Michael Grills has been working as an Artist/Illustrator since the Age of 16 when he got his first commission to paint multiple murals inside a dentist's office. He Earned his BFA at the Alberta Collage of Fine Arts and Design with a Major in Visual Communications. Before graduation Michael applied for and got accepted as an artist for Bioware Corp., where he had the opportunity to work with a world-renowned company making some of the most popular games in the world.

After working for 5 years as an Artist on Baldur's Gate 2, NeverWinter Nights, a level Artist on Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, and as lead artist on Jade Empire Michael decided to take the skills he had learned and open his own studio - Michael Grills Illustration and Artwork