Dave the Chimp
Born in an egg on a mountain top, Dave the Chimp paints graffiti without his name, and makes fanzines to switch on your brain.
He formed the 243rd Skateboarding Support Battalion to promote skateboarding in east London, helped create Big Cheese Magazine and was a founder member of Finders Keepers Crew (along with D*Face, PMH, and Mysterious Al). He is head designer at Hessen Metal Skateboard Hardware and was Artist in Residence at design/advertising agency Fold7 from 2001 to 2008.
His work has been published in over a dozen books including “Scrawl 2 - More Dirt”, “Zines” and “Blower” (Booth Clibborn), “Chemistry” (Laurence King) “The Art of Rebellion 1 & 2″, “Izastickup”, the Dazed and Confused book “Annual”, and the Wooster Collective books “Hollywood - The Remix”. He is about to start work on his first solo art book for the publisher Publikat.
His illustration work has appeared everywhere from children’s books for Hodder, tour posters for MTV and number 1 UK singles, to the bottom of Burton Snowboards.
He has exhibited in London, Tokyo, Portland (Oregon), Hamburg, Munich, Milan, Luxembourg and Barcelona. He frequently works on collaborations with Flying Fortress (under the name Visual Rock Stars) and large abstract posters and wall pieces with the likes of Ekta, Nomad and Product Two.
