Omar Bernal is an artist of Mexican origin, who arrived in Quebec in 2016 and has been living in Montreal since 2019. His street art is mainly figurative, with occasional excursions into the world of graffiti letters. To learn more about his artistic approach and to see the work that I have not had the chance to come across as well as what he does off the street, you are invited to take a look at his personal website and his Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo, Behance and Linked In pages.

Omar Bernal est un artiste d’origine mexicaine, arrivé au Québec en 2016 et vivant à Montréal depuis 2019. Son art de rue est surtout figuratif, avec à l’occasion quelques excursions dans le monde des lettres de graffiti. Pour en apprendre plus sur sa démarche artistique et pour voir le travail que je n’ai pas eu la chance de croiser ainsi que ce qu’il fait hors de la rue, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à son site web et à ses pages Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo, Behance et Linked In.

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solo murals

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.

A mural in Hochelaga meant to be a constant work-in-progress. This is the way the mural looked at the end of the 2022 season.

In Mercier.

Above 3 photos: 3 angles of a door recess for the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In a Verdun alley.

In a Plateau alley.

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collaboration murals

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.

Above 3 photos: a collaboration with Dodo Osé in a NDG park.

Carnales Estridentes, a collective featuring Omar, Aldarwin and Adida Fallen Angel, for the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Omar’s part in a back-to-school production in Parc-Ex.

Above 4 photos: the contribution to the 2021 edition of Canettes de Ruelle by Vatos Abstractos, the duo of Omar Bernal and Adida Fallen Angel. The first 3 shots were taken at the end of autumn after the leaves were fallen as the piece is normally hidden behind leaves, as can be seen in the 4th shot.

Sweet collaboration of Grils and Omar on the garage door of an ice cream shop in Mercier.

Tasty collaboration of Grils and Omar on a restaurant in Villeray.

Collaboration of Origami Explorateur, Aldarwin and Omar.

Collaboration of Grils, Omar and Ofusk in Villeray.

Omar’s contribution to a multi-artist wall in Villeray.

Omar mural in Hochelaga, featuring Tshoko in the bottom left corner and Louis Letters in the bottom right corner.

Whale by Omar over a background by Aldarwin. This is just a section of a long production in Hochelaga.

Omar’s section of a big multi-artist production in Hochelaga.

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Dia de los Muertos taqueria production

Omar curated the complete makeover of a Hochelaga taqueria in October 2020. Dozens of artists answered his call and contributed a black and white piece on the theme of El Dia de los Muertos to one of the taqueria’s walls. Omar himself painted pieces here and there within the production. Only his contributions are shown below, for a complete photo rundown of the production see the Retrospective Of 2020 murals and other painted street art.

Omar a organisé la redécoration extérieure complète d’une taqueria Hochelaga en octobre 2020. Des douzaines d’artistes ont répondu à son appel et ont contribué une oeuvre en noir et blanc sur le thème d’El Dia de los Muertos sur l’un des murs de la taqueria. Omar lui-même a peint des pièces ici et là au sein de la production. Seules ses contributions sont présentées ci-dessous, pour un aperçu complet de la production, voir la Retrospective 2020 murales et autre street art peint.

The front. The windows above had been painted in colour by Omar earlier in the year, a shot of this can be seen in the “Windows” below.

The long western wall features Ramses Herrera Medina, Tshoko, Grils, Moule, Jest, Ofusk, LNA, Origami Explorateur, Omar, Nero, Timoh Garcia and Aldarwin.

Omar’s dog Pipa passed away during the production, so he integrated her into it at a few places including this one above Robert Davy.

This segment of the eastern wall shows Omar, Timoh Garcia, Grils, Bezo, Lino and Aldarwin.

The central eastern wall shows Omar, Adi, 3CLO5, Verbe, Huile d’Olive, SciWalkArt, Grils, Timoh Garcia and Aldarwin.

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windows

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.

The windows of a community centre in Parc-Ex.

The windows of a community centre in Petite-Patrie.

The windows of a taqueria in Hochelaga. The taqueria was later painted in black and white by many artists under the supervision of Omar, see the “Dia de los Muertos taqueria production” section above.

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smaller figurative pieces

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 Hochelaga.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. This is the first version of this piece which was created at the time for the advertisement of an event. Omar later made changes to it, the final result can be seen at some of his personal links.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At Batiment 7.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel, inspired by a sculpture by 3 MG.

Tribute to Bob Ross at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In a Hochelaga alley.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Villeray.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Notice the letters spelling out his name in the smoke.

In Rosemont.

A collaboration with Adida Fallen Angel under the collective name of Vatos Abstractos at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Omar’s section of a multi-artist production in Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A collaboration with Adida Fallen Angel under the collective name of Vatos Abstractos at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Aldarwin (whale), Omar (seahorse) and Origami Explorateur (dog/wolf) collaboration at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A stencil by Titi McCoy over a background by Omar, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A nod to Infoman at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Omar on badger and Ofusk on speech bubble, in Hochelaga.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. The dog pictured on the right is Omar’s dog Pipa.

Omar’s part in a multi-artist group portrait mural in Villeray. The full mural can be seen here.

Omar supplied the newspaper headline background to a mashup piece of Nero and Ofusk at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A collaboration with Her at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A collaboration with Her at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Collaboration of Omar, Abir, Aldarwin, 3CLO5 and Andra at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On a bin of the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A restaurant front in the Plateau.

A collaboration with Her and Aldarwin at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Riok on letters and Omar on portrait of Riok standing for the ‘O’, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

For a Hochelaga restaurant.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Omar supplied figurative parts to this letter piece by Dars at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Omar top left and Lino bottom right, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On a Plateau garage door.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A collaboration with Aldarwin at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A self-portrait at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel at the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Notice the feet and the shadow on the ground. This photo shows the piece almost completed.

A clever reproduction of the heavily-tagged machinery often found on the piers of Montreal metro stations when under repair. The tags in this case were supplied by many other artists present at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel that day: Aldarwin, Macak, Riok, Origami Explorateur, Nero, Derf, Deps, 3CLO5, etc.

A funny take on a popular internet meme, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Omar displaying his love of tacos at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

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letters

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.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

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stickers