Zola is one of Montreal’s most politically and socially involved artists. She describes her art as “Anti-oppressive street art”. She has been involved in the Decolonizing Street Art convergence of artists and in OffmuralEs, a collective aiming to offer a non-corporate alternative to the Mural Festival. She was voted by Complex as one of the 15 Emerging Street Artists to Watch in 2015 (that’s not just in Montreal but internationally).

For more information on Zola, see this interview given to Complex (in English) and this interview published in La Presse (in French), or visit her Facebook and Tumblr pages. Photos of her work, including a lot of off-street creations, are up on Instagram. She sells stickers, patches, posters, zines, t-shirts, etc through Storenvy.

Zola est une des artistes les plus politiquement et socialement engagé.e.s à Montréal. Elle décrit son art comme étant du “street art anti-oppression”. Elle est impliquée dans la convergence d’artistes Decolonizing Street Art ainsi que dans OffmuralEs qui propose une alternative non-commerciale au Festival Mural. Elle a été votée parmi les 15 artistes émergents à surveiller en 2015 par Complex (pas seulement à Montréal, mais internationalement).

Pour plus d’information sur Zola, lire cette entrevue (en français) publiée dans La Presse et cette entrevue (en anglais) donnée à Complex, ou visitez ses pages Facebook et Tumblr. Des photos de son art, incluant beaucoup de créations off-street sont disponibles sur Instagram. Zola vend des autocollants, patches, affiches, zines, t-shirts, etc via Storenvy.

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painted / peint

Zola and friends for the 2023 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

For the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle, with a piece by Collages Féminicides Montréal on the door.

For the 2021 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

For the 2020 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

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wheatpastes / collages

Tribute to Auntie Janet in Hochelaga.

A smaller version of the above.

After contributing this garage door to the 2020 edition of Canettes de Ruelle (see pre-vandalism shot at the bottom of this page), someone who disapproved with her anti-police message vandalised it, calling her a ‘cretin’. Instead of ‘fixing’ the work, Zola retaliated by wheatpasting over the vandalism and hijacking the vandal’s work to her benefit.

For the 2020 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

With Swarm on the left.

Collaboration with Swarm.

A cheeky one…

Probably Zola’s smallest wheatpaste!

This photo © Zola

Skull on the right is by Rey Midax.

Collaboration between Swarm (portal) and Zola (person).

Another collaboration with Swarm (slightly damaged in this shot). A sticker variation of this piece also exists, scroll down to the stickers section.

Also visible top right: Stela

Also visible bottom left: Stela; this photo © Zola

Underneath balcony of industrial office building.

This photo © Zola

Also visible, stickers for Decolonizing Street Art and by Waxhead, Stela, Tik Tok, ROC514

In alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Also visible, paste-ups by Red Bandit (beneath Zola) and Meat (bottom).

This photo © Zola

This photo © Zola

This photo © Zola

This photo © Zola

Zola for OffmuralEs.

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stickers / autocollants

This one’s a holographic sticker.

Collaboration with Swarm.

Collaboration with Swarm. This design originally existed as a wheatpaste (scroll up this gallery to view).

This one is presumed to be from Zola.

Zola, Riot Apologist.

Decolonizing Street Art stickers distributed by Zola.

Nixon is mostly known and loved for his graffiti which usually includes a lot of figurative elements. He also did a number of murals in Plateau back alleys as well as in a few other places around our city. Check out his Tumblr page for information and photos of his art (including a lot of non-street work on canvas). This abandoned WordPress site also features work produced up to the beginning of 2014.

Nixon est surtout connu et aimé pour ses graffitis qui incluent souvent des éléments figuratifs. Il a aussi produit un certain nombre de murales dans des ruelles du Plateau et ailleurs en ville. Pour plus d’information et des photos de son art sous toutes ses formes (incluant une grande quantité sur canevas), voir sa page Tumblr. Cette page WordPress abandonnée présente aussi son oeuvre produit avant 2014.

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murals and mural pieces/ murales et pièces murales

In the alley between St-Denis and Drolet. This mural replaced the one below.

