Ces53
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Ces53 is the name of a pseudo-anonymous street art
Street art
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/graffiti
Graffiti
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artist from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Ces53 has been active since 1985 and is the maker of many international street art/graffiti paintings, predomninantly in European cities but also worldwide like in Mexico
Mexico
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, USA and Burma.
Work
Ces53 started as a traditional graffiti writer, one of the first to paint graffiti on trains in Holland, BelgiumBelgium
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and Germany
Germany
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. He became world famous because of his high quality graffiti paintings, also adopted more traditional art forms during the years, including painting
Painting
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and sculpturing
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
.
He became renowned for his innovative styles, 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 Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
street art collective.