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Retrospective of 2019 graffiti

This image gallery brings together 200 great pieces of Montreal graffiti from 2019. 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 2019 murals and other painted street art
Retrospective of 2019 pasted street art

Cette galerie-photo présente 200 pièces de graffiti produites en 2019 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 2019 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 2019 murales et autre street art peint
Retrospective 2019 street art collé


Above 5: the 123 Klan wall for the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Top photo is of the complete wall, followed by close-ups on individual pieces by Scien, Klor, guest Esprit and Aiik. Scroll down for more pieces by Klor, Scien and Esprit under their respective names.

Acek in the South West.

Aces‘ part on the LTG / POM wall for the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Also visible in this shot is Hoar‘s part, scroll down to view the latter artist’s entries in this retrospective.

The AG Crew‘s Senck and Snipes in the Plateau. Scroll down for two more pieces by Senck and one by Snipes.

Algue in an abandoned building in the South West.

Algue in an abandoned building in the South West.

Aper‘s contribution to a South West prod which he curated.

Aper‘s contribution to the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Arek at the Papineau legal wall.

Armpit in an abandoned building in the South West.

Arose‘s truck side from the 2019 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Arrow in Rosemont.

Ason in Côte des Neiges.

Ason in the South West.

Astro at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Astro.

Awe‘s part in a South West prod which he curated.

Awe in an abandoned building in the South West.

Awe in the K6A Paradise abandoned building. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Awe.

Axe Lalime in an abandoned building in the South West.

Axe Lalime in Rosemont.

Axe Lalime‘s giant contribution to the K6A Paradise abandoned building. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Axe.

Beast in an abandoned building.

Beast in an abandoned building.

Bopor in Rosemont.

Bopor in Rosemont.

Bopor in Rosemont.

Bosny at the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

Bosny in a Rosemont alley. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art (under ‘Gentil crew’) for more by Bosny.

Cemz in Eastern Montreal.

Cemz in Mile End.

Cemz in Côte des Neiges. Cemz also made it into the Retrospective of 2019 pasted street art, under his alias Benny Wilding.

Charest on a TTX.

Crane in an abandoned building in the South West.

Crane at the Lachine legal wall for the 2019 Lachine graffiti jam. Scroll down to the Crazy Apes’ Under Pressure wall (next) which features Crane.

The Crazy Apes wall for the 2019 edition of Under Pressure featuring Crane, Korb, Havok, Fezat, Akuma and Mistx. Crane and Korb also have solo pieces in this list, scroll up and down to view.

Deep in an abandoned building in the South West.

Dfek in Hochelaga.

Dfek in Rosemont.

Dhos at the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

Dodo Osé‘s giant contribution to the K6A Paradise abandoned building. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Dodo.

Ashop‘s wall featuring Dodo Osé (ground left), Fuser (ground right), Histo (top left) and Riken aka Lorem Ipsum (top right). Scroll down for solo pieces by Fuser and Lorem Ipsum that have also made it into this retrospective.

EK Sept‘s contribution to the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle, which he also helped organize this year.

EK Sept on a Montreal North rooftop.

EK Sept cellograff in Parc Lafontaine.

Ekes‘ part on the 203 Crew wall for the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Ekes in an abandoned building in the South West.

Ekes in an abandoned warehouse in Hochelaga. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art (under ‘203 crew’) for more by Ekes.

Ekler at the Lachine legal wall for the 2019 Lachine graffiti jam.

Ekler at the Papineau legal wall.

Eskro in an abandoned building in the South West.

Eskro in an abandoned building in the fashion district.

Eskro downtown. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Eskro.

Esprit in Côte des Neiges.

Esprit at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Scroll up to the top of this page for one more piece by Esprit in a big production alongside the 123 Klan.

Ewol in Rosemont. Scroll down to the HSP crew’s entry further down this list for more by Ewol.

F.One under a bridge.

Rooftop piece in Plateau End featuring Five Eight on letters (writing SOMA) and Earth Crusher on character. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Earth Crusher.

Five Eight in Rosemont.

Fleo‘s giant contribution to the K6A Paradise abandoned building (tag on the chair is by Serak).

Flower in Hochelaga.

Fokus aka Ofusk on letters and Deps on characters, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Deps. Fokus is also found in the latter list, under ‘Jest’.

Ofusk in an abandoned building in the South West.

Above 2: Ofusk (above) and Grils (below) commenting on the fact that Montreal has become a huge construction site. Scroll down for more by Grils, in solo.

Fuser at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Scroll up to Dodo Osé above for more work by Fuser in this retrospective. Fuser also made it into the Retrospective of 2019 pasted street art.

Gaulois in Rosemont.

Gaulois at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Getsa in an abandoned tunnel.

Above 3: complete view and 2 close-ups of Grils‘ contribution to the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Grils cellograff done off Mural Festival. Scroll up to Fokus above for more by Grils. Grils also made it into the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art.

A truck side by Haks.

Haks at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Haks.

Hary in a Rosemont alley.

Hest and Wuna‘s joint contribution to the big production on pillars of the Van Horne|Rosemont overpass. Scroll down for more great work by Wuna in this retrospective.

Hest in Hochelaga.

Hest in a Plateau alley. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Hest.

Hoar on a Montreal North rooftop.

Hoar on a Montreal North rooftop.

Hoar in the Plateau.

The HSP Crew’s Sewer and Ewol contribution to the big production on pillars of the Van Horne|Rosemont overpass. Ewol also has a solo piece in this retrospective, scroll up to view.

Hush(?) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Jaker on letters and Jmoe on characters, in the South West.

Jaker in Rosemont.

An extra-wide one by Jaker in Rosemont. Jaker also made it into the Retrospective of 2019 pasted street art.

Janek at the Lachine legal wall for the 2019 Lachine graffiti jam.

Janek‘s truck side from the 2019 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Joh on letters and Gab Lavoie on character, at the Papineau legal wall.

Johnny Crap at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Kare‘s truck side from the 2019 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Kbron at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Los Keos in a Hochelaga alley.

Killa EF in Rosemont.

Killa EF at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Killa EF‘s back of truck from the 2019 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Klor on letters and Jo Ber on character, from a prod in the South West. Scroll up to the 123 Klan at the top of this retrospective for more by Klor. Jo Ber also has pieces into the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art.

Knowr in Rosemont.

Kor‘s contribution to the Batiment 7 production.

Kor on a Montreal North rooftop.

Korb in an abandoned building in the South West. Korb also contributed to the Crazy Apes’ Under Pressure wall this year, scroll up to view.

Korb inside the K6A Paradise abandoned building. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art with a figurative piece from this same spot.

Kwun (top) and Legal (ground level) on the tribute wall to Scaner from the 2019 edition of Mural Festival. Scroll down for more by Legal.

Lamo in Petite-Patrie.

Legal in a South West prod.

Legal in an abandoned tunnel. One more piece by Legal in this retrospective is found by scrolling up to Kwun’s name.

