His work has been collected and exhibited in the United States and Europe, reviewed by international press including Die Zeit and The Washington Post, and published in his monographs Public Parking (2005) and Dam (2015). Meier came to the States on a Fulbright and went on to earn his MFA at Ohio University. He began his teaching career at the Volkshochschule Dortmund and was an Assistant Professor at the University of Miami before joining the Department of Art + Design at Utah State University in 2011. His research often intersects with the natural sciences, and Meier is part of a team that was awarded a 2014 National Geographic Grant. In recognition of his success advising student research proposals, Meier was named the 2015 Caine College of the Arts Undergraduate Research Mentor of the year.