Grace is a VFX Artist with seven years of experience creating visual effects for feature animation and AAA game cinematics. She has contributed to productions at Intel Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Blizzard Entertainment, where she developed a passion for tool building and cross-department collaboration.
Grace has also shared her expertise as a Houdini instructor at Gnomon, mentoring aspiring artists and helping them build strong technical foundations. She developed structured lessons that made Houdini more approachable, helping students build confidence with core concepts and procedural workflows while creating a positive and engaging learning experience.
Outside of work, she enjoys playing guitar and singing at karaoke.
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Tokyo Polytechnic University — Guest Speaker, 海外3D業界で働く ("Working in the Overseas 3D Industry") (October, 2023)
Digital Hollywood — Guest Speaker for Introductory Houdini class (October, 2023)
Nippon TV — 世界一受けたい授業 (Sekaiichi Uketai Jugyou) — Interview featuring behind-the-scenes for the FX work from "Encanto" (May, 2023)
Digital Hollywood — Guest Speaker for CGクリエイターへの道 ("Road to a CG Creator) (October, 2022)
CGWORLD.jp — Artist Interview for the 海外で働く日本人アーティスト ("Japanese Artists Working Overseas") series (July, 2022)
Cinema Today — Artist Interview (November, 2021)
SideFX Gallery — Featured personal project, "Betta Fish" (September 2020)
Fox Render Farm— Fox's Got Talent January Winner, "Jelly" (Group Project) (January 2020)