Our Faculty
Meet our talented and experienced faculty
NIC instructors are carefully selected according to our educational values and their valuable career and background. We created a team of talented professionals in their respective fields, with noteworthy industry experience, prestige and their outstanding ability to nurture the creative mind and shape the skills of students.


Michelle Grady
Michelle Grady has been a Makeup Artist for over 16 years, upon graduating top of her class, Michelle went straight into film. She has been in


Johanna Mintz
Johanna has been an artist for as long as she can remember. After high school, she did a 4-year art degree from Emily Carr University,


Carolina Gomez
Carolina Gomez moved to Vancouver to pursue a career in makeup for film and television. After graduating from the programs of Fashion and Film Makeup


Shimon Karmel
Shimon is an internationally published and award-winning photographer (Photo France NRJ Award 2010, Photolife Emerging Pro Award 2009, CAPIC XPOSE Award 2010 and 2014, Applied


Cory Keys
Cory started drawing and painting when he could first pick up a pencil. After graduating from art school, it wasn’t long before he was teaching.