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Canettes de Ruelle 2022

This image gallery brings together photos of all the pieces created for the 6th edition of Canettes de Ruelle. This 2022 edition was the biggest so far, with almost 60 walls painted, involving nearly 90 artists. In a year when there was no Under Pressure festival and Mural Festival was branching off more and more into concerts and other events at the detriment of visual arts, the Canettes de Ruelle Festival became the biggest urban art event in the city, not commercially, but in artist participation.

This edition of the festival took place in the alleys between 5th and 9th avenues, from Masson to St-Joseph. The gallery below is roughly sorted from west to east, down the 5th/6th Avenue alley, up the 6th/7th, down the 7th/8th and up the 8th/9th.

Cette gallerie-photo présente toutes les oeuvres créées dans le contexte de la 6e édition du festival Canettes de Ruelle. Cette édition 2022 a été la plus importante à date, impliquant presque 90 artistes sur une soixantaine de murs. En cette année sans festival Under Pressure et pendant laquelle le Festival Mural prenait une tangeante axée de plus en plus vers les concerts et autres événements au détriment des arts visuels, le Festival Canettes de Ruelle est devenu le plus grand événement d’art urbain de la ville, non pas au point de vue commercial, mais au point de vue participation artistique.

Pour cette édition 2022, le festival s’est déroulé dans les ruelles entre la 5e Avenue et la 9e Avenue, de Masson à St-Joseph. La gallerie ci-dessous est présentée approximativement d’ouest en est, descendant la ruelle 5e/6e Avenue, montant la ruelle 6e/7e, redescendant la 7e/8e et enfin remontant la 8e/9e.


This big mushroom-themed mural by a one-off collective features On Verra Bien, Pnzni, Blanche Renarde, Cali, Demie Molle, Tshoko, Moule, Sam’19, Kawaz and Savannah.
Also visible in this shot are bubble throws by Lora and Hob above.

Le Monstr

Ekes, Stock and Airod.

Acid

Ms Teri

Above 3: le Renard Fou, full shot and close-ups on each wall.

Yelena

Jul B

Milk Box

Scribe

SCHN

River June, with Henri Papy on text.

Above 2: Origami Explorateur featuring Ekie on stencil.

Zoe Gelfant

Kaori Izumiya. The interesting thing about this piece is that it was painted with a brush instead of a spraycan.

Le Titre Provisoire

Mos Geez‘s rooftop piece.

KT Pag

By Carnales Estridentes, a collective featuring Omar Bernal, Aldarwin and Adida Fallen Angel.

Syrup

Filco

Zoltan

Eve Lag

Her

Louis Letters and Adi

This huge CEK crew piece was done by Resno, Bhar, Jher and Sekel. Click and zoom in.

Above 2: Alors, viewed from the private rooftop where the piece was painted as well as from street level.
Terrasse photo © Olivier Bousquet.

Gaulois and Cleo.

Maliciouz

Janna Yotte and So Jack.

Maf and Seano.
Photo © Olivier Bousquet.

Someone representing TRU.

Bad Toyz featuring Hary (left and middle) and Roger84 (right).

Zola above the door, featuring a collage by Collages Féminicides on the door.

Fils And Chips

Metz representing TENS at ground level and Hob above.

Menar

Bosny

Cabe and Faser.

Bibi Una

Above 3: Loopkin, Maylee Keo and Grrraaand, full shot and close-ups on each wall.

Moule

Julian Palma

MSHL and Diane Roe.

EK Sept

Fleo

Jenna Schwartz

Nikki Küntzle and Ilana Pichon.

Hest on letters and Wuna on character.

Awie representing K6A.

Hayer (ground level) and Nero (above).

The RCii crew.

Lora

Mural Festival 2022

The 2022 edition of Mural Festival saw a return to near-normal following two editions downscaled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This article features the new murals created during this 2022 edition, as well as the other temporary art found on the site (St-Laurent between Sherbrooke and Mont-Royal) while it was closed to traffic from June 9th to 19th.

Six earlier Festival murals have been replaced with new ones in 2022. These are the Marc-Olivier Lamothe mural from the 2020 edition, Germ Dee’s from the 2019 edition, Waxhead’s from the 2018 edition, Mono Sourcil’s as well as Jason Wasserman’s murals from the 2017 edition, and finally Stare and Tchug’s collaboration from the 2013 edition. In the latter case, the wall had undergone renovations the previous year which had caused the disappearance of the mural.

You may want to check out this walking tour map connecting all Mural Festival creations and other major murals in the area.

L’édition 2022 du Festival Mural a vu un retour à la normale (ou presque) après deux éditions à échelle réduite en raison de la pandémie de Covid-19.

Cet article présente les nouvelles murales créées lors de cette édition 2022, ainsi que les autres œuvres d’art temporaires retrouvées sur le site (St-Laurent entre Sherbrooke et Mont-Royal) alors qu’il était fermé à la circulation du 9 au 19 juin.

Six anciennes murales du Festival ont été remplacées par de nouvelles en 2022. Il s’agit de la murale de Marc-Olivier Lamothe de l’édition 2020, celle de Germ Dee de l’édition 2019, celle de Waxhead de l’édition 2018, celle de Mono Sourcil ainsi que celle de de Jason Wasserman de l’édition 2017, et enfin la collaboration de Stare et Tchug datant de l’édition 2013. Dans ce dernier cas, le mur avait subi des rénovations l’année précédente qui avaient causé la disparition de la murale.

Vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à cet itinéraire pédestre reliant toutes les murales produites dans le cadre de toutes les éditions du Festival ainsi que les autres créations majeures dans le même quartier.


the murals

Shepard Fairey aka Obey was the big international guest of this 2022 edition.

Danae Brisso

Drew Young‘s tall mural was painted downtown.

The Tyxna collective was a last minute addition to the festival. Their mural was painted by Tyxna’s Zek, Dodo Osé, Fuser and Ankh One with assistance by Haks.

Caroline Monnet

Caratoes‘ second participation in the festival is found in Old Montreal.

Mando Marie‘s stencil mural.