Liza in Mile End.

Lorem Ipsum at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Scroll up to Dodo Osé above for more work by Lorem Ipsum in this retrospective.

Louis Letters calligraffiti in Hochelaga. Check out both the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art and the Retrospective of 2019 pasted street art for more by this artist.

Lyfer in an abandoned building in the South West.

Lyfer in an abandoned building in the South West.

Lyfer in an abandoned tunnel. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art (under ‘203 crew’) for more by Lyfer.

Maker at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Maple in Rosemont.

Masok at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Medor at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Medor in Rosemont. Scroll down to Zenow for one more piece by Medor.

A trackside piece by Meow.

Micer at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Mise 2 at the Lachine legal wall.

Monk.e‘s giant contribution to the K6A Paradise abandoned building. Notice the stretched effect using the lateral sliding door.

Monk.e‘s part in a South West prod.

Monk.e in the Plateau. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Monk.e.

Myrage in an abandoned building in the South West.

Naimo in an abandoned building in the South West.

Naimo in an abandoned building in the South West.

Naimo in an abandoned building in the South West.

Narc in Ahuntsic.

Narc at the Lachine legal wall for the 2019 Lachine graffiti jam.

Narc in Ahuntsic.

3D madness by Nemo at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Nor in an abandoned building in Rosemont.

Brazilian artist Odrus spent some time in Montreal this summer and did this piece in a Plateau alley.

Omouk in an abandoned tunnel.

Peace on an abandoned warehouse in Hochelaga.

Peack in Mile End.

Peru143 at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Peyo at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Pito and Guko‘s contribution to the big production on pillars of the Van Horne|Rosemont overpass.

Pito‘s contribution to the Batiment 7 production.

Quote in an abandoned tunnel.

Raes in Rosemont.

Raes in Rosemont.

Ratek at the Lachine legal wall for the 2019 Lachine graffiti jam.

RCH One in Rosemont.

Regar at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Rekal and Chizo name exchange inside the K6A Paradise abandoned building. Rekal does Chizo’s name on the left and Chizo does Rekal’s on the right.

Resok in an abandoned building in the fashion district.

Resok in Rosemont.

Resok in Rosemont. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art (under ‘Eskro’) for more by Resok.

Rider in a central graffiti alley.

Ridler paid us a visit this year, this was done in Rosemont.

Rizek in an abandoned building in the South West.

Rizek‘s part on the POM wall for the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Royal‘s giant contribution to the K6A Paradise abandoned building.

Royal at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Sadar in Rosemont.

Sank in Rosemont.

Sank at the Lachine legal wall for the 2019 Lachine graffiti jam. Scroll down to Zenow for one more piece by Sank.

SBU One at the Lachine legal wall for the 2019 Lachine graffiti jam. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by SBU One.

Sceak at the Papineau legal wall.

The 123 Klan’ Scien at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll up to the 123 Klan at the top of this retrospective for more by Scien.

Scribe in an abandoned building in Rosemont. He did many other pieces on similar themes in the building, each one a different colour.

Scribe in an abandoned tunnel.

Scribe in Rosemont. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art for more by Scribe.

The AG Crew’s Senck in Mile End. Scroll up near the top of this page to the AG Crew for more by Senck.

Sepan in Rosemont.

Serak‘s giant contribution to the K6A Paradise abandoned building.

Serak from a big prod in St-Henri.

Serak from a different big prod in the South West.

Serum‘s part on the POM wall for the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Serum‘ part on the LTG / POM wall for the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Shok in the Plateau.

Shok on the tribute wall to Scaner from the 2019 edition of Mural Festival.

Shok in Ahuntsic.

Simo in Rosemont.

Smak in Côte des Neiges.

Snipes in Eastern Montreal.

Snok (top) and Bumpr (ground)’s connected pieces at the Lachine legal wall for the 2019 Lachine graffiti jam.

Snok in Lachine.

Snok‘s truck side from the 2019 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

One of Sober‘s contributions to the K6A Paradise abandoned building.

Sobez from a prod in St-Henri.

Above 3: full shot and two close-ups on a huge graffiti mural diptych by Stare in Hochelaga. There are nice bonuses with this impressive creation, click on the latter link to Stare’s spotlight to view more close-ups.

Stare‘s huge graffiti mural in the Plateau.

Stare in Rosemont.

Tans on letters and Nero on the lil dude, in Plateau End.

Tchug in Rosemont. Check out the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art (under ‘Scribe’) for more by Tchug.

Temps under a bridge.

Tens in an abandoned building in the South West.

Tuna on letters, with Skor on character, in Ahuntsic.

Tuna in Ahuntsic.

Tuna in Villeray.

Venice in the South West.

Ware in Rosemont.

Wesh / le Renard Fou in Rosemont. Le Renard Fou also made it into the Retrospective of 2019 pasted street art.

Wuna‘s contribution to the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Wuna contribution to the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Scroll up to Hest further up this list for more by Wuna.

Yema in an abandoned building in the South West.

Zek in Rosemont.

Zek on the tribute wall to Scaner from the 2019 edition of Mural Festival. Check out both the Retrospective of 2019 murals and other painted street art and the Retrospective of 2019 pasted street art for more by Zek.

Zenow (ground left), Sank (top) and Medor (ground right) for the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Scroll up for solo pieces by Sank and Medor.

Zero aka Loyal at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Under Pressure Festival 2019

Here’s a photo gallery featuring all the works produced during the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. For other editions, see the general Under Pressure Festival page.

Cet article-photo présente les oeuvres produites au cours de l’édition 2019 du Festival Under Pressure. Pour les autres éditions, voir la page générale du Festival Under Pressure.

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The 203 crew wall by Lyfer, Ekes, Opire, Arnold, Borrris and Trak, with tags by Phare, Hitem, Yesir, Masek and guests Axe Lalime, Soma and Peau.

The complete K6A crew wall featuring Serak, Awe, Monk.e, Axe Lalime, Royal, Snikr, Otak, Zek, Hsix, Dodo Osé, Fleo, Osti One and Clone. Scroll down for close-ups on various pieces.

Close-up on the central section of the K6A crew wall mostly by Snikr and Axe Lalime, with pieces by Osti One (top left) and Otak (top right).

Monk.e‘s piece on the K6A crew wall.

Royal‘s piece on the K6A crew wall.

Awe (top) and Axe Lalime‘s (bottom) pieces on the K6A crew wall.

Serak‘s piece on the K6A crew wall.

Dodo Osé (blue) and Fleo‘s (green) pieces on the K6A crew wall.

Hsix‘s piece on the K6A crew wall.

Zek‘s piece on the K6A crew wall.

Clone‘s piece on the K6A crew wall.

Sepan (middle), Sheval (top right) and Heras (bottom right).

Hick

Aldarwin, with origami by Origami Explorateur.

Bibi Una

Kuby (top) and unidentified artist (ground).

