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Elicser Elliott is a visual-artist based in Toronto, Ontario.

Education
Elliott studied animation at Sheridan College.

Early Life
While Elliott was born in Montreal, he spent his formative years living in Saint Vincent. Elliott would begin to explore his creativity by helping his recreate costumes for the local carnival his father was so heavily involved in. Upon his family's return to Canada, Elliott was introduced to street art while studying at the Etobicoke School of the Arts. It was a discussion with his high school's guidance counsellor that would direct him to Sheridan College's program in Animation and affirm for the young artist the possibilities of a career in the arts.

Career
Since graduating from Sheridan College's animation program, Elliott has amassed a collection of murals and public artworks that have come to help define Toronto's cityscape. Moving beyond notions of the streets being his only canvas, Elliott has exhibited works at The Art Gallery of Ontario, The Royal Ontario Museum, and LE Gallery. Elliott has also acted as an arts educator working with the Art Gallery of Ontario's Free After Three youth arts program, and the Toronto Jazz Festival, teaching youth aerosol paint techniques.

Elliot's most notable works can be described as a highly-improvised collage of soft characters and organic shapes, layered and blended through transparencies. His character work is often mediated by past experiences and relationships while also drawing on the likeness of passers-by to complete his community-based murals. Elliot has also illustrated and produced a small run of books titled "Know Love".