Milk Box

Hanna Barczyk‘s mural is in Mile End.

Hate Copy

Dalkhafine‘s mural is in Mile End.

Burnt Toast‘s second participation in the festival.

Awie‘s mural is a tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

Vexx

Bonar‘s contribution is a jagged blue squirt of recycled plastic across two walls of this corner building.


information/ad boards

River June took things further with her board by integrating objects, in the style of Bordalo II.

Loopkin

Elodie Duhameau

Grrraaand

Le Jean Jules

Pauline Stive

Julien Castanié

Viro Munchkin

Audrey Malo

Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art

This image gallery brings together 100 great murals and other painted street art pieces from 2022. 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/crew 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 artist. Collaborations by two or more artists count as one entry.

See also:
Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations
Retrospective of 2022 graffiti

Cette galerie-photo présente 100 murales et autres pièces de street art peint créées en 2022 à Montréal. 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 2022 pourraient ne pas y figurer.

Les pièces apparaissent ci-dessous en ordre alphabétique d’artiste/crew. Pour que la 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 sur un même thème ne comptent que pour une entrée.

Voir aussi:
Retrospective 2022 street art collé et installations
Retrospective 2022 graffiti


Acid‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Adida Fallen Angel mural in Hochelaga behind a gallery where he had a show early fall.
There’s more by Adida in this retrospective, scroll down to ‘Carnales Estridentes’ and to ‘Syrup’ to view.

Alors‘ contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Arpi‘s contribution to the 2022 graffiti jam in Lachine.
Arpi has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations as well as the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti for character pieces with letters by Acek and by Fleo.

Astro in Old Montreal. Click on Astro’s name to view the spotlight on this artist showing more pics of this piece.

Awie‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Mural Festival is a tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
Awie has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Omar Bernal mural in Hochelaga. The artist plans on keeping this wall a constant work-in-progress, this is how the wall looked like at the year’s end.

Omar Bernal at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
Omar is also featured elsewhere in this retrospective, in a collaboration with Dodo Osé as well as a member of Carnales Estridentes.

Bibi Una (right) and Vazy (left) in an abandoned space.

Bibi Una‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Bosny‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.
Bosny has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Danae Brisso‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

Dan Buller‘s tribute to the plight of refugees, painted in Côte des Neiges.

Burnt Toast‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

Caratoes‘ contribution to the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

Carnales Estridentes‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle. Carnales Estridentes is a collective bringing together Omar Bernal, Aldarwin and Adida Fallen Angel.
Omar and Adida both have more work in this retrospective, in solo under their own names and in collaborations with Dodo Osé for Omar, and Syrup for Adida.

Above 2: Carnior stencil/installation hybrid in Mile End referencing the viral banana art stunt from a few years back in Wynwood. Second shot is a close-up on the banada spraycan.

A Cryote mural in Mile End.
Cryote also collaborated with Waxhead on a mural featured further down this list under Waxhead’s name.

Above 5: A very long wall in Parc-Ex by Carlito Dalceggio. Seen above are shots of the complete wall followed by 4 close-ups.

Deps at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Deps at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Above 3: Three angles of this collaboration between Dodo Osé and Omar Bernal in a NDG park.
Dodo is also featured in this retrospective as a member of the Tyxna collective. Omar also has solo work as well as work as a member of Carnales Estridentes.

A tribute to Nicholas Gibbs by Drippin’ Soul, in NDG.

Izabelle Duguay mural in Rosemont.

An underpass piece by this obscure artist who signs Fart and/or 5.

Filco‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Filco in Petite-Patrie.

Fleo‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.
Fleo has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

A great mural by Fluke in Montreal North.

A collaboration of Gaulois and SCHN in Mercier.
Gaulois has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations (under ‘Mad Rats’) as well as the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Hob on an abandoned building awaiting demolition.
Hob has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti (under ‘Metz’).

Hozek in Plateau End.

Tribute to Jean Duceppe by Hsix, in the village.

Kaori Izumiya‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle. What’s interesting about this piece is that no spraycan was used, it was all painted by brush.

This empty lot guardian on concrete blocks by JKL Two was the most popular street art post on @wall2wallMTL’s instagram in 2022.

Above 2: another creation by JKL Two on a stack of concrete blocks in an empty lot. The second shot is a bonus turntable found next to the wall of blocks.

A bird by River June over a background by Ofusk.
Ofusk also has solo work in this retrospective, scroll down to view.

River June‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Mural Festival is a hybrid piece including objects, in the style of Bordalo II.

A mural by Kouka in Petite-Patrie.

Nikki Küntzle in the Village.

Labrona and Sabrina Bejba collaboration on an abandoned building in Hochelaga.
There’s more Labrona in this retrospective, scroll down to ‘Other’ to view.
Both artists have also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations.

A Lama tryptich by Hary and Ludovic Mio, in the Fashion District.
Hary has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Kevin Ledo‘s tribute to Yvonne Maisonneuve, the founder of Le Chainon.

Above 3: 3 shots of Loopkin, Maylee Keo and Grrraaand‘s joint contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Lost Claws in Rosemont.

Lost Claws on a Mile End rooftop.

Lost Claws‘ limited edition flavor at Dairy Queen was to die for.

Lost Claws on an abandoned church.
Lost Claws has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations.

LP Montoya in an abandoned building.

Macak was very active in the past year, painting almost every day until the cold arrived. Here’s a piece painted at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Maliciouz‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Titi McCoy at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
Titi is part of the OTM crew, scroll down to the crew’s name for more work by this artist.

Medusa‘s part in the multi-artist Succès Scolaire jam in Parc-Ex.
Medusa has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti (under ‘Deep’).

A big solo mural by Mili in Hochelaga.

Milk Box‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Milk Tongue at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
Milk Tongue has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations.

Monk.e‘s tribute mural to Fredy Villanueva in Villeray.
Monk.e has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Mono Sourcil mural in Hochelaga.

Moule‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

MSHL and Diane Roe‘s joint contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Dolores Navarro aka Yuda‘s mural in Petite-Patrie.