In the alley between St-Denis and Drolet. This mural was replaced by the one above it in this gallery, and it replaced the one below.

In the alley between St-Denis and Drolet. This mural was replaced by the one above it in this gallery.

In a Plateau alley.

Front of café in Rosemont/Petite-Patrie.

In Hochelaga near the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

En Masse‘s contribution to the 2013 edition of Mural Festival features Nixon (bottom, top and far right) alongside Dan Buller (tennis player), Five Eight (central letters), Scaner (top letters), Waxhead (head on the left) and Beeforeo (below Five). Photo © Infant Wisdom.

In Outremont.

In an abandoned Hochelaga lot.

Garage door in a Plateau back alley.

In Pointe St-Charles.

In St-Henri.

On Ste-Catherine, in the Under Pressure Festival zone.

Inside an abandoned building.

At the abandoned “Jailspot”.

At the abandoned “Jailspot”. Also visible above it is a tag by Scaner.

In Petite-Patrie.

On the wall of a school.

In Rosemont.

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graffiti

Nixon (top) and Ewol (ground level) in Rosemont.

This detail of the Scan You Rock tribute wall to Scaner shows Nixon’s part. Click on the latter link to view the complete wall.

Nixon (top) and Sober (ground level) for the Scan You Rock jam.

Wall of flops from the Time Is Gold production featuring Nixon amongst many others (bottom row, third from the left, in black and yellow).

In Rosemont.

In Centre-Sud.

In Hochelaga, near legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

In alley between St-Laurent and Clark, near Laurier.

In an abandoned Hochelaga lot.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Town of Mount Royal.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Rosemont.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Griffintown.

In a Plateau back alley.

In Mile End.

In Hochelaga.

In St-Henri.

In St-Henri.

Koal, Nixon, Meor (hidden) and Pask on back of an abandoned building in Ville-Marie.

In a NDG / Côte des Neiges alley.

In a NDG / Côte des Neiges parking space.

At the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In the fashion district.

In Mile End.

In Rosemont.

On a Rosemont/Petite-Patrie rooftop.

On a Plateau rooftop.

On a Plateau rooftop.

On a Plateau rooftop. Piece to the left of Nixon is by Swaz.

Inside an abandoned building in Dorval.

In an abandoned place.

Inside the Omnipac building (now demolished). Photo © Kris Murray 2010.

Inside the Omnipac building (now demolished). Photo © Kris Murray 2010.

At the abandoned “Jailspot”.

In a Plateau back alley.

In the fashion district.

In Ville-Marie.

In Parc-Ex.

In Parc-Ex.

In Parc-Ex.

In Parc-Ex.

In a Plateau alley.

In Ville-Marie.

Nixon on wheels.

Mobile graffiti.

The opposite side to the above truck also seems to be by Nixon.

Nixon, Robe/Fore on truck side.

Another truck side by Nixon.

It takes two to get the complete picture… back of trucks parked in Mile End.

Back of truck.

In the Plateau.

View from train tracks in Mile End.

In Rosemont/Petite-Patrie.

In industrial Verdun.

In Rosemont, part of an unofficial ad.

In Pierrefonds.

In the Plateau.

In an Ahuntsic alley.

Behind a building in Mile End (bottom).

View from train tracks in Little Italy.

In the industrial South West; photo © Guillaume Couture.

Nixon tag over OXLXO stencil over Nixon graffiti in the Champs des Possibles.

In Hochelaga.

In Plateau End.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Griffintown.

In Plateau End.

Messed up piece in a messy Plateau back alley.

Beneath a Plateau roof.

Another Plateau roof edge.

In Rosemont/Villeray.

View from train tracks in Mile End.

In Rosemont/Villeray. Also visible is a tag by Scaner.

With Fomer in the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Pointe St-Charles.

Found inside train tunnel.

Found inside train tunnel.

Found inside train tunnel.

In a Plateau alley.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In a Rosemont alley.

Underneath a balcony in Mile End.

By train tracks in Rosemont.

In a central Montreal alley.

Trackside in Verdun.

In Rosemont.

In the Plateau.

At the Jean-Talon market.

Near the Jean-Talon market.

In a Villeray alley.