Haks, Kuby and Yekso collaboration.

Sank (top), Zenow (ground left) and Medor (ground right).

Aper

Mirabolle

The Crazy Apes crew wall featuring Crane, Korb, Havok, Fezat, Akuma and Mistx.

The ‘Gentil Crew’ wall featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Loopkin, Le Monstr and Maylee Keo. Scroll down for close-ups.

Close-up 1/5 on the ‘Gentil Crew’ wall featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Loopkin, Le Monstr and Maylee Keo.

Close-up 2/5 on the ‘Gentil Crew’ wall featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Loopkin, Le Monstr and Maylee Keo.

Close-up 3/5 on the ‘Gentil Crew’ wall featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Loopkin, Le Monstr and Maylee Keo.

Close-up 4/5 on the ‘Gentil Crew’ wall featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Loopkin, Le Monstr and Maylee Keo.

Close-up 5/5 on the ‘Gentil Crew’ wall featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Loopkin, Le Monstr and Maylee Keo.

Collaboration wall of Ankh One, Nikki Küntzle, Ravens Or Crows and Peach Journal.

Scribe and Tchug collaboration. Scroll down for close-ups.

Close-up on Tchug‘s character on his collaborative wall with Scribe.

Close-up on some of Scribe‘s characters and graphics on his collaborative wall with Tchug.

The complete LTG & POM crews’ wall featuring EK Sept, Fokus aka Ofusk, Rizek, Elfu, Seork, Serum, Hoar, Aces, Hozek, Gost and Grils. Scroll down for close-ups.

Close-up on EK Sept (top), Fokus aka Ofusk (middle) and Rizek‘s (bottom) pieces on the LTG/POM wall.

Close-up on Elfu (left) and Seork‘s (right) pieces on the LTG/POM wall.

Close-up on Serum‘s piece on the LTG/POM wall.

Close-up on Aces (top) and Hoar‘s (ground) pieces on the LTG/POM wall.

Close-up on Grils (top left), Gost (ground left) and Hozek‘s (right) pieces on the LTG/POM wall.

On the roof above the LTG/POM wall is this piece by Kor.

MC Baldassari

Raphael Dairon

Wuna

Christina Mazzulla

Maliciouz

Aude Maeva

The complete 123 Klan wall. Scroll down for close-ups.

Close-up on Scien’s piece on the 123 Klan wall.

Close-up on Klor‘s piece on the 123 Klan wall.

Close-up on Esprit‘s piece guesting on the 123 Klan wall.

Close-up on Aiik‘s piece on the 123 Klan wall. The character is by Scien.

Grils

Box Vincent

Lapin

Nemo

Dalkhafine

Labrona

Alex Produkt

Moule

Adida Fallen Angel at ground level and Makenoize way above. Scroll down for more installations and pasted pieces by Makenoize.

Devon Gold

Jasp

Marine Martinelli

Slö

M’Os Geez

Mirov‘s mix of painting and pasting.

ROC514 and Flavor.

Smile

Carolina Espinosa wheatpaste 1/4.

Carolina Espinosa wheatpaste 2/4.

Carolina Espinosa wheatpaste 3/4.

Carolina Espinosa wheatpaste 4/4.

Drippin’ Soul

Jimmy Baptiste

Thunderbird431

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Salvandalius on door, with Nero above.

Salvandalius

Makenoize installation.

Makenoize

Makenoize

I Am Batman on garbage container.

Mural Festival 2019

This article features the new murals created during the 2019 edition of Mural Festival 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 6th to 16th.

Five earlier Festival murals have been replaced with new ones this year. These are the Demsky and Michael Reeder walls from the 2018 edition, Scribe’s mural from the 2017 edition, and the Natalia Rak and Jonathan Bergeron creations from the 2016 edition.

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

Cet article présente les nouvelles murales créées dans le cadre de l’édition 2019 du Festival Mural ainsi que les oeuvres temporaires trouvées sur le site (St-Laurent entre Sherbrooke et Mont-Royal) pendant la tenue de l’événement du 6 au 16 juin.

Cinq murales ont été remplacées par de nouvelles cette année: celles de Demsky et de Michael Reeder de l’édition 2018, celle de Scribe produite au cours de l’édition 2017, et celles de Natalia Rak et de Jonathan Bergeron datant de l’édition 2016.

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

PichiAvo

Miss Van

Ben Johnston

Germ Dee, with name pieces by Deep (left) and Serak (right) in the bottom corners.

Close-up on Serak‘s part on the above mural by Germ Dee.

Bryan Beyung

Insane51. This mural is also meant to be seen through the coloured lens of 3D glasses, see below.

The Insane51 mural seen through the red lens of 3D glasses.

The Insane51 mural seen through the blue lens of 3D glasses.

Ola Volo

Leon Keer‘s anamorphic street piece. The piece is painted stretched and distorted, but looks 3D when viewed through the lens of a camera.

Gleo

Nikki Küntzle

Marc-André Lamothe

Spidertag‘s neon mural, only visible after nightfall.

Joshua Vides painted the entirety of this car wash to give it a look straight out of a black and white graphic novel.


the tribute alley to Scan

For the 2019 edition of Mural, a long segment of the graffiti alley behind St-Laurent was dedicated to Scan. Name pieces by the two dozen-plus artists involved are presented below from the left to the right end of the alley.

Pour l’édition 2019 du festival, un long segment de la ruelle graffiti derrière St-Laurent a été dédiée à Scan. Les pièces de la trentaine d’artistes impliqués sont présentées ci-dessous en ordre tel qu’elles apparaissent sur le mur (de gauche à droite).

Ekes

Lyfer

Pito (top), Killa EF (ground).

Shok

Skor

Serak

Awe

Deep

Morz

Some

Soma

Sage (name piece) and Zoltan (ear).

Sober

Axe Lalime (name piece) and Tchug (character).

Zek

Stare

Smak

Guko

Jasp

Vect (in black and blue) and Ewol (in green).

F.One and Ewol doing Scan’s name.

F.One

Legal (ground) and Kwun (above). There is also Jake above those two, but his piece is not yet completed. This photo will be replaced by a definitive one after Jake completes his part.

A bit of bonus material by Odrus, a brazilian writer in town at the time of the festival, and Deep with a gold throw.


Waxhead’s sidewalk pieces

In 2019 it was Waxhead‘s turn to supply the sidewalk pieces in the Mural zone. He did thirteen hopscotch pieces in total, all on St-Laurent between Milton and Laurier.

En 2019 c’était au tour de Waxhead de créer les pièces de trottoir pour le Festival Mural. Il a créé treize marelles, toutes sur St-Laurent entre Milton et Laurier.


information/ad boards

Every year the backs of the Festival’s many information and advertisement boards are painted by a selection of mostly local artists, a great way to showcase a lot of additional Montreal talent.

