Simon Rieber

Simon Cosmas Michael known professionally as Simon Rieber is an Tanzanian digital artist and author he is known for his illustration digital painting. Born and raised in Dar es Salaam, he became an Internet celebrity by achieving popularity on Instagram. He was named among the young artists who use their social media to bring changes in the society.

He is a founder and chief executive officer of SR Media Services Tanzania a company helping budding artists, entrepreneurs and creators to promote their works online providing press release services, experts in the knowledge panels. He also collaborated with Adobe Illustrator on painting. He was named artist of this generation in the art industry, he wrote a book named (How To Draw With Mouse Using Adobe Illustrator).

Early life and education
Born 18 May 1994 in Dar es salaam, Tanzania and spent his early life in Dar es salaam and later on took his bachelor's degree of Computer Science from 2008 to 2011 at University of Dar es Salaam.

Career
After graduating from Computer Science in 2011, Simon was involved in a small business and later decided to study painting online and began publishing his official work online in 2018. Simon also gained great popularity through social media in encouraging and inspiring young men and girls to focus more on entrepreneurship in order to become self-reliant and to lift themselves out of poverty. He has been one of the young people who have been able to use social media to bring about change and uplift others. Simon is also an investor in the art of Tanzanian music.

In 2021, Simon worked as a art director in the animated film Raya and the Last Dragon, which released on March 5, 2021.