Shenja van der Graaf (1976) began her career in Utrecht at age seventeen as a student of performing arts. During her first year a trip to Peru turned her eye to the wonders of visual imagery, resulting in a dual training in dance and film. This combined interest made her pack her suitcase a lot and eventually relocate to places including Los Angeles, Tokyo, and London.

In the late 1990s she showed off her love for Hollywood in a MA study on stardom by building a bridge between critical theory and cultural studies. While pursuing the love for her other career, her interest in media never evaporated. By the mid-2000s she took a plunge and started a PhD study focusing on innovation in process and product development in the context of 3D software platforms at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2009).

Today she lives between Brooklyn, Brussels & London with her Gordon Setter dog Mr. Kingston Black Magic. She is the owner of Furappu and is working on several projects.