A chaque année le revers des panneaux d’information et de publicité du Festival sont peints par divers artistes locaux, une excellente initiative permettant de présenter une grande quantité de talent montréalais.

Emily Read

Andy Dass

M’Os Geez

Nikki Küntzle. Nikki was actually on the programme and did her own mural, scroll up to view.

Mirov

Raphaël Dairon

Kat

Marine Martinelli

Duval

Nicolas Bertrand

Anne-Julie Dudemaine

Arielle Coté

Atomist

Caitlin McDonagh

Camille Perro

Denise Duong

Dominique Montesano

Leyem

Phil Math


other

One of two truck sides by Wuna. See the other side below.

The other truck side by Wuna. Scroll up for the other side.

The back of the above truck was painted by Hest.

This is some sort of open photo booth by LP Montoya. Visitors to the Mural site would have their photo taken or take selfies from close enough to only see the psychedelic background and nothing else. See example below.

Example of the above installation by LP Montoya, featuring the artist himself. This photo © LP Montoya.

Franco

Germ Dee

Germ Dee began painting in the streets of Montreal in the summer of 2016. He immediately became one of the city’s most prolific artists and quickly made friends with many of his local peers. With the exception of his very first few walls, Germ Dee has been mostly taking pop culture characters on his own personal spin, describing his work as ‘visionary bootlegs’.

To view more than Germ Dee’s street work, have a look at his Facebook and Instagram pages. If you can read French, there is an interesting interview with the artist at StoriesMTL. He sells merchandise featuring his art via his Etsy page.

Germ Dee a débuté sa carrière montréalaise au cours de l’été 2016. Il est immédiatement devenu un de nos artistes les plus prolifiques, et s’est rapidement lié d’amitié avec plusieurs de ses pairs montréalais. A l’exception de quelques murs au tout début, l’essentiel de sa production consiste en versions ‘personalisées’ de personnages tirés de la culture populaire. Il décrit son art de visionary bootlegs, ce qui se traduirait grosso modo par ‘contrebande visionaire’.

Pour en voir plus que son travail de rue, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à ses pages Facebook et Instagram. Une entrevue intéressante avec l’artiste est disponible à StoriesMTL. Enfin, Germ Dee vend ses créations sur Etsy.


painted 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.

Off the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

Off the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

Off the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

In Plateau End.

In the Quartier des spectacles.

In Plateau End.

In a St-Henri alley.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Contribution to the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Mile End.

In Rosemont.

On the wall of a Rosemont cafe.

In Hochelaga; the eyes top left were salvaged from an earlier piece by Mono Sourcil.

In Mile End.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In Rosemont.

Truck side.

In Mile End.

In central Montreal.

On an abandoned building in the South West.

Claiming back his spot in Mile End.

In Mile End.

In an abandoned building.

A lil quickie on an abandoned building.

Another quickie on an abandoned building.

On the Sun Youth building; visible above is an older piece by Jest.

In an abandoned building.

A quick one in an abandoned building.

On a Plateau garage door; yellow throw above is by Awe.

On a Plateau door.

At the Project 45 skate park.

At the Project 45 skate park.

Collaboration with Salvandalius on a Van Horne overpass pillar.

In a door recess.

Off Under Pressure.

Next to the Brigade B7 prod.

In an abandoned building.

Germ Dee (top) and Nero (bottom) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Contribution to the 2019 edition of Mural Festival. Assisted by Gwan and featuring name pieces by Deep and Serak in the bottom left and right corners.

On the Sun Youth building; visible above is an older piece by Jest.

Off-Mural piece.

Inside an abandoned building, over a tag by Royal.

Germ Dee on character and Deep on letters, in Hochelaga.

On the Sun Youth building.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

On a multi-artist wall in Hochelaga.

In a Plateau alley.

For the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

On a Plateau alley garage door.

At Akira’s Alley.

In Hochelaga.

In a Plateau alley.

Mono Sourcil (left) and Germ Dee (right) in a Plateau alley.

At Plaza Walls.

Germ Dee (ground level) and Sank (above), for the 2018 Estival e Canes.

For the 2018 Estival de Canes.

In the South West.

One of six different plant boxes for the 2018 edition of MTL En Arts.

One of six different plant boxes for the 2018 edition of MTL En Arts.

One of six different plant boxes for the 2018 edition of MTL En Arts.

One of six different plant boxes for the 2018 edition of MTL En Arts.

One of six different plant boxes for the 2018 edition of MTL En Arts.

One of six different plant boxes for the 2018 edition of MTL En Arts.

On St-Laurent.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At Plaza Walls.

In a central graffiti alley. The background is an earlier wall by Germ Dee, scroll down this page to view.

At Akira’s Alley.

Collaboration wall between EK Sept (top), Fokus aka Ofusk (middle), Seork (bottom left) and Germ Dee (bottom right) for the Chats de Ruelle Festival (Canettes de Ruelle 2017).

At Plaza Walls.

Downtown.

In Rosemont.

At Plaza Walls.

In a Plateau alley.

Germ Dee (left) and Tiburon (right) in a Plateau alley.

In Hochelaga.

In a Plateau alley.

In a central graffiti alley.

Germ Dee on character and Royal on letters, in St-Henri.

In St-Henri.

At Akira’s Alley.

At Akira’s Alley.

Off-Mural piece.

On St-Dominique. Paste-ups on the bottom right corner are by Shifty Cat and ROC514.

In a central graffiti alley.

A rooftop piece in a central graffiti alley.

In Côte St-Paul.

In a Mile End alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Côte St-Paul.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Hochelaga.

In a central graffiti alley.

On the Sun Youth building.

Jest (left), Gwan (middle) and Germ Dee (right) in a Plateau alley.

At Plaza Walls.

In a central graffiti alley.

In a central graffiti alley.

On the Sun Youth building.

Germ Dee (ground level) and Wzrds Gng (above) in Mile End.

4U crew triptych for Plaza Walls featuring Germ Dee (left), Tiburon (centre) and Mono Sourcil (right).

In a Plateau alley.

Germ Dee (left) and Gwan (right) in the Plateau.

Germ Dee (left) and Mono Sourcil (right) in Mile End.

In a Plateau alley.

At Plaza Walls.

At Plaza Walls.

Germ Dee (left), Awe (bottom right) and Wzrds Gng (top right) in a Mile End alley.

Germ Dee (top) and Mono Sourcil (bottom) in Petite-Patrie.

The Wzrds Gng (left), Mono Sourcil (centre) and Germ Dee (right) on a Hochelaga skateboard pipe.

In a Mile End alley.

Germ Dee (left) and M’Os Geez (right) for the 2016 Percussion festival.

Germ Dee (right) and Tiburon (left) in a Plateau alley.

Wzrds Gng (left) and Germ Dee (right) in a Plateau alley.

On a Plateau garage door.

Chris Dyer (left) and Germ Dee (right) doing bootleg Barts.

