”, the first monthly publication for independent video and filmmakers, still in publication. Prior to that, Lister founded and edited Criteria, a critical review of the arts in Vancouver.

She has been a Fellow at the Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture at Rutgers, and the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University.

She is the Undergraduate Director in the Visual Arts Dept. at Rutgers University.