ROC514 is mostly recognised for a cute round bird which can be found pasted all over Montreal. This bird has been seen in a variety of colours and patterns. The bigger varieties are usually made of pasted paper while the smaller ones come as stickers. Some have also been found painted and drawn. The artist often collaborates with other street artists and graffiti writers, a section of the photo gallery below features these collaborations.

ROC514 left Montreal for BC in 2017, but many specimens of her work are still found in the streets and alleys of Montreal. I expect she will keep a presence in our city through visits as well as the collaboration of many artists/friends who will put up her stickers. She did keep the ‘514’ in her name after all!

For more on ROC514, have a look at her Facebook and Instagram pages. You can buy ROC514 art and sticker packs at Storenvy.

ROC514 est surtout connue pour un petit oiseau dodu collé un peu partout dans plusieurs quartiers de Montréal. L’oiseau en question existe en de nombreuses couleurs et textures. Les plus grands spécimens sont sous forme de collages tandis que les plus petits se trouvent sous forme d’autocollants. Des spécimens ont aussi été aperçus peints ou dessinés. L’artiste aime aussi collaborer avec d’autres artistes et graffeurs, une section de la galerie-photo ci-dessous présente le fruit de ces collaborations.

ROC514 a quitté Montréal en 2017 lorsqu’elle est déménagée en Colombie Britannique, mais de nombreux specimens de sa création sont toujours présents dans nos rues et ruelles. On peut s’attendre à une présence maintenue via des visites régulières et la collaboration d’artistes et d’amis d’ici qui continueront à distribuer ses autocollants. Elle a tout de même conservé le ‘514’ dans son nom après tout!

Pour en voir plus par ROC514, voir ses pages Facebook et Instagram. Il est possible d’acheter des créations de ROC514 via Storenvy.

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paste-ups and stickers

the basic original design

Larger paste-up.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker variation.

Larger paste-up.

Sticker version of the above.

Wheatpastes by Miss Me (left), Enzo & Nio (centre) and ROC514 (right).

Wheatpaste (with what’s left of Turtle Caps top right).

Larger paste-up.

Sticker version of the above.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste (with what’s left of Turtle Caps at the top).

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Large sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

fill designs

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Large paste-up variation on the above. Also visible is a Waxhead sticker.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker version of the above.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Stickers by 52Hz (left), ROC514 (centre) and Swarm (right) on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Sticker.

Alternate version of the above sticker.

Sticker.

Variation on the above sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

in context / with backgrounds designs

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker, with shout outs to DEF, Shifty Cat, NusTwo and Flavor.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker, aged but still presentable…

Sticker.

Sticker.

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in character designs

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker from a Canadian themed series.

Sticker from a Canadian themed series.

Sticker from a Canadian themed series.

Sticker from a Canadian themed series.

Sticker from a Canadian themed series.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up version of the above sticker, plus 2 other designs.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

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Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-ups.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker tribute to Stranger Things.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

With Flavor (bottom) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Sticker version of the above.

Sticker; a mauve variation has also been spotted.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker; this one has also been seen as a large paste-up.

Sticker.

Stickers.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Coloured version of the above paste-up; on the left is a poster from Shifty Cat.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above, next to Flavor, in the Plateau.

Next to Flavor in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Sticker.

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Small paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Variation on the above sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

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paste-up

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older designs

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Sticker.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

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collaboration stickers and paste-ups

Paste-up collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e.

Sticker version of the above collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e.

Sticker collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e.

Paste-up collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e and Pua69.

Sticker collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e and Pua69.

Sticker collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e and Def. Scroll down for collaborations with Def only.

Sticker collaboration with Adida Fallen Angel.

Collaboration sticker with Arson.

Collaboration sticker with Boe.

Collaboration wheatpaste with CSRK.

Large paste-up collaboration with CSRK; sticker version also exists.

Sticker collaboration with CSRK.

Larger paste-up collaboration with Cup O’Joe. Also visible are paste-ups and stickers by Swarm (centre), 69 aka 6ara9e and TD (top left) and Beck (bottom left).

Sticker version of the above Cup O’Joe collaboration. Scroll down to Purplesmoke for more involving this collaboration.

collaboration with Andy Dass.

Collaboration with Def.

Collaboration with Def and Nustwo.

Another collaboration with Def and Nustwo. Scroll down for more collaborations with Nustwo.

Def (left) and ROC514 (right) both from the KLC crew.

Def and ROC514 representing DEP.

DEP gang sticker featuring Moen and ROC514.

DEP gang sticker featuring ROC514, Nustwo and Moen.

Collaboration sticker with D-Evil.

Another collaboration sticker with D-Evil.

Collaboration sticker with EightyADay.

Collaboration sticker with Ekro.

STicker with Flavor.

