Ces53 is the graffiti name of Tonny van Hoenderloo van Zandt,

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artist from the

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. ''Ces53'' has been active since 1985 and is the creator of many international street art/graffiti paintings, predominantly in European cities but also worldwide in Mexico, United States and

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Work

''Ces53'' started as a traditional graffiti writer, one of the first to paint graffiti on trains in the

, Belgium and Germany. He became world-famous because of his high-quality graffiti paintings, also adopted more traditional art forms during the years, including

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and sculpturing. He became renowned for his innovative styles,''Graffiti Art #10'', Scwarzkopf & Scwarzkopf,1999, quantity of work, and gained a lot of fame and followers within the graffiti community. Since 2005 ''Ces53'' is also part of Lastplak, a world-famous

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street art collective.

References

* ''Graffiti in Rotterdam '', Stichting Kunstpublicaties Rotterdam, 2005, * ''Wholecars '', Aragon,1996, ♦ * ''Graffiti Art #10'', Scwarzkopf & Scwarzkopf,1999,

External links

graffiti.org

Ces53 website
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