Pieter Ceizer is a Dutch typographical artist and designer living in Paris.

Pieter started skateboarding at the age of 11 at the old Museumplein square in Amsterdam, in the 90s this was a meeting point for skaters, graffiti artists, punks and rebels. While skating at Museumplein as a young kid, Pieter got inspired by the colorful letter artworks and ‘pieces’ made by local graffiti artists on the back of the half-pipes. Soon after Ceizer started writing his name over town with a small marker and doing his first pieces in spray paint. After a short ‘carreer’ in graffiti, Ceizer went to The Royal Academy Of Arts In The Hague, where he studied graphic design and typography.

All Ceizer’s work is typographical or type based, his work mostly consists of simplistic line- and letter drawings as well as colorful abstract compositions with type based shapes.

Ceizer’s choice of words, phrases and subject matter are empowering, humoristic and poetic. While studying the craft of typography, Ceizer started deconstructing letters to create colorful abstract compositions. His abstract work suggest a dream state of mind in which he blurs the line between words and figure, letters and abstract art. His paintings and wooden pieces balance color and shape, creating a playful and uplifting dynamic.

Ceizer believes in the power of written words. The written word is the best way to communicate and share thoughts or emotions. A written word on it’s own is an abstract idea, the meaning depends on the reader. Written words create an image of an idea in the mind of the reader, which can influence the readers thoughts. Written words can stimulate the brain and even change the way we act in life. The brain, Ceizer believes, does not make much of a distinction between reading about an experience and encountering it in real life; in each case, the same neurological regions are stimulated. If you change the words you read or say, you change the way you think and change your reality.

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