Shepard Fairey aka Obey‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.
Obey has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations.

Ofusk at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
There’s more by Ofusk in this retrospective, scroll up to River June to view.
Ofusk has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Origami Explorateur‘s part in the multi-artist Succès Scolaire jam in Parc-Ex which she curated.

Above 2: Origami Explorateur and Ekie‘s joint contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.
Ekie has more work in this retrospective, under ‘OTM crew’ as well as under ‘M.Roboto’.

Other in Rosemont.

Other (top left) and Labrona (right) in Hochelaga. Also visible bottom left is an older piece by Sloast.
Labrona has more work in this retrospective, scroll up to his name to view.

The OTM crew‘s mural in Hochelaga by M.Roboto, Ekie, Titi McCoy and Facies Five.
M.Roboto and Ekie both have more work in this retrospective under M.Roboto’s name. Ekie also collaborated with Origami Explorateur, scroll to her name to view. Titi McCoy has a solo entry under his name.
Ekie has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations.

Paynt in Mercier/Hochelaga.

Paynt in Mercier/Hochelaga.

Polographe mural in the Plateau.

Polographe at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Ram One at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Above 3: 3 angles of le Renard Fou‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

M.Roboto‘s part in the multi-artist Succès Scolaire jam in Parc-Ex.

A mural piece in Rosemont by M.Roboto and Ekie. What’s interesting about this collaboration is that M.Roboto first painted the cyborg character, and then Ekie added a stencil of M.Roboto the artist peaking out from behind.
Both artists are part of the OTM crew, scroll up to the crew’s name for more work by them. Ekie also collaborated with Origami Explorateur, you can see that under the latter artist’s name.

Rouks at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
Rouks has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Scribe‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Scribe in a Hochelaga alley.

A big Scribe mural in Rosemont all painted with rollers.

Scribe in a Plateau alley.

A tall mural tribute to Riopelle by Marc Séguin.

Nick Sweetman at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A collaboration between Syrup (bird) and Adida Fallen Angel (background) in Hochelaga.
Adida Fallen Angel has more work in this retrospective, in solo under his name, and in a collaboration under the name Carnales Estridentes.

Tchug‘s contribution to the 2022 graffiti jam in Lachine.

Tchug at Duff Court.

Tuna in Côte St-Paul.
Tuna is mainly a graffiti writer and has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

A mural in Hochelaga by the Tyxna collective bringing together the talents of Zek, Dodo Osé, Fuser and Ankh One.
Dodo Osé has more work in this retrospective, scroll up to his name to view.

The Tyxna collective’s contribution to the 2022 edition of Mural Festival features Tyxna’s Zek, Dodo Osé, Fuser and Ankh One with assistance by Haks.

Above 2: two wall on the same building, the first by Tyxna‘s Zek and Ankh One with guests Haks and Deep, and the second by Zek in solo.
Zek, Haks and Deep have also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Vagoe at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Vexx‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

Ola Volo in Hochelaga.

Waxhead on a Mile End alley door.

Above 2 photos: Waxhead and Cryote collaboration in Mile End.
Cryote also worked on a solo mural that made this retrospective, scroll up to view.

Wuna in Hochelaga.
Wuna has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Drew Young‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

Zen‘s tribute to actor Tony Sirico (and his character Paulie in the Sopranos) who passed away in 2022.
Zen has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Zola‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle featuring a collage by Collages Féminicides at ground level.
Zola has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations.

This beautiful mural appeared in a Villeray alley in 2022, but its author is unknown.

Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations

This image gallery brings together 100 pieces of Montreal street art from 2022 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 2022 murals and other painted street art
Retrospective of 2022 graffiti

Cette galerie-photo présente 100 pièces de street art produites en 2022 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 2022 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 2022 murales et autre street art peint
Retrospective 2022 graffiti


The first of 3 installations in this retrospective of painted animals on wood block surface by Arpi. This one is found in St-Henri.

A painted owl by Arpi on a surface created with wood blocks of various sizes and shapes. In the South West.

Above 2: close-up and context shot of this Arpi piece in Pointe St-Charles.
Arpi has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art. He also has figurative material next to letter pieces by Acek and Fleo in the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

Hand-drawn sticker by Baze in Mile End.

Hand-drawn stickers by Baze in St-Henri.

A small poster by Bean in Mile End.

A small poster by Sabrina Bejba in Mile End.
She has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art with a collaboration with Labrona.

A paste-up by Cat’n’Paste in Rosemont.

An off-Mural poster by Sid Church.

An off-Mural wheatpaste by CSRK.

A wheatpaste and three small posters by CSRK in the Plateau.

CSRK in the Plateau.

CSRK in Petite-Patrie.

A painted tile by an unidentified artist, perhaps Damn? In the Plateau.

A stencilled wheatpaste by Ekie in Petite-Patrie.
He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art with collaborations with M.Roboto, Origami Explorateur and the OTM crew of which he’s a member.

A poster by Eyebag found in Mile End.

FayNix wheatpaste in Hochelaga.

Gascon’s 2022 broken mosaics creation celebrating cultural icons is of Robert Charlebois. Found in Ville-Marie.

Above 4: Four posters from an installation by the Inside Out Project on the facade of a Mile End school (the installation featured more than these four).

Above 2: different angles on a long installation of posters by the Inside Out Project in Old Montreal.

An off-Mural poster by Irritated Eye.

An off-Mural poster by Irritated Eye.

An off-Mural poster by Irritated Eye.

Junko‘s South West installation from January is his last one in Montreal (to date; hoping for more!).

La Linea El Cuerpo poster in Mile End.

La Linea El Cuerpo poster in Mile End.

Labrona wheatpaste in Hochelaga.

Labrona wheatpaste in Hochelaga.

Labrona wheatpaste in Mile End.

Labrona wheatpaste in Mile End.
Labrona has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

A Lo Lito piece on a thick support, in the Plateau.

This piece in Mile End is not signed but it is by Lo Lito.

Installation of 3 pieces in the Plateau. The top one (from 2021) and the bottom left one (from 2022) are by Lo Lito. The bottom right one is presumed to be by the same artist.

