This image gallery brings together 100 pieces of Montreal street art from 2023 that were created in a studio, then pasted, glued, screwed in or cemented into a public place. It is not necessarily the best of the year because taste is a subjective thing and I was obviously not able to photograph everything. The selection was done partly from my own personal favourites but mostly from those of my followers on Instagram. Of course this list was put together from what I was actually able to photograph, so keep in mind that it may lack some great work that just slipped between the cracks.

The pieces are shown here in alphabetical order of artist name. To ensure that the list wasn’t filled with only work from a few popular artists, I have set a maximum of 4 pieces per person. Collaborations by two or more artists count as one entry.

See also:
– Retrospective of 2023 murals and other painted street art
– Retrospective of 2023 graffiti

Cette galerie-photo présente 100 pièces de street art produites en 2023 à Montréal, créées en studio avant d’être collées, vissées ou fixées dans le ciment dans un endroit public. Cette liste n’a pas la prétention d’être un best of de l’année puisque les goûts sont personnels et je n’ai évidemment pas eu la chance de tout photographier. La sélection s’est faite en partie parmi mes pièces favorites, mais surtout parmi les préférées de mes abonnés Instagram. Cette liste a bien sur été créée à partir de ce que j’ai eu la chance de trouver et de photographier, ce qui signifie que quelques chef d’oeuvres de 2023 pourraient ne pas y figurer.

Les pièces apparaissent ci-dessous en ordre alphabétique de nom d’artiste. Pour que cette liste ne soit pas totalement accaparée par quelques artistes populaires, j’ai fixé un maximum de 4 pièces par personne. Les collaborations entre deux ou plusieurs artistes ne comptent que pour une entrée.

Voir aussi:
– Retrospective 2023 murales et autre street art peint
– Retrospective 2023 graffiti

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Paste-up by April Showers in the Mural zone.

A wood installation by Arpi, in Côte St-Paul.

A wood installation by Arpi, in Hochelaga.

Above 2: a wood installation by Arpi in Pointe St-Charles.

A wood installation by Arpi, in the Plateau.
Arpi was particularly active in 2023, he also made it into the Retrospective of 2023 murals and other painted street art as well as the Retrospective of 2023 graffiti.

Astro stickers from 2023.
Astro also made it into the Retrospective of 2023 murals and other painted street art as well as the Retrospective of 2023 graffiti (under ‘Peru’).

Paste-up by Bewildering Eye found in Mile End.

Bordalo II‘s awesome contribution to this year’s edition of Mural Festival, made only from local disused objects.

A poster by Cam found in the Plateau.

Paste-up by Cat’n’Paste found in Mile End.

Paste-up by Cat’n’Paste found in Mile End.

Isaac Cordal figurine, one of 15 for Mural Festival in the Mural zone, next to an earlier Mad Rats paste-up.
Gaulois from the Mad Rats’ actually has 2 more of these paste-ups make it into this recap, scroll down to view.

Above 2: another of of Isaac Cordal‘s 15 figurines put up for the 2023 edition of Mural Festival.

Above 2: another of of Isaac Cordal‘s 15 figurines put up for the 2023 edition of Mural Festival.

Above 2: another of of Isaac Cordal‘s 15 figurines put up for the 2023 edition of Mural Festival.

A wheatpaste by CSRK in Little Italy.

A wheatpaste by CSRK in Mile End.

A wheatpaste by CSRK in Mile End.

A wheatpaste by CSRK in the Plateau.

Paste-up by Damn, in the Plateau.

A tag sticker by Dfek.

A tag sticker by Dfek.

A tag sticker by Dfek.
Dfek is one of this city’s great graffiti writers, it’s no surprise that he has also made it into the Retrospective of 2023 graffiti.

Above 3: 3 examples of Dodo Urbain‘s wheatpaste put up around the city where homeless people were seen sleeping or lying down on the ground.

A tall poster by Ekié in Hochelaga.

A paste-up by Ekié in Mile End.

A poster by Ekié in Hochelaga.
There’s one more piece by Ekié in this retrospective, scroll down to Stay Beautiful to view.

It was great to see the return of Futur Lasor Now this year, this was one of his new sticker designs.

Another new sticker by Futur Lasor Now.

Another new sticker by Futur Lasor Now.

Another new sticker by Futur Lasor Now.

Laurent Gascon’s 2023 mosaic tribute to a local cultural icon was of Kim Yaroshevskaya as the character of Fanfreluche which made her famous. This is in Hochelaga, like most of his creations.

A paste-up by Goldie Fawn in Mile End.

A paste-up by Goldie Fawn in Mile End.

Paste-ups by Hustler Two (left) and Zyk (right), in the Plateau.
Scroll down to Zyk’s name near the end of this list for more by this pasting artist.

A paste-up by Hustler Two in the Plateau.

