Mateo – real name Mathieu Bories – was born in France but has left a trail of murals around the world, particularly in Latin America as well as in Montreal where he has come to study. His work is recognizable by the integration of stencilled elements, particularly to create textures and motifs. His Montreal catalogue includes a good share of walls created for the program Tandem from the Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie borough.

The photo gallery below only features exterior work done in Montreal. To see what Mateo has created elsewhere or in interior settings, or to see the evolution of his Montreal murals, you can check out mathieubories.com or his Instagram and Facebook pages. This article at StoriesMTL will tell you a bit more about the artist himself. Also very interesting is this photo interview for 7H42.com.

Mateo, de son vrai nom Mathieu Bories, est un artiste d’origine française un peu bohème qui a laissé un grand nombre d’oeuvres murales un peu partout de par le monde, particulièrement en Amérique Latine et à Montréal où il est venu étudier. Son style est reconnaissable par les textures et motifs répétés, imprimés à l’aide de pochoir. Plusieurs de ses plus grandes oeuvres à Montréal ont été créées dans le cadre du projet Tandem de l’arrondissement Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie.

La galerie-photo ci-dessous ne présente que les oeuvres extérieures produites à Montréal. Pour voir ce que Mateo a créé à l’étranger, pour ses oeuvres intérieures, ou pour voir l’évolution des ses murales Montréalaises, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à mathieubories.com, ou à visiter ses pages Instagram et Facebook. Cet article de StoriesMTL vous permettra d’en apprendre un peu plus sur l’artiste. Cette photo entrevue pour 7H42.com est aussi des plus intéressantes.

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painted work

Pieces in this section are shown in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Mile-Ex.

Downtown mural. Scroll down for details.

Downtown mural, detail 1/3.

Downtown mural, detail 2/3.

Downtown mural, detail 3/3.

In Hochelaga.

In Wynwood, Miami for the 2018 edition of Art Basel.

With his buddy Shine for the Ru street fair on Mont-Royal.

In Villeray. See close-up below.

Close-up of a the above mural in Villeray.

With his buddy Shine in Villeray. See below for close-up.

Close-up detail from the above Villeray mural with buddy Shine.

In Villeray.

In Rosemont.

Small stencil in Mile End.

Stencil in Mile End.

Stencil in Mile End garage door window.

In centre-sud. Check below for a different angle showing most of what the tree is hiding.

Same centre-sud wall as above, different angle.

Stencil in Mile End.

At the Marché Jean-Talon.

A stencil mural in Villeray.

On a restaurant’s side wall in the Quartier Latin.

In a St-Michel park (photo 1/3).

In a St-Michel park (photo 2/3).

In a St-Michel park (photo 3/3).

In Rosemont-Petite-Patrie.

On the side of a church in Petite-Patrie.

A bit of extra stencil on the wall next to the above mural.

Collaboration between MC Baldassari (character) and Mateo (stencilled pattern around character) for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Contribution to the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

Bus covered in stencils and wheatpastes for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival (angle 1/3).

Bus covered in stencils and wheatpastes for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival (angle 2/3).

Bus covered in stencils and wheatpastes for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival (angle 3/3).

Stencilled flowerpot on Amherst for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival.

Another angle of the stencilled flowerpot on Amherst for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival.

Short-lived stencil in the fashion district.

Stencil inside the abandoned Transco.

In Petite-Patrie.

This wall is located across the street from the one on Papineau shown further down in this gallery.

For a 2015 VHS – Van Horne Station block party.

On Plaza St-Hubert post (2 sides shown).

Contribution to the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

On Papineau for Tandem Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie. You can see a video of the making of this mural on Vimeo.

In Rosemont for Tandem Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie for Tandem Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie.

In Rosemont for Tandem Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie. This wall has been graffitied over and is now always half hidden by a garbage container, so I’m showing this photo © Mathieu Bories.

In Villeray.

Detail of the Villeray wall above, showing the fake window and various stencilled elements.

Contribution to the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In upper Rosemont.

In Mile-Ex for Tandem Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie.

In a Rosemont alley.

Signed Bobo in Mile End.

More ‘Bobo’ stencils in Mile End. Pasted between them is a wheatpaste from You Go Girl.

These garage doors in Hochelaga look like they are from Mateo’s hand, but they are actually from a friend of his using some of his stencils.

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wallpaper paste-ups

Inspired by the success of his paintings on patterned carpets which he sells in galleries, Mateo developed these streets versions on strips of wallpaper.

Suite au succès de ses oeuvres sur tapis qui connaissent beaucoup de succès en gallerie, Mateo a développé ces variations sur papier peint, idéales pour la rue.

Set of two in the Plateau.

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wheatpastes / collages

This wheatpaste in Mile End was first seen on the bus Mateo did for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival (scroll up to view).

Poster on the boarded up Club Sandwich for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival.

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stickers / autocollants

This one is above the digital screen of a parking meter.