Alimo (b. 1985, Portland, OR) is a contemporary fine artist and digital creator based between Brooklyn, NYC, and the West Coast. Working across acrylic painting, murals, digital art, and daily sketch practices, his signature style blends curvy post-pop imagery, highly saturated colors, and expressive hand-drawn letters.

"I love interpreting the world around me—from ocean to mountains, from street corners to human expressions. Through my work, I invite you into vivid, curious, colorful worlds where play and emotion collide. Whether it’s a large-scale painting or a quick watercolor, my pieces are rooted in lived experience and a deep fascination with how people move through life."

-Alimo

Alimo started out when I was a kid—whether I knew it or not. I’d draw weird scribbly lines and make ceramics that felt cool. It was a brain dump of my imagination onto any medium. A fun sport to create stuff just for me. It was rad.

I’d religiously read Snowboarder and Thrasher Magazine as a grom. The stuff they were creating mesmerized and inspired me. I didn’t understand how they did these graphics, but I’d try and replicate everything—from sketching logos in my binder to filming skate videos with friends.

Eventually, I grew from a rugrat into an older human and headed to art school to explore all the fun stuff of making. That’s where things shifted. One day, during critiques, a classmate walked in late with a blank canvas, drew a single black dot in the middle, and gave a whole presentation about how it was art. I’d spent months on my project and he made his in seconds. But his concept was so powerful it cracked open my brain—and to this day, it still shapes how I approach every project.

Later that year, we were assigned to create a skateboard brand. I wanted to make something in spite of art school, something absurd and full of meaning because it meant nothing. I searched Urban Dictionary for “means nothing” and—boom—Alimo popped up. It was perfect. A week later, the definition disappeared. That day, Alimo was born. A name that meant nothing, but in reality, it meant everything.

This name kept on going after the school project. I started to use this as my company name and avatar pitching ideas to surf brands after college. I drew illustrations and slowly learned the ropes of the biz in the surf world. Over the years, Alimo faded away. My ideas were getting pushed onto other companies and that satisfaction to create for myself dwindled away.

I eventually quit all of my freelance jobs to recreate Alimo. To bring it back to life. To create for myself and bring everything back to my upbringing. This was skating. This was traveling. Friends. Family. Surfing. Snowboarding. Creativity. To draw playful humans being rad.

Thank you for all being here with me on my journey.

-Alimo