Edward GradNew York, NY

Senior Matte - Painter / Look Development / Set Extension Artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios

Los Angeles, California

Motion Pictures and Film

Walt Disney Animation Studios - Greater Los Angeles Area since May 2013
Senior Matte - Painter / Look Development / Set Extension Artist Rhythm & Hues Los Angeles - Greater Los Angeles Area Nov 2012 - Apr 2013
Senior Matte Painter Charlex (321LAUNCH) - Manhattan, New York Nov 2011 - May 2012
Art Director Brainstorm Digital / HBO, New York City - Greater New York City Area Apr 2011 - Oct 2011
Senior Matte-painting Artist / 3D Supervisor / New York History Consultant Rodeo FX, Montreal, QC Dec 2010 - Mar 2011
Matte Painting Artist / 3D Environment TD Lumiere VFX Inc. Nov 2010 - Dec 2010
Senior Matte Painter/ Concept Lead Artist The Mill. New York, USA / London, UK Mar 2010 - Oct 2010
Senior Matte Painting Artist / 3D Environment TD / Photographer Intelligent Creatures Sep 2009 - Feb 2010
Senior Matte Painter and Environment Artist Centennial College Mar 2009 - Sep 2009
Art of Matte Painting in VFX - course instructor Starz Animation Oct 2008 - Apr 2009
Matte Painting / Environment Artist (Art Department) CORE Digital Pictures Feb 2008 - Sep 2008
Matte Painter / CG Environments / Texturing Artist (VFX Departement) IMAX Sep 2007 - Jan 2008
Digital Artist / Compositor (Stereoscopic conversion departement) Autodesk Feb 2007 - Aug 2007
Art Director, VFX supevisor, Maya Generalist Zink 2006 - 2006
Matte Painting Artist, Environments TD, Compositoring TD, Animator MTV Canada - Toronto, ON Canada Apr 2006 - May 2006
Digital Artist / Designer / Compositor Studio Unique 2004 - 2005
Art Director, Graphic Designer Art Gallery of Ontario 2003 - 2005
Lead of Art Presentations Team LITH ART Ltd. 2002 - 2004
Senior Graphic Design Artist RE/MAX West Realty Inc. 2002 - 2003
Presentation Developer, Real Estate Agent Sport FX / NHL, Toronto 1999 - 2002
Graphic Artist, Illustrator, Concept Artist Freelance Graphic Designer 1995 - 1998
Freelance Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Photographer, Color Artist National Television Company 1996 - 1996
Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer Nemiga Newspaper 1992 - 1996
Art Director, Lead Graphic Designer, Photographer

Yale University 2010 - 2011
Toronto Film School / International Academy of Design and Technology 2005 - 2006
Diploma, Computer Animation and Visual Effects in Post Production Graphic Design Courses, New York, NY 1995 - 1995
Certificate Digital Tools in Design, Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, COREL Draw Glebov College of Art 1991 - 1995
BA, Major: Painting, Design, Drawing. Aditional: Art history, photography, sculpting George Brown College
Certificate, Communication and Development OREA College, 2001

Photoshop, Maya, Nuke, After Effects, Shake, Illustrator, Mac, Combustion, Windows, Linux, Matte Painting, 3D, Art Direction, VFX Supervision, Concept Design, Compositing, Visual Effects, Animation, 3D animation, Texturing, Premiere, Lighting, Rendering, Modeling, Storyboarding, Mental Ray, 2D, Painting, Computer Animation

Art, music and everything about New York.

Image of The Month - "Roman Harbor" February 2009 3D World Magazine (Future Publishing Ltd., UK & International) Matte Painting - Edward Grad "Industry experts reveal their movie art secrets" Painter Corel Magazine - April 2009 issue #27 Interview article about my Matte painting work with biographical information and technical details. BFA Degree, (Honours) 1995 Glebov College of Art Scholarship Winner, Computer Animation program 2005 Toronto Film School / International Academy of Design

Emmy Award for Outstanding Visual Effects
EMMY Award
As a team of 6 artists we got EMMY Award for VFX on Boardwalk Empire series.