 He studied painting at New York's School of Visual Arts and ultimately had work exhibited in the city alongside Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.In 1982 he appeared in the historic PBS documentary Style Wars about subway graffiti in New York.Cey Adams met Adam Horovitz in 1983 and a close relationship with the Beastie Boys began with Adams designing the graffiti lettering that spelled out the name of the band on the cover of their 12" single for Cooky Puss.