For the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau End alley.


figurative ‘tags’


stickers and other pasted work

A wheatpaste found in Mile End.

A collaboration with ROC514.

A collaboration with ROC514.

A collaboration with ROC514.

Jaker

Jaker is one of the top graffiti writers in Montreal. His allegiances are to the BTH, SVC and GK crews. He has very little presence on the internet. This Bombing Science video on Youtube shows great footage of Jaker in action on an autorack.

Jaker est un des meilleurs graffeurs à Montréal. Il est membres des crews BTH, SVC et GK. Il n’est que très peu présent officiellement sur internet. Cette excellente video de Bombing Science montre l’artiste en action.


burners and other big pieces

Pieces in this section are shown in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille.

In an abandoned warehouse.

Highwayside.

Ason, Jake and Asar representing BTH.

BTH crew roof piece by Jake, Cast, Kwun, Peace and Asar.

In a private indoors prod.

Representing BTH in Ville Émard.

In Mile Ex.

BTH crew hit in Verdun by Jake, Cast, Peace, Drif, Asar, Fomer, Hyke, Johste and Legal.

BTH crew hit in Lasalle by Jake and Asar.

Huge BTH crew highwayside hit by Jake, Cast, Asar and Fomer.

Jake representing BTH on the crew wall for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

BTH crew piece by Cast, Jake, Kwun, Asar, Pito and Bilz for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Jake, Cast and Asar downtown.

Jake and Cast in St-Henri.

BTH’s Jake, Cast, Asar and Kwun.

BTH crew in the South West by Jake, Peace and Kwun.

BTH crew roof piece by Jake, Asar, Legal and Drif.

Freight hit.

Jake, Drif, Kwun and Asar representing BTH in Ville St-Laurent.

On a downtown roof with Legal.

With Nor in Griffintown.

In Rosemont.

Trackside Outremont.

Jake, Kwun, Peace and Blek in Hochelaga.

On an abandoned building in Ville-Marie.

At Fattal.

In St-Michel.

In Centre-Sud.

BTH crew rooftop hit by Jake, Fomer, Asar and Drif.

In Hochelaga.

Off-Mural, for his crew BTH.

Off-Mural.

Off-Mural.

In Ville-Marie.

On a highwayside billboard in Villeray.

In Côte St-Paul for a Montana promotional video.

BTH rooftop in Little Burgundy by Jake, Drif and Asar.

In Verdun.

In Chinatown.

With Cast, Asar and Drif in NDG.

With Sapoe in industrial Old Montreal.

On Canal Lachine.

With Tricks on a South West roof.

On a busy street.

In Côte des Neiges.

In St-Henri.

Highwayside with Asar.

Highwayside with Asar.

In the South West.

Highwayside in Dorval.

With Kwun in the Plateau.

In the South West.

With Tricks in the South West.

Highwayside piece.

In Ville-Marie.

In Mile End.

In highwayland.

Highwayside piece.

The Art Gang wall for the 2023 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring Snipes and Senck, with guests Cemz, Timer and a huge piece by Jaker.

In the South West.

Jaker and Kwun on the front of DBC bar.

On a pillar of the Jacques-Cartier bridge.

Hanging trackside pieces by Sapo and Jaker.

In Pointe St-Charles.

In the South West.

BTH piece in the South West, by Jaker, Cast, Asar and Xray.

Off Mural Festival.

Off Mural Festival.

In the South West.

Tricks and Jaker in Pointe St-Charles.

In Montreal West.

With Legal, trackside.

In Rosemont.

With Legal by the water.

On an abandoned building.

Jaker and Cone representing SVC.

Between Cone and Oper in Ville St-Pierre.

Trackside.

Trackside.

In Old Montreal.

In Rosemont.

In central Montreal.

Writing the name of his crew BTH in the window of a closed gallery. Also visible around the window are tags by Peace, Jaker, Asar, Nesar, Heavy, Zion and Legal. Partially visible inside are throws by Peace (orange) and Kwun (green).

Dems, Asar and Jake on a Ville-Marie rooftop.

On a disused metro car.

Cone and Jaker in an underpass.

In a central Montreal park.

With Blek, trackside.

In Ville-Marie.

In the South West.

In the South West.

Jaker and Peace for their friend’s business. Jaker also did the middle character.

In the Plateau.

Jaker and Peace for their friend’s band Sudden Waves.

Jaker’s contribution to the 2022 graffiti jam in Lachine.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Inside an abandoned building in Lachine.

In the South West.

In the South West.

Jake and Kwun reppin’ BTH on a Plateau rooftop.

Jaker and Cone representing SVC.

Jaker, Peace and Drif doing the name of their crew BTH in the South West.

Jaker and Peace in Rosemont-Petite-Patrie.

In Mile End.

Jake and Cone representing SVC in the Plateau. Visible above is an older wheatpaste by Lovebot.

Inside an abandoned building.

Jaker’s part in a huge 4-man tumbling block-letters prod visible from highways in the South West.

Train piece.

In a Hochelaga alley.

A trackside roller.

Inside an abandoned building.

Double dose, including an extinguisher piece.

BTH crew piece by Jaker, Legal and Peace.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

In Ahuntsic.

In Côte-des-Neiges.

Legal and Jaker doing the name of their crew BTH in the Plateau.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned tunnel.

In the West Island.

In an abandoned spot.

In Côte St-Paul.

On an abandoned building.

On an abandoned building.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

Jaker and Legal contributed to the 2019 revamp of the Van Horne pillars.

A huge trackside piece.

On an abandoned building.

With Jmoe on characters.

Trackside

In Côte St-Paul.

Jaker and Legal representing BTH on an abandoned building in the South West.

In Rosemont.

On an abandoned warehouse in Hochelaga.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In an abandoned spot.

In an abandoned spot.

Roller by Jaker and Legal in the South West.

By Jake, Hyke and Legal for their crew BTH.

Jaker and Legal representing BTH in Little Burdundy (ground piece only).

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

From a BTH crew production in Dorval.

Huge Jaker and Legal roller on an abandoned building in the South West.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

On a parked train.

On a parked train.

On a parked train.

On a parked train.

On train.

On train.

On train.

On train.

Jaker, Legal, Peace and Johste on the abandoned Canada Malting plant.

A huge commissioned Centre-Sud wall by the BTH crew featuring Legal and Jaker on name pieces and Jmoe on character.

Jaker (top) and Legal (ground) for the 2017 Lachine graffiti jam.

Tribute to Jays by BTH’s Jaker, Peace and Legal, from the Time Is Gold production.

Jaker in Rosemont.

Legal (ground) and Jaker (above) for the Festival de Canes.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

Featuring Jaker (top), Legal (middle) and Johste (ground), this is BTH’s contribution to the Scan You Rock jam.

Jaker, Quote and Legal on letters, with Jmoe on character, in industrial Ville St-Laurent.

Near downtown.

Trackside.

Representing his crew BTH on a truck side.