Collaboration sticker with Fletcher aka Il Flatcha.

Collaboration sticker with the Forge Fury (right), next to a piece by Duchess.

Collaboration sticker with the Forge Fury.

Another collaboration sticker with the Forge Fury.

Sticker with Frolk.

Collaboration sticker with Germ Dee.

Pink variation of the above collaboration sticker with Germ Dee.

Blue variation of the above collaboration sticker with Germ Dee.

Collaboration sticker with HoarKor aka HRKR.

Collaboration sticker with HoarKor aka HRKR.

Collaboration sticker with Kone.

Collaboration sticker with Kone.

Collaboration sticker with Kone.

Collaboration sticker with Kone.

Collaboration sticker with Lites.

Collaboration sticker with Lost Claws.

Collaboration sticker with Makenoize.

Collaboration paste-up with Makenoize.

Sticker collaboration with Marx One.

Another sticker collaboration with Marx One.

Paste-up collaboration with Mr Chose.

Sticker version of the above collaboration with Mr Chose.

Collaboration sticker with National Zombi.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo. Scroll up to Def for more collaborations involving Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Patata.

Collaboration sticker with Pink.

Collaboration sticker with Pink.

Collaboration sticker with Pink.

Collaboration sticker with Pink.

Another of many sticker variations with Pink.

Another sticker with Pink.

Sticker with Pink (centre) and DMT (right).

Sticker with Pink (centre) and Moen (right).

Sticker with Pink (left), Moen (third) and DMT (right).

From left to right: DMT, Pink, ROC514 and Moen.

Sticker with Moen (left) and Pink (centre) representing DEP.

Large paste-up collaboration with Purplesmoke17 (Sleepy Bunny) and Cup O’Joe (cup).

Pale brown version of the above paste-up collaboration with Purplesmoke17 (Sleepy Bunny) and Cup O’Joe (cup).

Sticker version of the above collaboration with Purplesmoke17 (Sleepy Bunny) and Cup O’Joe (cup). Scroll up to Cup O’Joe for more collaborations involving the latter artist.

Collaboration paste-up with Purplesmoke17.

Sticker with Purplesmoke17 and David Icon representing the Tokyo Tag Team.

Collaboration sticker with Qoin.

Collaboration sticker with Rey Midax.

Another collaboration sticker with Rey Midax.

This one is presumed to also have been done with Rey Midax.

Collaboration paste-up with Shifty Cat.

Collaboration sticker with Shifty Cat.

Sticker collaboration with Sien514.

Paste-up version of the above collaboration with Sien514.

With Sketchrat.

Collaboration sticker with Sleepisfamous.

Sticker with Smile.

With Spookbomb.

Collaboration sticker with Starkey.

Paste-up version of the above collaboration with Starkey.

Differently coloured variation on the above paste-up with Starkey.

Other design in collaboration with Starkey.

Collaboration paste-up with TBonez.

Collaboration with Urban Ninja and the Forge Fury.

Wheatpaste collaboration with Waxhead.

Sticker version of the above collaboration with Waxhead.

Another collaboration sticker with Waxhead.

Collaboration sticker with Waxhead.

Sticker collaboration with Wistipouf.

Small paste-up with XRAY.

Sticker with XRAY.

Sticker with XRAY.

Sticker with XRAY.

Sticker with XRAY.

Collaboration sticker with Zero Productivity.

Collaboration sticker with Zero Productivity.

Collaboration sticker with Zodiak.

Collaboration sticker with Zodiak.

Collaboration sticker with Zodiak.

Collaboration sticker with Zombiac.

Variation on the above sticker collaboration with Zombiac.

Collaboration sticker with Zombie Art Squad.

Differently coloured version of the above collaboration sticker with Zombie Art Squad.

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other sticker/paste-up designs

A small paste-up.

A small paste-up.

Paste-up with Flavor.

For the Tokyo Tag Team.

The KLC crew featuring ROC514.

The KLC crew featuring ROC514.

The KLC crew featuring ROC514.

The DEP crew featuring ROC514.

The DEP crew featuring Pink, ROC514 and Moen sticker.

The Guaw crew featuring ROC514.

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painted pieces

ROC514 and Flavor collaboration for the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Collaboration with Flavor for the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A ‘Your Face Here’ board done for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Opposite side of the above ‘Your Face Here’ board done for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

This one was found in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

In the Plateau.

Over a piece by IAmBatman in Old Montreal.

Found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Found in the alley between St-Urbain and Clark.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Near Lachine canal.

Flavor (left), Starkey (middle) and ROC514 (right) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

In Montreal West.

In Montreal West.

In Lachine, flanked by two from Def.

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drawn pieces

In Old Montreal.

In a Plateau alley.

In the Plateau.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End, with small drawing from Cryote, a small sticker from Swarm (red) and a pasted doilie from Stela.

In alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

On Mont-Royal.

On St-Laurent near Sherbrooke, with Turtle Caps and Free5 collaboration sticker.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

On St-Laurent near Bagg, with tag by Down and a commercial sticker.

In the old port.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Representing the KLC crew.

Representing the KLC crew in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark. Also visible on the right is an earlier stencil by Dookie.

Found in Verdun.

Another one in Verdun.

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other media

A wood-up.

Vinyl record covered with paste-up and stickers, found on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Bead paste-up. A handful of these were made in various colour schemes and velcroed here and there by the artist for people to take.

Collaboration wood-ups between Starkey and ROC514.

One more wood-up by Starkey featuring ROC514.

Collaboration wood-up with Flavor.

Swarm is originally from Toronto but now living in Montreal. Her favourite media in the streets is currently wheatpastes and stickers, but the artist is also the creator of small painted pieces and even a few murals.

For more information on Swarm, have a look at her Facebook and Instagram pages.

L’artiste d’art public Swarm est originaire de Toronto mais vit maintenant à Montréal. Elle semble préférer s’exprimer via les collages et les autocollants, mais elle est aussi l’auteure de pièces peintes et même quelques murales.

Pour plus d’information sur Swarm, voir ses pages Facebook et Instagram.

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Painted work

Swarm for the 2020 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Swarm’s contribution to the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle in a Rosemont alley. See below for an alternate angle.

Swarm’s contribution to the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle in a Rosemont alley, alternate angle.

Mural done in the context of the 2014 Decolonizing Street Art event

Red Bandit wheatpaste (left) over Swarm‘s mural for Decolonizing Street Art 2015 – Unceded Voices. This is the left section of a larger collaborative mural.

In Rosemont.

High under an overpass.

Valerie Bastille and Swarm collaboration (left) and Alysha Farling (right) for Cabane à sucre secret gallery August 2014

Well hidden portal in Mile End.

Painted floor piece at the Omnipac building. Photo © Swarm.

Painted piece at the Omnipac building. Photo © Swarm.

Two painted pieces at the Omnipac building. Photo © Swarm.

Portal underneath a concrete bollard.

Timmy Drift (left) and Swarm (right) on a parked train in Petite Patrie.

Next to a Petite-Patrie bike trail.

In Petite-Patrie.

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Wheatpastes and paste-ups

Combo with Zola on the right.

With Girl Plague on the right.

Collaboration with Zola.

Collaboration wheatpaste with Chat Perdu.

Collaboration wheatpaste with Chat Perdu.

Collaboration with Zola (person).

Another collaboration with Zola (slightly damaged in this shot). A sticker version also exists, scroll down to the stickers section to view.

Swarm (top) and Girl Plague (bottom).

With small painted piece by Timmy Drift bottom left.

Futur Lasor Now (left) and Swarm (right)

Futur Lasor Now (left) and Swarm (right)

Small paste-up bottom left is by National Zombi.

Montage of stickers/paste-ups.

In a window of the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Kat (left) and Swarm (right)

Stela (left) and Swarm (right) on St-Laurent.

Amongst tags from the Queer Sprayers (Zilch, Listen, EHT, Sad Punx).

Tava (top), Futur Lasor Now (centre) and Swarm (bottom) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Stela (left) and Swarm (right) on St-Dominique.

With a doilie paste-up by Stela.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Swarm (left) and Futur Lasor Now (right) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Collaboration between Stela and Swarm.

Collaboration between Stela and Swarm.

Between two doilie paste-ups by Stela.

Unidentified artist (top stencil), Swarm (centre) and Stela (bottom) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Photo © Swarm.

Photo © Swarm.

With a Futur Lasor Now poster in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Swarm (top) and Stela (bottom) on St-Dominique.

Above photo © Swarm.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

On a doilie.

Lily Luciole poster with three of Swarm’s (pink) designs pasted over it.

Collaboration with Lily Luciole in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Collaboration with Lily Luciole in Petite-Patrie.

Wheatpaste montage in the alley behind St-Hubert; photo © Swarm.

Wheatpaste montage for a climate change march and Decolonizing Street Art.

Red Bandit (top left) and Swarm (top right, bottom left) for Decolonizing Street Art.

Futur Lasor Now (top), Pnda (very top) and Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art (bottom) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

For Decolonizing Street Art.

For Decolonizing Street Art. Also visible bottom right is another wheatpaste, this one by Red Bandit.

Stela (left) and Swarm (right).

Poster for Decolonizing Street Art on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

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Stickers

For the 375th anniversary of Montreal.

Collaboration sticker with Stela based on a wheatpaste they did a few months earlier (scroll up to view).

Collaboration sticker with Zola based on a wheatpaste they did a few months earlier (scroll up to view).