A wheatpaste by Lost Claws found in Plateau End.

This Lost Claws piece was put up next to a mural in support of peace in Ukraine.

“Live Fast” (…and die young!), advice by Lost Claws in Chinatown.

Lost Claws on a church in Lower Westmount/NDG.
Lost Claws has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

A big off-Mural installation by the Lost Object.

A small paste-up by Gaulois representing Mad Rats.
Gaulois has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art as well as the Retrospective of 2022 graffiti.

A long 12-poster installation by Madame Gilles. Some of these posters are from before 2022, but the installation was put up in Hochelaga this past year.

Madame Gilles posters in the Plateau.

Madame Gilles poster in Petite-Patrie.

Madame Gilles posters on St-Laurent.

A piece pasted in Little Italy by the ubiquitous Makenoize.
Scroll down to ‘Obey’ for one more piece by Makenoize in this retrospective.

A Milk Tongue poster in Mile End.

A Milk Tongue poster in the Plateau.

A Milk Tongue wheatpaste in the Plateau.

A Milk Tongue poster in the South West.
Milk Tongue has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Mistake Project piece found in the Plateau.

Mistake Project poster found in the Quartier des Spectacles.

“Montréal Je T’♥” an installation by Momo Soro in Petite-Patrie. The artist created the words and the heart by inserting his empty plastic bottles in the grid of a fence. Most bottles were inserted head first, showing the clear bottom, but some were inserted bottom first, showing the blue caps (inside the heart). The bottles forming the heart were spray-painted in red. Click on image to view closer-up.

When Obey was in town to paint his mural for Mural Festival (which you can see in the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art), he also went on a pasting spree one night with Makenoize. This pair of Makenoize and Obey is found in the South West. Scroll up to ‘Makenoize’ for more by this artist.

A large wheatpaste by Obey in the South West. Also visible in the shot are throws by Asar and Oper.

A wheatpaste by Obey in St-Henri.

Another wheatpaste by Obey in St-Henri.

Ojo aka Aujeault in Petite-Patrie.

A Poison Delux wheatpaste found in Hochelaga.

An off-Mural poster by Sloast.

An off-Mural poster by Sloast.

An off-Mural poster by Sloast.

An off-Mural poster by Sloast.

An off-Mural poster by Stay Beautiful.

A pasted piece by Stay Beautiful on the facade of a vintage clothing store.

A Stay Beautiful poster in the Plateau.

Stella Peaches in Little Italy.

Stella Peaches in Mile End.

A tall wheatpaste by Stella Peaches in Mile End.

A Stella Peaches wheatpaste in the Plateau.

A Stikki Peaches wheatpaste in Petite-Patrie.

Another Stikki Peaches wheatpaste in Petite-Patrie.

Stikki Peaches in Griffintown.

Stikki Peaches in Mile End.

Swarm wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Swarm in a Mile End alley.

Swarm in Mile-Ex.

Teetz wheatpaste in Mile End.

Teetz wheatpaste in Mile End.

Teetz wheatpaste in Parc-Ex.

Teetz wheatpaste in the Plateau.

A wheatpaste by Trippy YaYa in the Plateau.

A wheatpaste by Trippy YaYa in the Plateau.

A wheatpaste by Trippy YaYa in the Plateau.

Montreal was treated to a few of Wabisabi‘s Scrabble pieces this past year, here’s one I was lucky enough to find.

A James Wilson poster in Mile End.

A James Wilson poster in the Plateau.

A James Wilson poster in Petite-Patrie.

A James Wilson poster in Petite-Patrie

A Zola poster in Pointe St-Charles.

Zola‘s wheatpaste tribute to Auntie Janet in Hochelaga.

A Zola wheatpaste in Mile End.

A Zola wheatpaste in Pointe St-Charles.
Zola has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

A Zyk piece on thick support, found in the Plateau.

Toronto and Ottawa’s pasting artists Urban Ninja, Ty Pro, Bruho, Soap Ghost, Life In The Streets and J.Flux paid us a visit in October and put up hundreds of pieces around central Montreal, often in group installations like this one which was found in Mile End.

Another installation of posters and paste-ups by Urban Ninja, Ty Pro, Bruho, Soap Ghost, Life In The Streets and J.Flux, this one in a central graffiti alley.

A tall wheatpaste by an unidentified artist in the South West.

A large wheatpaste by an unidentified artist in the Fashion District.

A paste-up by an unidentified artist, found in Mile End.

A tall poster by an unidentified artist, found in the Plateau.

A tall poster by an unidentified artist, found in the Plateau.

This is presumably by the unidentified artist in Hochelaga who pastes black and white photos of residents of the neighbourhood.

Retrospective of 2022 graffiti

This image gallery brings together 200 great pieces of Montreal graffiti from 2022. 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/crew name. To ensure that the list wasn’t filled with only work from a few popular writers, I have set a maximum of 3 pieces per artist. Collaborations by two or more artists under one common theme count as one entry.

See also:
Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art
Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations

Cette galerie-photo présente 200 pièces de graffiti produites en 2022 à Montréal. 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 2022 pourraient ne pas y figurer.

Les pièces apparaissent ci-dessous en ordre alphabétique de nom d’artiste/crew. Pour que la liste ne soit pas totalement accaparée par quelques graffeurs populaires, j’ai fixé un maximum de 3 pièces par personne. Les collaborations entre deux ou plusieurs artistes sur un même thème ne comptent que pour une entrée.

Voir aussi:
Retrospective 2022 murales et autre street art peint
Retrospective 2022 street art collé et installations


Acek on letters and Arpi on bird at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
Arpi has made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art as well as the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations.

Acek at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Aces in Rosemont.

Above 2: Ache and Moeka in an abandoned tunnel.

Actor by the Lachine Canal.

Adi and Qepy in Villeray.
There’s more by Adi below under ‘Louis Letters’ and ‘TRU crew’.
Qepy also has a solo entry in this retrospective, scroll down to his name to view.