In Rosemont.

Truck side.

For the 2016 edition of the Amalgam Festival in Sherbrooke.

In the Plateau.

Trackside.

At the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

Jaker and perhaps others from the BTH crew on the roof of an abandoned building in the South West.

In the South West.

Jaker (letters) and Jmoe (character) in an abandoned building.

Jaker (top) and Kwun (ground) in a Petite-Patrie alley.

In an abandoned building.

In an bike underpass on the Canal Lachine.

Five Eight and Jake on the abandoned Canada Malting Plant.

On an abandoned building.

On an abandoned building.

Representing BTH inside an abandoned Plateau school awaiting demolition.

In an abandoned building.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

In the gym of an abandoned Plateau school awaiting demolition.

Jaker on letters and Jmoe on character, in Rosemont.

Aliss (card), Ms Teri (flower), Jaker, Blek and Legal on a downtown rooftop.

Jaker (top) and Legal (bottom) at the 2015 Lachine graffiti jam

Trackside.

Most of the BTH crew participated in this piece between the chimneys of an abandoned incinerator.

Jaker and Legal representing BTH in the Plateau.

Under an expressway.

In Hochelaga.

An old one in Montreal West.

Peace and Jaker on a bike trail in Petite-Patrie.

A springtime piece for the crew (Bring The Heat = BTH).

In industrial Ville St-Laurent.

Jake’s contribution to this wall from the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival is partly visible in the bottom left corner. Also featuring Fonki (centre), Legal (top left), Dare (top right), etc.

Jaker, Kwun, Legal and many more on one of the roofs of the long-abandoned Canada Malting plant.

In industrial Hochelaga.

On train.

In Lachine.

An old piece inside an abandoned tunnel.

In an abandoned building.

In a disused underground tunnel.

In industrial Montreal West.

Reppin’ GK on the roof of the Canada Malting.


throws

In Côte St-Paul.

Close-up on Jake’s throw on the tribute wall to Scaner at the 2024 edition of Mural Festival.

On an abandoned building.

In Verdun.

In Verdun.

In Chinatown.

In Petite-Patrie.

In a Plateau alley.

A giant throw in the South West.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Mile End.

In Rosemont.

Jake, Asar and Kwun highwayside in Villeray.

Throws with Asar on canal Lachine.

In the South West.

In Mile End.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Chinatown.

In Laval.

In Old Montreal.

Downtown.

In the industrial South West.

In the Plateau.

Jake and Legal on an abandoned industrial building.

With Legal in the South West.

With Cone.

In Verdun.

In the South West.

In the South West.

A huge throw in St-Henri.

Throws by Legal and Jaker in industrial Montreal.

In a Plateau alley.

With Legal on the left.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco (with Snok on the left).

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Cone and Jake.

In a disused underground tunnel.

In a disused underground tunnel.

In a disused underground tunnel.


tags


installation

A woodup installed on the roof of an industrial building in the South West.

Lost Claws

Lost Claws is a street artist into wheatpasting and painting. He has been active in the streets and alleys of Montreal since approximately June 2017. The artist wittily expresses his dark, pessimistic or sarcastic views on the world, life and relationships through various characters, some recurring (teeth, skeletons, Death) and some one-offs (often animals).

The artist is extremely prolific and I have been able to find only a fraction of his work before it got destroyed. You should therefore check out his Instagram page for a lot more work than what I am presenting in the gallery below.

Lost Claws est un artiste de rue adepte du collage ainsi que de pièces peintes. Il est actif dans les rues et ruelles de Montréal depuis approximativement juin 2017. A l’aide d’une panoplie de personnages, certain récurrents (dents, squelettes, la Mort) ou non (souvent des animaux), il exprime sa vision sombre, pessimiste ou sarcastique, du monde, de la vie et des relation humaines.

Cet artiste est extremement prolifique et je n’ai eu la chance de photographier qu’une fraction de son oeuvre avant qu’elle ne soit détruite. Vous êtes donc invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à sa page Instagram si vous voulez en voir beaucoup plus que ce que je suis en mesure de présenter dans la galerie ci-dessous.


painted

Pieces in this section are shown in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille.

In Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

Inside an abandoned building.

Inside an abandoned building.

On a Mile End roof.

In a Mile End alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In Mile End.

In Mile-Ex.

In a Villeray alley.

Dre and Lost Claws in Mile Ex.

In a Plateau alley.

On an abandoned building in Ville-Marie.

On an abandoned church.

On an abandoned church.

Trackside in Montreal West.

On a downtown rooftop.

In the Plateau.

In Mile-Ex.

In Mile-Ex.

Inside an abandoned building.

Featuring letters by Evism, inside an abandoned warehouse.

Inside an abandoned building.

On a bridge pillar.

On a Mile End rooftop.

On the roof of a closed diner. Also visible in this shot are pieces by Flesh, Airod, Tsar and Gore at ground level.

On an abandoned school.

On a disused church.

In Pointe St-Charles.

In Rosemont.

With Evism in an abandoned building. Visible above is an older piece by Hob.

Under an overpass.

Trackside.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In Mile End.

On a Mile End rooftop.

On a St-Laurent rooftop.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

On a container in Hochelaga.

In a Mile End alley.

In the Plateau.

On a St-Laurent roof.

On an abandoned church.

In Rosemont.

In an abandoned building.

In Plateau End.

In Rosemont.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In the McGill ghetto.

In the Plateau.

Under a bridge.

Under a bridge.

Under a bridge.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Montreal West.

On a Plateau rooftop.

“Go To Hell”, in Petite-Patrie.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In an abandoned industrial lot.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

Highwayside.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building; next to letters by “Aleks”, above throws by Lyfer and Vandal.

In an abandoned location.

In an abandoned location.

In the Plateau.

In NDG.

On a Plateau/Rosemont construction site.

In industrial midtown.

On a Mile End rooftop.

Rooftop in the Plateau.

In Petite-Patrie.

On a Outremont rooftop.

In Montreal West.

In Rosemont.

In Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

On a Mile End rooftop.

In Parc-Ex.

On an overpass pillar in Ville St-Laurent.

In the Plateau.

“You think this is cold?”, on a Plateau ice rink’s temporary wall.

On a Mile End rooftop.

“Drink up!”, in Mile Ex.

“I’ll ge damned!”, on a Mile-Ex rooftop.

“Summer is almost over”. This collapsable sign was put up in the village in early August, not quite near the end of summer…

On a Mile End rooftop.

On a Mile End rooftop.

On a Mile End rooftop.

On a Mile End rooftop.

“Break a leg!”, in a Mile End skatepark.

“Put a skull on it!”, in Mile End.

In a Plateau alley.

In Outremont.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

“Dirt don’t hurt”, in Mile End.

“There’s no surprises in hell”, in Little Italy.

“You’re not special”, retaliating against Worm after he did this huge chrome throw for his crew MG over Lost Claws’ huge “I feel so small” mouse wheatpaste (scroll up this gallery to view).

