Erica Amato is a multimedia artist and animator based in Toronto, Ontario. They just completed their BFA in Experimental Animation at OCAD University with a minor in English and often works in paint, 2D digital animation, illustration, and most recently with puppet and top-down stop-motion animation. Their most recent work connects back to their roots in handmade mediums by utilizing paintings, miniatures and puppetry to portray themes of queer beauty standards, their relation to the monstrous, and experimental queer storytelling. Their work has been shown at OCAD’s Animated Bodies Exhibition in 2024, as well as OCAD’s Grad Ex 111 show in 2026.