About George Grove

George is a formally trained visual artist , exploring many mediums to create his work. Born into a family of designers and sculptors with high standards of craftsmanship, his training began in the cradle. He has applied his talents to many art practices such as co-founding Ground Zero Printmakers (1986-present), a non-profit artist-run society for the support of avant-garde, conceptual, and experimental printmaking. He led and exhibited with this group until 1997, helping introduce new ideas into a traditional medium. George has served on the board of directors of Open Space Gallery and has been president of XChanges Gallery and Studios in Victoria. Before moving to Vancouver George created Archive Frames and worked as a master picture framer preparing important works for museums , gallerys and archives in Victoria. George has a BFA (Honours, First Class) from the University of Victoria and has exhibited his art work both nationally and internationally. Since moving to Vancouver he has been working in the film and television industry producing SMFX , puppets , animatronics and working as a puppeteer in the Union of BC performers. George has collaborated with Tibor Farkas , Toby Lindala , Bill Terazakis , Mike Fields , and Gideon Hay and is currently on staff at The Vancouver Film School working with Charles Porlier in the makeup department as Animatronics instructor.