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Gallagher was born on September 9, 1973.
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He is a native New Yorker living in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Before his chalk drawings he was a graffiti writer, working in New York City mostly. He was arrested for this in 1999 and given community service and probation.
Gallagher started his chalk drawing in early 2005, the first drawing being an outline of a fire hydrant after days of being fixated with shadows.
Gallagher"s chalk work are outlines of objects on the street and often outline simple solid shadows, but are most often of bicycles setup in front of an existing light source. Works have lasted as long as a month.
Gallagher was once arrested for drawing and signing his name in chalk. Charges were dropped, but he spent 17 hours in jail for which he is suing the city, claiming false arrest and unlawful imprisonment.
Paul Hale, Gallagher"s lawyer, claims using chalk on the sidewalk is perfectly legal.
Despite the legal ambiguities, his work is perceived in the genre of modern graffiti, or "Street Artist"
Ellis Gallagher is a native New Yorker. As a former graffiti writer, his work can be found in New York City and beyond, in Autograf: New York City"s Graffiti Writers by Peter Sutherland (Powerhouse Books), in The Street Art Book: 60 Artists In Their Own Words by Ric Blackshaw and Liz Farrelly (Collins Design), also in the art textbook Making Art Connections: Visual Arts years 7 and 8 (McGraw-Hill Education), as well as in numerous newspapers, magazines, on television and in films. Gallagher"s work has also appeared in numerous publications and features.