In the upper Plateau.

In Petite-Patrie.

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throws and tags

In Côte St-Paul.

In the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Rosemont.

In the Plateau.

In Petite-Patrie.

Another hollow one in Rosemont.

In the Plateau.

Fonki started off doing mostly graffiti with figurative elements and has grown to give Montreal some of its best figurative murals. He actually shines the most when he brings together these two aspects of urban art within his work. He has contributed to many festivals such as Mural Festival, Under Pressure and Elementakiza and has worked for Ashop. He now lives in Cambodia. You can see more of his work on his personal, Instagram and Facebook pages. Essential viewing for fans of Fonki are 2 documentaries on him and his art: The Roots Remain and Fonkiworld.

Fonki a commencé par faire du graffiti avec des éléments figuratifs et en est venu à créer des murales figuratives se classant parmi les plus aimées à Montréal. En fait, il est à son meilleur lorsqu’il combine ces deux aspects de l’art urbain dans ses oeuvres. Il a contribué à plusieurs festivals tels que le Festival Mural, Under Pressure et Elementakiza et travaille à l’occasion pour Ashop. Il vit maintenant au Cambodge, vous pouvez voir ces oeuvres hors-Montréal sur ses pages personelle, Instagram et Facebook. Les fans de Fonki se doivent de voir deux documentaires sur Fonki et son art: Retour Aux Sources (The Roots Remain) et Fonkiworld.

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murals and other figurative 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 que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

Fonki and Bryan Beyung collaboration in Côte des Neiges commemorating 50 years since the Cambodian genocide and the arrival of Khmer, Laotian and Vietnamese communities in Montreal.

Collaboration between MC Baldassari and Fonki for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Monk.e, Fonki and Ankh One collaboration mural for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Fonki (left) and Ms Teri (right) collaboration for Ashop‘s Hip Hop You Don’t Stop project on the walls of a NDG garage.

The back of this truck was done by Fonki during the 2016 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Mural on Décarie commissioned by dog owners in memory of their dogs who have gone to puppy heaven.

Contribution to the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

See a brief making of video of the above piece by Greg Pistol.

Painting on board during the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

The FT crew‘s 10th anniversary wall for Under Pressure’s 20th anniversary (2015). By Fonki, Ms Teri, Imp, Sawb and Aliss.

Work-in-progress during the 2015 edition of Mural Festival.

Collaboration with Bonar and Les Hommes De Lettres.

Opposite side of the above.

With other artists such as Ms Teri for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

For Ashop in Rosemont.

In a Mile End alley.

In a Mile End alley.

Central character, with many graffiti writers for the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Roy alley near St-Laurent, during the 2013 edition of Mural Festival.

Behind the Cabot x Gilmore walls.

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graffiti and other 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 que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

This detail of the Scan You Rock tribute wall to Scaner shows Fonki’s part. Click on the latter link to view the complete wall.

Off-Mural piece.

Tribute to Scaner by Fonki, Smak and Serak under J.Shantz’s wall for the 2018 edition of Mural Festival
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Letters piece in Rosemont.

Fonki and 1BL3 representing FT under an expressway.

Quick throw.

In a Hochelaga alley for Ashop. Also visible top left is a wood-up by Starkey.

At the Cabane à sucre secret gallery

Graffiti in Rosemont. Photo © Fonki.

For Ashop in a Petite-Patrie alley.

With Sceak, in a Mile End alley.

A very old one from 2011 found in Ahuntsic.

With Samo, in an abandoned tunnel.

An old throw found in an abandoned tunnel.

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tags

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stickers

Sticker promoting the “Fonki World” documentary.

Vilx in a French artist who spent some time in Montreal until late 2014 or early 2015 when he returned to France. During his time here he was commissioned for a number of murals but, as can be seen in the photo gallery below, he also did a bit of graffiti and unofficial figurative/graff pieces.

To view more of his art than what is featured here (including a lot of studio work), check out his Facebook and Instagram pages. To learn a bit more about the artist, see this interview published in 2013 on Vandalog. Vilx’s art is sold on Big Cartel.