Another collaboaration sticker with Zola.

There isn’t much information on the internet about G.Knight’s (formerly known as Graffiti Knight) street work. His personal and Facebook pages feature almost exclusively his studio work. His Instagram page was the only online site where a significant quantity of his street work could be viewed, but the artist stopped being active in the streets after 2015.

The artist’s favourite media on the streets during his active years were essentially wheatpastes, stickers and stencil. As far as I know he has never done any murals nor smaller painted pieces, other than his Darth Vader stencils.

Il est relativement difficile de trouver le street art de G.Knight (anciennement Graffiti Knight) sur l’internet. Ses pages personnelle et Facebook présentent presque exclusivement son travail de studio. Sa page Instagram était le seul endroit où une quantité significative de son oeuvre publique pouvait être vue, mais l’artiste a arrêté d’être actif dans la rue après 2015.

Pendant sa période active l’artiste semblait préférer les oeuvres collées, que ce soit sous forme de wheatpastes et stickers, ainsi que les stencils. Au meilleur de ma connaissance, il n’est l’auteur d’aucune murale ou oeuvre peinte majeure.

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the currency / stamp series

This sticker is the first thing to have come out in this series.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Sticker version of the above.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

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the Darth Vader series

Over the summer of 2014 about 30 stencilled Darth Vader heads appeared here and there on the sidewalks and alley entrances in the Plateau and Mile End. Each head was done in a different colour scheme, enticing some people to play ‘collect them all’ and photograph each one they encountered. Some pieces were signed “Enjoy G Knight”, others not. Coincidence or not, most heads were done at the entrance of alleys where street art could be found, as if the pop culture villain was posted there to protect the contents within. Wheatpastes featuring the same design also appeared on the walls of Plateau End and Mile End at about the same time.

Une trentaine de pochoirs de la tête de Darth Vader sont apparus sur les trottoirs et entrées de ruelle du Plateau et de Mile End au cours de l’été 2014. Chaque tête a été produite avec une combinaison de couleurs différentes, poussant certains amateurs de street art à les collectionner en photo. Certaines de ces pièces étaient signées “Enjoy G Knight”, d’autres non. Ceci pourrait être une coincidence, mais l’artiste semble avoir privilégié des emplacements au sol menant à des endroits où se trouve une quantité intéressante d’art public, comme si le méchant héros y était posté pour garder ce qui se trouvait à proximité. Des affiches collées présentant la même tête de Darth Vader sont apparues sur les murs du même quartier à peu près au même moment.

Unsigned stencil.

Unsigned stencil.

Unsigned stencil.

One of the signed stencils.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste, closer view.

Sticker.

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the Super Bear series

Poster.

Poster in the windows of the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Large wheatpaste on a wall of the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Smaller paste-up.

Sticker variation.

Signed version of the above.

Variation on the above design.

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the Cat Woman series

Wheatpaste – also produced in various other colour schemes.

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the Hipster Chimp series

Paste-up.

Paste-up. This shot also features Il Flatcha (top) and Glu10 (bottom).

Paste-up. This was produced in many other colours schemes not shown here.

A larger version of the above design found on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Another larger wheatpaste, this one found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

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the ‘Praying For The Holy Grail’ series

(praying for a Stanley Cup)

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

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the ‘Kill Your Gods’ series

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Sticker version, in black and white.

Colour version of the above sticker.

Another sticker on this theme, in black and white.

Colour version of the above sticker.

Sticker, another coloured variation.

the ‘Praying For A Queen’ subseries

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Sticker variation.

Sticker variation.

Sticker variation.

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the Watermelon Girl

Wheatpaste.

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the ‘Love Your Big Buddha’ series

Sticker only.

This better quality image is not from the streets, it’s an unslapped original. Photo © Graffiti Knight.

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G.Knight stencils

In June 2015 G.Knight (formerly known as Graffiti Knight) stencilled his recently shortened moniker on the walls, streets and sidewalks of the Plateau and Mile End. A few examples are shown below, but there are many others to be found.

En juin 2015, G.Knight (anciennement Graffiti Knight) a imprimé au pochoir son nom récemment raccourci sur les murs, trottoirs et rues du Plateau et de Mile End. Quatre exemples sont présentés ci-dessous, mais il y a en a plusieurs dizaines d’autres.

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Movie posters and stickers

Poster.

Poster.

Poster.

Poster.

Sticker version of the above.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

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Other

Paste-up found on a Mile End business window.

Autoportrait wheatpaste found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

One of many variations of his stencilled autoportrait.

One more variation on his stencilled autoportrait.

Stencilled autoportrait.

Stencilled autoportrait.

Propaganda sticker.

Sticker

Sticker

Sticker

Sticker

Chess board installation hung on a wall of the George General d’Auto Reparation.