Airod and Stock on train.
Scroll down to ‘Ekes’ for more by those two.

Amer in Hochelaga.

Aper, Penas and Kong in Griffintown.
Penas and Kong have more work in this retrospective, scroll down to ‘June’ to view. Scroll down to Kong as well for more by him.

Aper and Penas in highwayland.

Aper with the help of Smoke by the expressway.

Asar in Côte St-Paul.

Ason‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam.

Ason in an abandoned building.

Awie in St-Henri.
Awie has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Awie on letters and Snikr on figurative part on the side of someone’s RV.

Awie and Axe Lalime redid this classic St-Henri wall.

Axe Lalime on the side of someone’s RV.
Axe has some figurative work visible in a collaborative mural, scroll down to ‘Monk.e’ to view.

Berper (top left), Ekler (bottom) and Klew (top right) in Rosemont.
Ekler and Klew both have solo work in this retrospective, scroll down to their names to view.

Bosny under a bridge.

Bosny at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.
Bosny has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Cast in Rosemont.

CEK crew featuring Resno, Bhar, Jher and Sekel for the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Cemz at Duff Court.

Combo in Rosemont.

Cone in Rosemont.

Crane in St-Henri.

D8CH aka Joule at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Dape in an abandoned building.

There was no Under Pressure Festival in 2022, but Deep and Medusa painted 2 new walls in the Under Pressure zone around the time the festival would have happened.

This is the other Deep and Medusa collaboration in the Under Pressure zone. Also visible in grey on the far right is Repus from last year’s edition.
Medusa has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Tribute to Skear by Deep, in Rosemont.
Deep has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art for assisting on a wall by the Tyxna Project.

Dfek in Rosemont.

Dfek in Rosemont.

Dfek in the Plateau.

Dice in Rosemont.

Dier under a bridge.

Dizer at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Don at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Drifo in Rosemont.

Drifo in highwayland

EK Sept‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

EK Sept in Hochelaga.

Ekes on an abandoned builing in Hochelaga.

Ekes, Stock and Airod on train.
Scroll up to ‘Airod’ for more by Airod and Stock.

Ekler in Rosemont.

Ekler at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.
Scroll up to ‘Berper’ for more by Ekler.

F.One in Rosemont.

Fake in an abandoned building.

Falo, Pike and Lyons by the side of an abandoned pool.

Fault in industrial Hochelaga.

Fento in highwayland.

Fiefo in a Outremont alley.

Fleo in St-Henri.
Fleo has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Fleo (top letters), Haks (bottom letters) and Arpi (flowers) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
Scroll down to Haks’ name for more by this writer.
Arpi has made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art as well as the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations.

Flesh (in blue) and Tans (in pink) from a MG crew prod in Mile Ex.

Forte and Paces in highwayland.

Fuck in Rosemont.

Gaulois in Rosemont.
Gaulois has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art as well as the Retrospective of 2022 pasted street art and installations (under ‘Mad Rats’).

Grils‘ tribute to Montreal food in Villeray.

Guko at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
Scroll down to ‘Pito’ for more by Guko.

Haks in Hochelaga.
There’s more by Haks above in this list, under ‘Fleo’.
He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art for assisting on a wall by the Tyxna Project.

Hank in Hochelaga.

Hank at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Hary in Rosemont.
Funny story, there used to be another piece by Hary in this spot, until the wall needed to be repaired. When the bricklayers put the old bricks back up after the repairs, they just put them up randomly, creating this new background onto which Hary painted this new piece.
Hary has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art (under ‘Lama’).

Havok at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Hayer in Rosemont.
He also contributed to the RCii crew piece listed further down this list.

Hayer (ground) and Nero (above) for the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.
Scroll down to Nero’s name for more by this writer.

Above 2: Heavy and Legal in a central graffiti alley.
Scroll down to Legal’s name for more by this writer.

Her‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Heras in Hochelaga.

Hest in Hochelaga.

Hest in Plateau End.

Hest on letters and Wuna on B-girl for the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.
Wuna has letter pieces of her own in this retrospective, scroll down to her name to view.

Hoar in Rosemont.

Hoar in Hochelaga.

Hold in Rosemont.

Jaker in Côte St-Paul.

Jaker in a Montreal park.

Jaker and Peace on the business of one of their friends.
Scroll down to ‘Peace’ for more by this writer.

2022 saw a rise of these hanging vertical pieces around the city. Featuring June (twice), Rise, Juls, Halee, Penas, Metz/Tens, Sumo, Kong and Pirase.
Also visible at ground level: Hyke, Dems, Franco, Morgue, Toon, Tron, Coler, Actor and Flair.
Scroll up to ‘Aper’ for more by Penas and Kong, and scroll down to Metz’s, Kong’s and Sumo’s names for more by each of them.

June on an abandoned building in Outremont.

June on the most iconic abandoned building in Montreal, the Canada Malting.

Kare at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Los Keos‘ Robe and Fore at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.
Robe also has a solo piece in this retrospective, scroll to his name to view.

Above 2: Los Keos and Wonez at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Killa EF in Rosemont.

Klew in Rosemont.
Scroll up to ‘Berper’ for more by Klew.

Kong and Siuk on the roof of a building in Côte des Neiges. Also visible in the shot are 2 throws by Sumo.
Kong has more work in this retrospective, scroll up to ‘Aper’ and to ‘June’ to view.

Korb at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Korb‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam.
Scroll down to ‘Monk.e’ for more by Korb.

Kores at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Truckside Kwun.

Legal in Côte St-Paul.
Scroll up to ‘Heavy’ for more by Legal.

Legal, Nesar and Dreus in highwayland.
Scroll down to Nesar’s name for more by him, and scroll down to ‘Oper’ for more by Dreus.

Louis Letters in Hochelaga.

Louis Letters and Adi‘s joint contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.
Scroll down to TRU crew for more by these two.
Scroll up to ‘Adi’ for more by this writer.

Makes in Rosemont.

Above 2: Maniak (left) and Clok (right) in Rosemont.

Above 2: Maniak (left) and Clok (right) in Rosemont.

