Kimou Meyer

Kimou Meyer was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1974. Raised in a family of architects, Kimou found inspiration both at home and in the worlds of skateboarding, sports and hip hop. After graduating with highest honors from Belgium’s Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre in 1999, Kimou relocated to New York City to pursue joint ventures in art and creative direction. That same year, he forged his GROTESK alter ego to practice mixed media artwork exploring themes of commercialization, social engineering and the humorous undertones of everyday life in New York. In 2010 he co-founded the sports-focused creative agency Doubleday & Cartwright and magazine Victory Journal, training his focus on major commercial projects including rebranding the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks and developing the brand vision for David Beckham’s MLS franchise, Inter Miami CF. Kimou currently lives with his wife and two kids in Portland, Oregon where he works as a Sr. creative director for Nike and explores his next artistic chapters.