Vilx est un artiste français ayant passé quelques années à Montréal jusqu’à son retour en France vers la fin de 2014 ou le début de 2015. Pendant son séjour à Montréal il a produit un bon nombre de murales et, tel que vu dans la galerie-photo ci-dessous, un peu de graffiti et des pièces figuratives non-officielles.

Pour en voir plus que ce qui est présenté dans la galerie-photo ci-dessous (incluant son travail en studio), voir ses pages Facebook et Instagram. Pour en apprendre un peu sur l’artiste, voyez cet entrevue publiée en 2013 sur Vandalog. L’art de Vilx est vendu sur Big Cartel.

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Vilx’s contribution to the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

Commissioned work for the Rosemont-Petite-Patrie borough.

In a Hochelaga alley.

Next to Lhasa De Sela park in Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In a Mile End alley.

In Pointe St-Charles.

Collaboration between Vilx (left), Mathieu Connery (tree) and Nelio (rest). The left half of the Vilx piece (beneath the fence) is now unfortunately painted over in white. Photo © Vilx.

At the back of an industrial building in Rosemont.

At the back of an industrial building in Rosemont.

In a Plateau End alley. I didn’t expect this to be by Vilx, but it is featured on his webpages. It was presumably commissioned by the kids’ store whose wall this is.

Another angle of the piece above.

On train.

On a back wall of a school.

Graffiti behind abandoned building in Ville-Marie.

Kevin Ledo is more active in the studio than he is in the streets of Montreal. However, the quality and size of his murals in this city makes up for the small number of pieces offered. He has also become one of Montreal’s street art ambassadors by producing murals all over the world. You can view these other murals as well as his studio work at Ledo’s personal webpage and his Instagram and Facebook pages.

Kevin Ledo produit plus en studio que sur les murs de Montreal, mais la qualité et la taille des murales qu’il a produites ici compensent largement pour leur faible nombre. Il est un ambassadeur de Montréal sur la scène internationale du street art, ayant produit des murales un peu partout autour de la planète. Ces dernières ainsi que son travail en studio peuvent être vus sur son site web personnel ainsi que ses pages Instagram et Facebook.

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Murals and other pieces below are shown in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Les murales et autres pièces ci-dessous sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille.

In the Plateau.

Above 2 photos: mural of Azulejo tiles in the Plateau. The second shot shows the work in the forefront with his iconic Leonard Cohen mural in the background.

Tribute to René Lévesque in Villeray, for Mu.

In Hochelaga, for Kolab.

Above 2 photos: tribute to Le Chainon founder Yvette Maisonneuve.

In the Plateau.

Painting his young son on Plaza St-Hubert.

In the Plateau.

Collaboration with Labrona in a Plateau alley.

Collaboration with Labrona on the right, in a Plateau alley.

In Wynwood Miami for the 2019 edition of Art Basel.

In Hochelaga, for Kolab.

For the 2018 edition of Art Basel in Miami.

Mural in Little Burgundy honouring Daisy Peterson Sweeney, for Mu.

This detail of the Scan You Rock tribute wall to Scaner shows Kevin Ledo’s part. Click on the latter link to view the complete wall.

Kevin on portrait of the departed Akira, with Chris Dyer on the right.

Plateau alley piece about the pain and anguish brought on by the increase of hatred and intolerance in today’s society.

24 days in the making, Kevin’s mural for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival is among the biggest in Montreal.

For the 2016 edition of Art Basel in Miami.

Tribute to actress Janine Sutto in Centre-Sud.

Huge mural on Décarie in Côte-des-Neiges.

Contribution to the 2015 VHS – Van Horne Station event.

In the Plateau.

2015 group ‘autoportrait’ by:
top row: Shalak from Clandestinos, Jason Botkin, Kevin Ledo, Chris Dyer, Bruno Smoky from Clandestinos
bottom row: Lovebot, Turtle Caps, Linsey Levendall, Marina Capdevila, Labrona, Waxhead, Dave Todaro

In Miami’s Little Haiti.

Contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery.

Collaboration with Zoltan V in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet. Ledo painted the woman on the right.

Contribution to the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

In a covered parking space in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

On the side of a Plateau business.