Meow in Hochelaga.

Meow in Mile End.

Merv in Rosemont.

Above 3: Metz representing Tens on Parc-Ex rooftops. The top photo shows the 2 pieces, followed by 2 close-ups. Siuk is also visible in the second close-up.
Scroll up to ‘June’ for more by Metz.

Metz on letters and Hob on figurative part for the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.
Hob has made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Micer under a bridge.

Micer at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Monet on the iconic Canada Malting.

Monet in Mile End.

Monet representing the 90s crew in Mile End.

Monk.e in St-Henri.

Monk.e at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
Monk.e has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Above 3: Collaboration of Monk.e, Korb and Axe Lalime in a Hochelaga alley. Top photo is the full wall, followed by close-ups on Korb then Axe and Monk.e’s parts.
Korb and Axe both have more work in this retrospective, scroll to their names to view.

Morice on an abandoned building out west.

Above 2: Morice (left) and Giles (right) in a Mile-Ex alley.

Narc in Ahuntsic.

Narc in Rosemont.

Narc and Tuna in Rosemont.
Scroll down to Tuna’s name for more by this writer.

Nero at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
Scroll up to Hayer for more by Nero.

Nesar in Côte St-Paul.

Nesar on a retired train car.
Scroll up to ‘Legal’ for more by Nesar.

Nomis in Côte St-Paul.

Nor at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Ofusk‘s piece in a McGill ghetto mural.

Ofusk in Pointe St-Charles. Also visible above are 2 throws by First.

Truckside Ofusk.
Ofusk has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Trackside Oper, Dreus and Playa.
Scroll up to ‘Legal’ for more by Dreus.

Panda on letters featuring Wuna on characters in Hochelaga.
Wuna has letter pieces of her own in this retrospective, scroll down to her name to view.

Pane at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Pane under a bridge.

Peace on train.
Scroll up to ‘Jaker’ for more by Peace.

Peru143 at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Pest at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Peyo in Plateau End.

Phare at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Pito in Côte St-Paul

Pito at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Pito and Guko in Rosemont.
Scroll up to Guko’s name for more by this writer.

Porshe in an abandoned building.

Psy was in town for a short while, here’s a piece found in a Mile End alley.

Psycho on the back of a Mile End billboard.

Trackside Psycho.

Qepy in Plateau End.
He also collaborated with Adi on a Villeray wall, scroll up to ‘Adi’ to view.

Quote in Rosemont.

The RCii crew‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.
Hayer from this crew has solo work in this retrospective, scroll up to his name to view.

Resok in Rosemont.

Riot under a bridge.

Riot on an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

Rival‘s contribution to a MG crew prod in Mile Ex.

Rizek in Hochelaga.

Rizek in Hochelaga.

Rizek in an abandoned building.

Robe from Los Keos at the PSC legal graffiti wall.
Scroll up to ‘Los Keos’ for more work by him with Fore.

Rond doing Peyo’s name in Rosemont.

Rouks at the PSC legal graffiti wall.
Rouks has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Salé in Rosemont.

Sank at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Sawk in Rosemont.

An off-mural piece by Sawr in a central alley.

Scamron at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Sceak in Rosemont.

Senck in a central graffiti alley.

Above 2: Senck (left) and Snipes (right) at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Sener in Rosemont.

Shek‘s contribution to a MG crew prod in Mile Ex.

Shok in a Ahuntsic alley.

Sino at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Skam at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Smak in a Hochelaga alley.

Snipes in Côte des Neiges.

Above 2: Snipes (left) and Senck (right) in Côte des Neiges.

Snok on pillar.

Snok in Rosemont.

Snok in a central graffiti alley.

Sober‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam.

Sober at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Space under a bridge.

Stack in Rosemont.

Sucr at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Sumo rolldown in Old Montreal.
Sumo has more work in this retrospective, scroll up to ‘June’ to view.

Swik at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Norway’s Tegson representing the WC crew at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Timer celebrated 30 years of doing graffiti this year and this is his piece in the jam celebrating this anniversary in Lachine.

Timer‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam.

Timer in Rosemont.

X-large bando piece by the TRU crew featuring Adi on character, with Orper, Kamzer and Dosk.
There’s more by Adi above under his name and under ‘Louis Letters’.

Tuna at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.
He also collaborated with Narc on a mural, scroll up to Narc’s name to view.
Tuna has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Vaper in Rosemont.

Verbe in Rosemont.

West in Rosemont.

Wuna in Hochelaga.

Wuna in Plateau End.
She also painted characters with other writers’ letter pieces featured in this list, scroll up to ‘Hest’ and ‘Panda’ to view.
Wuna has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Zehok, Shrek and Singe graffiti mural in Rosemont.

Zek in St-Henri.
Zek has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art (under ‘Tyxna’).

Zen at Duff Court.

Zen in the Plateau.
Zen has also made it into the Retrospective of 2022 murals and other painted street art.

Zepo in Rosemont.

Zepo with the help of Amélie, in Rosemont.

Zion in Rosemont.

Zonek on pillar.

Wall 2 Wall Montreal – the book

A curated photo documentation of the past decade in Montreal Graffiti, Wall 2 Wall Montreal is a deluxe 260-page hardcover book featuring 570 photos personally selected by 69 of the best graffiti writers active in Montreal, from the Wall 2 Wall Montreal archive. Linen-bound, printed on high quality paper, this book is the first of its kind, on this scale, for any city in the world.

Wall 2 Wall Montreal est un livre-photos documentant la dernière décennie en graffiti à Montréal. Ce livre deluxe de 260 pages présente 570 photos sélectionnées par 69 des meilleurs graffeurs à Montréal, à partir des archives de Wall 2 Wall Montréal. A couverture rigide recouverte de tissu et imprimé sur papier de qualité, ce livre est unique en son genre.