“You’re only young forever once”, in Mile End.

“Alone is all we were”, in Mile End.


drawn / tag-like

Pieces in this section are shown in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In Mile End.

On a park shed.

On a construction site.

In a Plateau alley.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Petite-Patrie.

Alternating with Dré in Mile Ex.

In Mile Ex.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In the Quartier Latin.

In the Quartier Latin.

In Mile End.

In Montreal Est.

In St-Michel.

On St-Laurent.

Off-Mural.

Off-Mural.

Off-Mural.

In Petite-Patrie.

In the Plateau. The goggle eyes were likely put there by someone else.

In Ville-Marie.

In Little Italy.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

In a Centre-Sud alley.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In the Plateau.

In Ville-Marie.

In Mile End.

In Rosemont.

In the Plateau.

In a Mile End alley.

In an abandoned tunnel.

In a Mile End alley (between tags by Quidam and Seano).

In a Mile End alley.

In Pointe St-Charles.

In Chinatown.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

On a Plateau alley door.

On a Plateau alley door.

In the McGill ghetto.

Off-Mural 2020 (literally) street piece.

In the Plateau.

On a Plateau alley door.

“I’m fine”, in Petite-Patrie.

“I feel nothing”, in the Plateau.

In a central graffiti alley.


wheatpastes and installations

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.

Highjacking a Christmas crib.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

An installation, downtown.

A board installation in the Plateau.

“The cost of living”, an off-Mural wheatpaste.

This is a painted plywood installed on this Mile End roof.

“Doomed to rent”, in Little Italy.

“Why is life so hard?”, in the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

“You’re doing great”, on the front of an abandoned church.

Next to a peace flag for Ukraine.

“Live fast”, in Chinatown.

“R.I.P. optimism”, in Mile End.

“Dying to talk to you / K Bye”, a Ouija board spoof in the Plateau.

“I wasn’t. Then I was. Now I ain’t”, in the Plateau.

“Just killing time”, in the Plateau.

“I wish you the best”, in the Plateau.

“No one wants to be left behind”, in the Plateau.

“There must be more to life?”, in the Plateau.

“Everyone is swimming from something”, in the Plateau.

“I coulda been grate”, in the Plateau.

“R.I.P Hambone”, a tribute to his cat who had just passed away.

“I can’t even look at myself”, in Plateau End. The piece was put up on a mirror store, hence the pun.

“You are not special”, in the Plateau.

“Canned street art, just repeat and serve”, a dig at the piece by a different artist found next to it.

“I’ll give you anything you want”, on an abandoned Plateau church. See below for close-up.

“I’ll give you anything you want”, close-up on the above piece on a Plateau church.

“I don’t wanna talk about it”, in Mile End.

“My days are numbered”, in the Plateau.

“Stop signs suck”, on the front of a number of Bixi self-service bicycles.

“Cynicism isn’t wisdom”, in Mile End.

“Santé!”, in the Plateau.

“Spend some time in hell”, in Rosemont-Petite-Patrie.

“I feel uncomfortable”, in Villeray.

“Six feet away”, in the Plateau during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Life is pain”, in Petite-Patrie.

“You get used to it”, in Petite-Patrie during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We can’t all be blessed”, in the Plateau.

“Up to your old tricks?”, in Mile End. See in context below.

“Up to your old tricks?”, in Mile End at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“You ain’t shit”, in Mile End.

“It’s hard to stay positive”, in Mile End.

“Anywhere can be home”, in Petite-Patrie.

“Tomorrow’s happiness today!”, in Mile End.

“I miss the old Kanye”, in the Plateau.

“Everything will be fine. Or not. WTF do I know?”, in the Plateau.

“Pretending to be something I’m not”, in Plateau End for Halloween.

“Don’t fuck with me I don’t fuck with you”, in Plateau End.

“Dust to dust”, in Chinatown.

“Get your shit together”, in the Plateau.

“Go to hell”, at Marché Jean-Talon.

“My stupid opinion”, in Petite-Patrie.

“That’s life”, in St-Henri.

“Ewe suck”, in Plateau End.

“I don’t wanna pray”, in Mile End.

“We’ll never be those kids again”, in the Plateau.

“Memories are like onions… I don’t like onions”, in the Plateau.

“You can be so cold”, an off-Mural piece.

“Happiness is temporary”, in the Plateau.

“I believe it’s faith I lack”, in the Plateau. See below for a close-up

Close-up of the above Plateau piece.

“I won’t remember you”, in the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

“Are we having fun yet?”, in Petite-Patrie.

“Everything is cool”, in the Plateau.

“Trapped in my head”, in Mile End.

“Love is not enough”, in Mile End for Valentine’s Day.

“How you act is who you become”, in the Plateau.

“Nothing comes back”, in the Village.

“There’s no surprises in hell”, in Mile End.

“Empty together”, in the Plateau.

“I am my father’s son”, in the Quartier des Spectacles.

“What am I doing with my life?”, in the Quartier des Spectacles.

“I feel so small”, a big wheatpaste on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

“Pas d’sucre, pas d’crème”, as Death likes its coffee black, what did you expect? Found in the Plateau.

“D.T.F”, apparently standing for “donairs taste fantastic”… This was found in the Plateau.

This one was captioned “If it’s not on Instagram, did it even happen?”, but the caption was lost before I got a chance to photograph this piece found in Mile End.

“LOL”, in the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

“Everybody else is an asshole”, in the Plateau.

“Give me darkness”, in Mile End.

“It gets easier”, in the Plateau.

“Just give me what I want”, in the Plateau.

“No one mourns the last to die”, in Mile End.

“My life is a mess”, in Little Italy.

“We really are alone aren’t we?”, in the Plateau.

“You’ll never see yourself like I see you”, in Mile End.

“The vague positive quote you needed”, in Mile End.

“Hot as heck”, in Mile End.

“Just fuckin’ super”, in Little Italy.

“Worth ≠ worth”, off Mural Festival.

“What’s it like being cool?”, on St-Laurent.

“It’s so cheesy”, in a conversation with Sara Erenthal.

“Only hard things break”, in the Quartier des Spectacles.

“Life sucks”, in the Quartier des Spectacles.

“The magic’s gone”, in the Plateau.

“You’re not special”, off St-Laurent.

“Time passes always has always will”, in Little Italy.

“Nothing ever changes” / “Everything is changing”, in Petite-Patrie.

“Share the burden”, in Mile End.

“Living quickly, dying slowly”, in Mile End.

“I’m familiar with the cold”, in Plateau End.

“We only hurt the ones we love”, in the Plateau.

“Same in the end”, in the Plateau.

“The loss of friends you never had”, in Mile End.

“We were never meant to stay”, in Mile End.

“New and interesting rock bottoms”, in St-Henri.

