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Tofusquirrel (Elizabeth Siegel) is an American poster artist and illustrator residing in the city of Boston. She received a BFA in Illustration and Animation at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University in 2006.

She is known for creating psychedelic creepy-cute detailed posters for New England Comics, and musicians such as MC Chris, Slick Rick, Math the Band and Harry and the Potters. She is also a member of a Boston based award winning female art collective, Paint Pens In Purses. Her illustrated posters were included in the Bare Knuckle Brawlers Rock Poster Show that was associated with Died Young Stayed Pretty, rock poster documentary, being shown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In November 2009, she joined a traveling female art exhibition, Feminality, that included some of the most talented female artists from around the world. The Hive Gallery in LA launched the first Feminality show where Tofusquirrel exhibited her illustrations and performed live painting with Tara McPherson. Tofusquirrel's illustrations were also displayed at Art Basel Miami, in December 2009. Pabst Blue Ribbon sponsored a show featuring PBR inspired art by Tofusquirrel, which has now been displayed on billboards in various cities.

Tofusquirrel’s illustrations have been published in a wide assortment of books and magazines including LA Weekly, Boston's Weekly Dig, WIRED magazine, The Boston Herald, and the Fat Chunk Robot Anthology. She was also featured in the Best of Boston 2008 and 2010 issues of the Boston Phoenix newspaper and won 1st place for Illustration at the 2012 New England Newspaper and Press Association Awards.

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