Features the following artists
Présente les artistes suivants:

123Klan, Algue, Amon, Apashe, Ason, Astro, Awie, Axe Lalime, Beast, Bosny, Cemz, Crane, Dfek, Dodo Osé, Earth Crusher, EK Sept, Ekes, Ekler, Eskro, Five Eight, Fleo, Fokus, F.One, Fuser, Haks, Hest, Hoar, Jaker, Janek, Jmoe, Johste, Keos, Killa EF, Koal, Korb, Kwun, Legal, Lyfer, Mad Rats, Medor, Monk.e, Naimo, Narc, Nor, Pask, Peace, Pito, Raes, Resok, Rouks, Royal, Scan, Scribe, Senck, Serak, Serum, Sewp, Shok, Skor, Smak, Snipes, Snok, Stare, Tuna, Voguer, Wuna, Zek.

For sale at
Points de vente:

  • Artgang, 3790 St-Laurent
  • Le Sino, 2817 Ontario est
  • Lopez, 6725 St-Hubert
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1380 Sherbrooke ouest
  • Musée McCord, 690 Sherbrooke ouest
  • Marché Saint-Laurent, 503 Place D’Armes
  • Gallerie L’Original, 4455 St-Denis et 165 St-Paul ouest
  • Librairie Port de Tête, 262 Mont-Royal est
  • Espace Flo, 312 Fleury ouest
  • Bond, 5226 St-Laurent

More locations added shortly.
Autres points de vente s’ajouteront sous peu.

Online retailers
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Guided tours of Montreal street art and graffiti

Here’s a list of companies offering guided tours of various areas of town where street art and graffiti are abundant.

Voici une liste de compagnies offrant des tours guidés de différents quartiers de Montréal où le street art et le graffiti abondent.

Tours Carpe Diem Montreal

http://www.carpediemmontreal.com/

Français / English

This company was created in 2021 by Mélanie Renaud, a Montreal tour guide who is passionate about urban art, graffiti, murals, public art and other gems and curiosities found in the public space.

Two different 2-hour tours are offered in the Centre-Sud neighbourhood, linking the mosaic murals of Laurent Gascon and many painted murals, all through a beautiful neighbourhood.

Tour of the Villeray neighbourhood starting at the Jarry metro station and ending at the Crémazie station.

2-hour tour of the murals of the Plateau neighbourhood.

Private tours are also available.

Compagnie créée en 2021 par Mélanie Renaud, guide touristique de Montréal et passionnée de l’art de la rue, allant du graffiti aux murales en passant par l’art public et autres bijoux et curiosités se trouvant dans l’espace urbain.

Deux tours de 2 heures sont offerts dans le quartier Centre-Sud pour y voir les mosaïques de Laurent Gascon et plusieurs murales, ainsi qu’un très beau quartier.

Tour de Villeray, départ métro Jarry, fin métro Crémazie.

Tour des murales du Plateau, 2 heures couvrant de nombreuses murales.

Des tours privés sont aussi disponibles.

Spade & Palacio

https://spadeandpalacio.com/

Français / English

Spade & Palacio was the first company offering guided tours of Montreal murals. Mural Festival offers their tours through this company. Their guides are passionately in love with Montreal and its art.

They offer a 2-hour tour linking many murals from Mural Festival and include a lot of information on the world of graffiti.

Spade & Palacio a été la première compagnie offrant des tours guidés de murales à Montréal. Le Festival Mural offre ses visites guidées à travers cette compagnie. Leurs tours sont offerts par des guides passionnés de leur ville et de son art.

Ils offrent un tour d’une durée de 2 heures où l’on découvre de nombreuses murales du Festival Mural ainsi que de l’information sur le monde du graffiti.

1642 Tours

https://www.1642tours.com/

Français

This company created in 2020 offers many very interesting tours including a 2-hour one covering the Under Pressure Festival and Mural Festival as well as many walls from MU.

Cette compagnie existant depuis 2020 offre plusieurs tours bien intéressants dans la ville de Montréal, dont un tour de 2 heures couvrant le Festival Under Pressure et le Festival Mural ainsi que plusieurs oeuvres de MU.

Tourbird

https://tourbird.ca/

TourBird is a Montreal startup that offers self-guided audio tours, They launched an audio walking tour in 2023 that explores the murals of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and its surroundings. This tour includes murals that were created during the MURAL festival, some commissioned by MU and some that were private initiatives. This is a self-guided audio tour that is perfect for people who like to explore at their own pace.

TourBird est une startup montréalaise qui offre des tours sonores autoguidés et qui a lancé en 2023 un circuit pédestre audio qui explore les murales du boulevard Saint-Laurent et de ses environs. Ce tour comprend des murales qui ont été créées pendant le festival MURAL, certaines commandées par MU et d’autres qui étaient des initiatives privées. Il s’agit d’une visite audio autoguidée qui convient parfaitement aux personnes qui aiment explorer à leur propre rythme.

Junko

Junko puts together ‘sculptures’ from reclaimed materials (plastic, metal, rubber and other items found in trash), or natural elements (wood, plants), or a mix of both, which he then installs in more or less public locations. His first public installations were put up in Mile End at the very end of 2020 and a buzz was immediately created around the artist, who was then interviewed for various media. From that point he started installing his creations in more remote spots in or around Montreal.

To see more than what I was lucky to find and photograph, or to see some of his studio work, have a look at the artist’s Instagram page.

Junko crée des ‘sculptures’ à partir de matériaux recyclés (plastique, métal, caoutchouc et autres items trouvés dans les poubelles), ou d’éléments naturels (bois, plantes), ou un mélange des deux. Ses sculptures sont ensuite installées dans des endroits plus ou moins publics. Ses premières installations, apparues dans Mile End à la toute fin de 2020, ont créé un buzz autour de l’artiste qui a ensuite été interviewé par plusieurs médias. Ses créations subséquentes ont été installées dans des endroits un peu moins fréquentés, à Montréal ou dans les environs.

Pour en voir plus que ce que j’ai eu la chance de trouver et photographier, ou pour voir des création en studio, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à sa page Instagram.


Bassin Peel, July 2024


Inside abandoned building, December 2023


Abandoned building in the South West, November 2023


Lachine Canal, August 2023


Mural Festival, June 2023


South West, January 2022

After creating his previous piece all from wood and other plant parts, this new piece to kick off 2022 mixed wood and reclaimed plastic and metal.


