Elton is the son of reputed Herrmansburg School artists Doris Abbott and Kevin Wirri. 
At a young age Elton came to the art centre with his parents and showed a keen interest in painting watercolours like his father. He immediately displayed a great talent and with some instruction from his father he began painting skilled watercolours from the age of fifteen. He was so keen to paint that if he had no paperboard in front of him he would paint on bits of scrap paper or the table top!
As well as pursuing his interest in watercolours Elton has also developed his skills in acrylic painting and has produced a number of works in this medium including portraits combined with landscape. His interests also extend to theatre and he performed in a sellout production of the play ‘Ngapartji Ngapartji’ at the Melbourne International Arts Festival in October 2005. The play completed a sellout week in Melbourne 2006 and at the Sydney Opera House.
Elton also performed recently in the award winning play ‘Namatjira’ which toured around the country between 2010 and 2012. 
Exhibitions:
2004 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT2004 Advocate Central Australian Art Award, Alice Springs, NT2005 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT2006 Hermannsburg School of Art – Watercolour Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT2006 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT2006 Hermannsburg School of Art Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT2007 Solo Exhibition, Birrung Gallery, Sydney, NSW2007 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT2008 The Namatjira circle-landscapes of Central Australia, Birrung Gallery, Sydney, NSW2008 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT2008 Togart Contemporary Art Awards, Darwin and Alice Springs, NT2008 CCAE, A New Beginning Exhibition, Darwin, NT2008 ‘The Legacy of Albert Namatjira Today’ Soma Galleries, Adelaide, SA2009 Real to Surreal, Scenes from the Centre: Journey with the New Generation of Hermannsburg Watercolour Artists, Tandanya, Adelaide, SA2009 Beyond Batterby, Recent Watercolour by Central Australian Artists, Hobart, TAS2009 The Watercolourists of Central Australia, Indigenart, Melbourne, VIC2009 Solo Exhibition, Birrung World Vision Gallery, Sydney, NSW2009 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT2009 30 under 30 Exhibition, Indigenart, Melbourne, VIC2009 Wirri Mob Watercolours – Recent paintings by Central Australian Aboriginal Artists Kevin & Elton Wirri2010 Telstra Art Award Finalist2010 Araluen Watching This Place2011 Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC2011 Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT2012 Damian Minton Gallery, Sydney, NSW2012 The Lockup, Newcastle, NSW2012 Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS2012 Art Mob, Launceston, TAS2012 Art Mob, Hobart, TAS2012 Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston, VIC2012 Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA2012 Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT2012 Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, NT2013 The Namatjira Legacy, Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW2014 Namatjira to Now, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT Publications:
2004 Article in the Alice Springs News; April 16th2004 Article in the Sydney morning herald2006 Painting chosen for reproduction in the 2005 Jukurrpa Diary