Tess Martin is a Seattle-based animator who has been making her own short films since 2004. Her specialty is back-lit paper cut-outs. She has received an Artist Trust GAP Grant, a CityArtist Grant, a Puffin Foundation grant and a 4Culture grant for work on her most recent film, Plain Face, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2011. She is a member of SEAT, Seattle Experimental Animation Team, a collective of independent animators. Her previous film (A Moment’s Reverie, a 10 min. stop frame animation) was on display at e4c, 4Culture’s media gallery in Seattle for a year, and has shown at multiple venues around the world. She has run numerous animation workshops with Reel Grrls, Bainbridge Island Television and Longhouse Media.