Hochelaga, December 2021

After creating solely from reclaimed materials, this is Junko’s first piece made completely from biodegradable material, mostly wood and other plant parts. This is the artist’s second installation in this spot. Just like the first one from March 2021, it served to bring attention to Hochelaga residents’ efforts to preserve an empty lot which the city mean to develop.


Lasalle, October 2021

Photos of this piece are from 2 distinct sessions.


Ville Emard, July 2021


Hochelaga, May 2021


Côte-des-Neiges, April 2021


Hochelaga, March 2021

This installation served to bring attention to Hochelaga residents’ efforts to preserve an empty lot which the city mean to develop.

At some point during the following summer the installation was moved to a woody area nearby.


Mile End, February 2021


Montreal West, January 2021


Mile End, December 2020


Mile End, December 2020


Mile End, December 2020


Mile End, December 2020

Canettes de Ruelle Festival

The Canettes de Ruelle Festival was created as a counterpart to the big international urban art festivals that are Mural Festival and Under Pressure. It takes place in residential back alleys in Rosemont and is very family- and community-oriented. Canettes de Ruelle is not a big touristy event but rather a big neighbourhood jam bringing together artists with the community living around the alleys where it takes place.

The festival aims to promote artistic freedom and features many emerging or more radical artists on its programme alongside some better known graffiti and street artists in the city. As it grows, it also aims at being more inclusive, giving priority to black, indigenous and other people of color, and to female and non-binary artists.

Canettes de Ruelle takes place every year in early September around labor day. The first edition happened in 2017. It was actually called Alleycats (aka Chats de Ruelle or Gatos Callejeros) that first year, and became Canettes de Ruelle from its second edition in September 2018.

For a map of all the current walls, go to the Canettes de Ruelle website.

Canettes de Ruelle Instagram

Le festival Canettes de Ruelle a été créé en tant qu’alternative aux grands festivals internationaux d’art urbain que sont Festival Mural et Under Pressure. Il a lieu dans les ruelles résidentielles du quartier Rosemont et est plus orienté vers les familles et la communauté que Mural ou Under Pressure. Contrairement à ces derniers, il n’est pas un gros événement touristique, mais plutôt un gros jam rassemblant des artistes locaux et les résidents du quartier.

Le festival a pour but de promouvoir la liberté artistique et inclut sur son programme plusieurs artistes émergent et radicaux aux cotés d’artistes de graffiti ou de street art plus établis. De plus, alors qu’il croit en importance, il vise à devenir plus inclusif et s’assure de donner priorité aux artistes noirs, autochtones ou de couleur, ainsi qu’aux femmes et aux personnes non-binaires.

Canettes de Ruelle a lieu chaque année au début de septembre, autour de la fête du travail. La première édition a eu lieu en 2017. Cette première édition s’appelait en fait Chats de Ruelle (ou Alleycats ou Gatos Callejeros), le festival est devenu Canettes de Ruelle à partir de sa seconde édition en 2018.

Une mappe de tous les murs se trouve sur le site web de Canettes de Ruelle.


To see the murals and other art produced in the context of the Canettes de Ruelle Festival, pick a year from the menu below.

Pour voir les murales et les autres oeuvres produites dans le contexte du Festival Canettes de Ruelle, choisissez une année du menu ci-dessous.

Canettes de Ruelle 2024

Canettes de Ruelle 2023

Canettes de Ruelle 2022

Canettes de Ruelle 2021

Canettes de Ruelle 2020

Canettes de Ruelle 2019

Canettes de Ruelle 2018

Chats de Ruelle aka Alleycats aka Gatos Callejeros (Canettes de Ruelle 2017)

Canettes de Ruelle 2021

This image gallery brings together photos of all the pieces created for the 5th edition of Canettes de Ruelle. For this 2021 edition the festival took place in the alleys between 5th and 9th avenues, from Masson to St-Joseph. The gallery below is roughly sorted from west to east, down the 5th/6th alley, up the 6th/7th, down the 7th/8th and up the 8th/9th.

Cette gallerie-photo présente toutes les oeuvres créées dans le contexte de la 5e édition du festival Canettes de Ruelle. Pour cette édition 2021, le festival s’est déroulé dans les ruelles entre la 5e Avenue et la 9e Avenue, de Masson à St-Joseph. La gallerie est ordonnée approximativement d’ouest en est, descendant la ruelle 5e/6e, montant la ruelle 6e/7e, redescendant la 7e/8e et enfin remontant la 8e/9e.


Pascal Foisy. The actual piece is on the left, the second photo shows the piece in negative, as it was painted by the artist in reverse.

Amer

A huge collaboration between MSHL and Diane Roe.

Above 4 photos: the 4 walls comprising Lama‘s contribution.

Above 4 photos: 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.

BDG

Giles

Collaboration of Louis Letters and Adi.

Heras

Alors

Bosny

Aclaes

Le Monstr

Maliciouz

The left half of the all-female Rude crew wall featuring, from left to right: Tshokodile, Loopkin, Her, Mart, Medusa, Moule as well as Kawaz on RUDE letters.

The right half of the all-female Rude crew wall featuring, from left to right: Lora, Mono Sourcil, Sam’19, Mos Geez, Viviane Fortin.

Flesh and Shek.

Nero and Rival.

Zola

Hest on letters and Wuna and characteur, with quickies by Hob and le Renard Fou above.

Menar

Mad Rats

Above 2 photos: Julian Palma.

Ilana Pichon

Izabelle Duguay

Nikki Küntzle

LP Montoya

River June and Henri Papy

Filco

Louis Letters, Adi and Heras representing TRU crew.

Studio Lag

Dodo Osé and LNK collaboration.

Fleo

Melissa Menzi

Mili

Pane and Regar collaboration.

Grils and EK Sept collaboration.

This tribute is by the “friends of Jenny”.

Renard Fou at ground level with Asher top left and Hob top right.

Ekes and Marchandise TT collaboration.

Trak over a background by LP Montoya.