He was born in 1973 and completed his Baccalaureate - Year 12 - in Mohammedia, Morocco. Simo attended two Art Schools in Morocco in Casablanca and Tetouan, completing four years of study in painting, drawing, design and fine arts. He has exhibited extensively in Morocco for 15 years. From 2009 to 2013 he travelled to France and was invited to participate in a cultural exchange between Morocco and France. Simo exhibited four times in Paris and Marseilles, France. He won first place in an Art Prize in Marseilles, France in 2009.