Edward von Lõngus

Edward von Lõngus in an Estonian stencil artist based in Tartu. His works have gotten attention from media and art critics, been presented in art exhibitions and sold in art auctions.
He has been compared to Banksy because of the style of his works, that often include political and social commentary, use of stencils and unknown identity.
He received the Tartu City Culture Award in 2014 for his work "Cannabeard and witch-hunter", that takes Estonian children book character Sammalhabe ("Mossbeard") and manipulates it to produce a social-critical work about the war on drugs.