A paste-up by Irritated Eye in the Mural zone.

A paste-up by Irritated Eye in the Mural zone.

A paste-up by Irritated Eye in the Mural zone.

A Junko installation made from disused material, installed on an abandoned building in the South West. To see more shots of each of the Junko pieces in this recap, click on Junko’s name to see the wall2wallMTL spotlight on this artist.

A Junko installation made from disused material, inside an abandoned building.

A Junko installation made from disused material, on an old bridge pillar in the middle of Canal Lachine.

Junko‘s contribution to this year’s edition of Mural Festival.

A paste-up by Labrona in the Plateau.

A paste-up by Labrona in the Plateau.

A paste-up by Labrona in Outremont.

A paste-up by Labrona in Mile End.
Labrona also made it into the Retrospective of 2023 murals and other painted street art.

A Lost Claws wheatpaste in the city centre.

Lost Claws installation on a Mile End roof.

A Lost Claws wheatpaste in the Plateau.

A Lost Claws wheatpaste in Little Italy.
Lost Claws also made it into the Retrospective of 2023 murals and other painted street art.

A paste-up by Gaulois representing Mad Rats in the Plateau.

Another paste-up by the Mad Rats‘ Gaulois.
There is one more paste-up by Mad Rats in this retrospective, scroll up to ‘Cordal’ to see. Gaulois also made it into the Retrospective of 2023 murals and other painted street art, under LSNR.

A wheatpaste by Maika in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Above 2: one of Makenoize‘s iconic paste-ups, on an abandoned downtown church.

A wheatpaste mural by Mirov in Hochelaga. Zoom in for details.

A wheatpaste by Mistake Project. Variations in colour have also been spotted.

A mosaic installation by Jean Mosaïque in Petite-Patrie.

Two small posters and a sticker by Nach.

A paste-up by National Zombi found in Mile End.

A paste-up by Ole in the Plateau.

A Pantie Sniffer sticker next to one of our own!

Radical Playground was in town this summer and put up a series of paste-ups around the Plateau.

One more by Radical Playground in the Plateau.

One more by Radical Playground in the Plateau.

One more by Radical Playground in the Plateau.

River June‘s photo-op installation for this year’s edition of Mural Festival. It was inspired by Bordalo II’s creation from disused items done nearby, also in the context of Mural.

Above 4: a tryptich of Octavio Ruest paste-ups. First shot is the complete installation, followed by close-ups on each piece of the tryptich.
Octavio also made it into the Retrospective of 2023 murals and other painted street art.

A new SBU One sticker.
SBU One also made it into the Retrospective of 2023 murals and other painted street art.

Wheatpastes by Stay Beautiful (left) and Ekié (right) in Hochelaga.
Ekié has 3 more posters and pasted pieces in this retrospective, scroll up to his name to view.

A wheatpaste by Stay Beautiful in Hochelaga.

A wheatpaste by Stay Beautiful in Hochelaga.

A wheatpaste by Stikki Peaches in the Plateau.

A wheatpaste by Stikki Peaches in Mile End.

A wheatpaste by Stikki Peaches in the Quartier des Spectacles.

A set of wheatpastes by Stikki Peaches in Little Italy.

A sticker by Swik.

A sticker by Swik.
Swik is mainly into graffiti, it’s no surprise that he has also made it into the Retrospective of 2023 graffiti.

Tbanbox was by far the most active wheatpaster in the city in 2023, this montage was put up by Canal Lachine.

Tbanbox in the Plateau.

A montage of Tbanbox wheatpastes in the Plateau.

Tbanbox in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Terrorizer was also one of the busiest wheatpasters this year, particularly in the year’s final few months.

A wheatpaste by Terrorizer.

A set of wheatpastes by Terrorizer.

A wheatpaste by Terrorizer.

Two posters by Two Cents One in graffiti alley.

A paste-up by Victor Devenir in graffiti alley.

A paste-up by Victor Devenir in graffiti alley.

A paste-up by Victor Devenir in Mile End.

This Zola poster was spotted in a few locations, with and without text.

A large poster by Zola, in Hochelaga.

A tribute to Jocey Shadows by Zola, in Mile End.

A wheatpaste by Zola in the Quartier des Spectacles.
Zola also made it into the Retrospective of 2023 murals and other painted street art.

A paste-up by Zyk in the Plateau.

A paste-up by Zyk in the Plateau.

A paste-up by Zyk in the Plateau.
There’s one more piece by Zyk in this retrospective, scroll up to ‘Hustler Two’ to view.

This trio of paste-ups was found in Hochelaga, presumably by the unidentified artist who has been putting up pieces representing citizens of the neighbourhood for a few years now.

A lifesize wheatpaste found in Mile End, the artist has not yet been identified.

A traffic sign hijacking by an unidentified artist, found in the Plateau.