HoarKor or HRKR for short was actually a duo of artists, Hoar and Kor, both Fine Arts students at Concordia University. They have tried their hand(s) at every possible type of urban art: figurative murals, graffiti, wheatpastes, stencils, smaller paste-ups and stickers, installations and even tagging. They also did a lot of studio work, you can check it out alongside much more of their street work on their Instagram and Facebook pages. In early 2017, after working together for 7 years, Hoar and Kor decided to put their professional relationship on hiatus. You can view their solo work via the following pages: Hoar on Instagram and Kor’s Instagram for “Mon chat dans ta ville”.

HoarKor, aussi connus sous le diminutif HRKR, est un duo d’artistes, Hoar et Kor. Ces deux étudiants de l’Université Concordia ont touché à toutes les formes d’art de rue: murales figuratives, graffitis, collages, pochoirs, collants et autocollants, intallations et même le tagging. Ils ont aussi été très prolifiques en studio. Jetez un coup d’oeil à leur pages Instagram et Facebook pour beaucoup plus que ce qui est présenté dans la galerie-photo ci-dessous. Au début de 2017, après 7 années de collaboration, Hoar et Kor ont décidé de commencer à travailler individuellement. Vous pouvez les suivre en solo via les pages de Hoar sur Instagram et le projet “Mon chat dans ta ville” de Kor.

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Figurative painting

Kor on cat and Hoar on letters, in Rosemont.

HRKR’s contribution to the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival was the side wall of the Foufounes Electriques terrasse.

Contribution to the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Detail from above work.

Contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery, part 1/3. Also visible on the left is a frame by Ms Teri done earlier for the Mural Festival.

Contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery, part 2/3.

Contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery, part 3/3.

In Rosemont-Petite-Patrie.

Large mural in Petite-Patrie (click to view bigger).

Front wall of Barfly on St-Laurent. The door bottom right is by Labrona.

In Mile End.

In the Plateau.

Figurative part of a combo with letters in the abandoned Hippodrome stables (I didn’t get a chance to photograph the letters part).

This is one side of an entrance of a St-Henri high school.

This is the other side of the above entrance of a St-Henri high school.

On a wall of a youth centre in Rosemont.

Door 1/4 of a boxing center in Petite-Patrie.

Door 2/4 of a boxing center in Petite-Patrie.

Door 3/4 of a boxing center in Petite-Patrie.

Door 4/4 of a boxing center in Petite-Patrie.

On containers for the 2016 Marché des Possibles (photo 1/4).

On containers for the 2016 Marché des Possibles (photo 2/4).

On containers for the 2016 Marché des Possibles (photo 3/4).

On containers for the 2016 Marché des Possibles (photo 4/4).

On Jeanne-Mance.

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Letters

In Petite-Patrie.

Contribution to the 2016 International Percussion Festival.

In Côte des Neiges.

Inside abandoned building.

In industrial Hochelaga.

In the Plateau.

Inside abandoned building.

Inside abandoned building.

Inside abandoned building.

Graffiti by train tracks (‘HRKR’ at the top).

A big throw in Mile End.

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Wheatpastes and small paste-ups

Kor wheatpaste found on St-Laurent.

Pasted poster, photo © HoarKor.

Wheatpaste.

Pasted poster.

Small paste-ups by HRKR (left) and Kor alone (right).

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up. Also visible in the top left corner is a sticker by Futur Lasor Now.

Sticker.

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Other

Installation for the 2014 edition of the Mural Festival. Photo © Pia MTL

Installation for the 2015 VHS – Van Horne Station event.

Installation for the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Installation for the 2016 International Percussion Festival.

Reverse of information panel for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

Reverse of information panel for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

Painted wood cut-out in Villeray.

Another wood-up.

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Under Pressure Festival 2015 sidewalk promos

In the weeks leading up to the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, a dozen promos were painted by Hoarkor on the sidewalks of the neighbourhood.

Au cours de la semaine précédant la tenue de l’édition 2015 du Festival Under Pressure, une douzaine de pubs ont été peintes par Hoarkor sur les trottoirs du quartier.

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Stickers

Collaboration with ROC514.

Collaboration with ROC514.

sticker tag

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Tags

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Hoar solo

Hoar’s contribution to Kor’s Gatos Callejeros production in a Rosemont alley (angle 1/2; see next).

Hoar’s contribution to Kor’s Gatos Callejeros production in a Rosemont alley (angle 2/2; see above).

Hoar for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Hoar for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Hoar without Kor in Côte des Neiges.

Hoar in Côte des Neiges

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Kor solo

Kor’s wall for the Alleycats (Gatos Callejeros) production which he curated.

Kor for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, part of a project called “Mon chat dans ta ville”.

Kor piece on a Masson rooftop, part of a project called “Mon chat dans ta ville”.

Kor featuring KG (not the graffiti crew) near Rosemont train tracks.

Kor graffiti on Omnipac building. Photo © HoarKor.

Kor graffiti by train tracks.