“Everybody leaves too soon”, pasted in the Plateau beneath one of Scaner‘s iconic characters, presumably as a tribute after the latter writer passed away.

“It’s only worth what you’re willing to lose”, in Petite-Patrie.

“We change”, in the Plateau.

“Life of the party”, in Mile End.

“Let the rain fall”, in the Plateau.

“We always know what’s right”, in Mile End.

“There’s plenty…”, in Mile End.

“No one is listening”, in the McGill Ghetto.

“Don’t wait too long to come home”, in Mile End.

“Nobody cares what you did, right?”, in Mile End.

“There is nothing we can keep”, in Plateau End.

“Remember to forget”, in Mile End.

“How you act is who you become”, in Mile End.

In the Plateau.

“I only loved you with my head anyways”, in the Plateau. The sticker above is by Ella & Pitr.

“Free to a good home”, in Mile End.


stickers

Collaboration with ROC514.


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Benny Wilding / Cemz / Ether

Benny Wilding aka Cemz aka Ether is the ultimate urban artist, having started off as a graffiti writer and then evolved into becoming one of Montreal’s great muralists. He started in 1997 writing ‘Cemz’ and quickly earned the respect of his peers. Around 2004 he switched to writing ‘Ether’ and kept that name for a bit more than a decade. Over 2016, as his career as a muralist started growing significantly, he reverted back to ‘Cemz’ and this is his regular writing name nowadays. His main allegiance over the years has been with the crew TFB, but he’s also in DA, TFO and more recently KG (to name a few), crews that include many of our city’s best writers.

His murals and other figurative pieces are usually mash-ups of various pop-art vintage elements: cartoons, old logos, commercial lettering and other nostalgia-tinged iconography inspired by old ads and catalogues. Most interestingly, they also often include his name-piece, creating a contrast between that warm nostalgia and his wildstyle street side.

To learn more about Benny Wilding, have a look at this great 2018 interview by Mural Festival. To view more than I was able to photograph, and to see his work outside Montreal as well as his studio work, check out BennyWilding.com and follow him on Instagram. Finally, there’s a short bio and photos of work he has done for Ashop in this Ashop bio.

Benny Wilding / Cemz / Ether est le parfait artiste urbain, ayant débuté comme graffeur puis graduellement fait son chemin pour devenir un des grands muralistes de Montréal. Il a débuté en 1997 sous le nom ‘Cemz’ et a rapidement gagné le respect de ses pairs. Aux environs de 2004 il a commencé à écrire ‘Ether’ et a conservé ce nom pour une douzaine d’années. Au cours de l’année 2016, alors que sa carrière de muraliste prenait de l’essor, il a repris le nom ‘Cemz’ et c’est ce nom qu’il utilise de nos jours pour ses pièces de graffiti. Sa principale affiliation au fil des années a été avec le crew TFB, mais il fait aussi partie de DA, TFO et plus récemment KG (pour n’en nommer que quelques uns), des crews incluant plusieurs des meilleurs graffeurs de Montréal.

Ses murales et autres pièces figuratives combinent généralement divers éléments pop-art vintages tels que des personnages de bandes dessinées, des logos, du graphisme commercial ainsi que des personnage ou objets tirés de vieilles pubs ou de vieux catalogues. Fait intéressant, ses grandes créations incluent aussi son nom en plein milieu, mettant ainsi en contraste le coté nostalgique et réconfortant de l’iconographie vintage avec la modernité de son graffiti wildstyle.

Pour en apprendre plus sur Benny Wilding, vous êtes invités à lire cette entrevue pour Festival Mural datant de 2018. Pour voir plus que ce que j’ai eu la chance de photographier, particulièrement ses oeuvres hors-Montréal ainsi que son travail en studio, jetez un coup d’oeil à BennyWilding.com et suivez-le sur Instagram. Enfin, une courte biographie et des photos de son travail pour Ashop se trouvent sur le site d’Ashop.


Benny Wilding

Pieces in this section are shown in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille.

In St-Henri.

For the 2023 edition of Mural Festival.

Section 1/4 of commissioned work at Parc Jean-Drapeau.

Section 2/4 of commissioned work at Parc Jean-Drapeau.

Section 3/4 of commissioned work at Parc Jean-Drapeau.

Section 4/4 of commissioned work at Parc Jean-Drapeau.

Inside the telecom dishes on the roof of Radio-Canada, with Zek.

In Petite-Patrie.

This is the left half of a long wall in Rosemont with the 1976 Montreal Olympics as a theme.

This is the right half of a long wall in Rosemont with the 1976 Montreal Olympics as a theme.

This tribute to local Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve in Chinatown incorporates a Cemz letter piece.

Benny Wilding’s segment on a long tribute to Scaner also involving Zek and Stare (not visible in this shot). The wall also includes a Cemz letter piece, scroll down to view.

Tribute to Scaner by Sober, Benny Wilding, Mersh, Tyke and Sage at the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam.

Ankh One and Benny Wilding collaboration in Verdun. The white dots are actually raised from the wall and spell out “multiculturel” in Braille language.

This mural is found downtown.

This nostalgia mural at Plaza St-Hubert incorporates a Cemz letter piece.

One of Benny Wilding’s characters on a Scaner & Cemz alley wall which also features a Cemz letter piece featured in the next section, scroll down to view.

One more of Benny Wilding’s characters on a Scaner & Cemz alley wall which also features a Cemz letter piece featured in the next section, scroll down to view.

One more of Benny Wilding’s characters on a Scaner & Cemz alley wall which also features a Cemz letter piece featured in the next section, scroll down to view.

Benny Wilding / Cemz at Plaza Walls.

A green alley piece for Ashop in Hochelaga (1/3).

A green alley piece for Ashop in Hochelaga (2/3).

A green alley piece for Ashop in Hochelaga (3/3).

This Ashop mural was designed by Fluke and executed by Zek and Benny Wilding.

Ether / Benny Wilding in Petite-Patrie.

This is Benny Wilding’s contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival. It includes a Ether letter piece.

This long wall in the Plateau is a collaboration with Hsix on the three Gilles Duceppe characters.

Trackside wall for Ashop under the name Cems.

Benny Wilding as Ether for the Cabane à sucre secret gallery.


Cemz

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.

From an Art Gang prod in TMR.

In Little Burgundy.

In graffiti alley.

On the Art Gang wall for the 2023 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In St-Henri.

For Breaking Walls / Meeting Of Styles.

Zek and Cemz at the TFO 40th prod in Côte St-Paul.

At Duff Court.

In Mile End.

Senck and Snipes for the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, featuring Cemz at ground level.

In the Plateau.

In Ahuntsic.

In Ville St-Laurent.

In Rosemont.

In Ahuntsic.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

For the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In the Plateau.

In a Rosemont alley.

In the Plateau.

In the East.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

In Côte des Neiges.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

In the Plateau.

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

The Boro wall for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring Cemz (top letters), Esprit (left half) and Sight (bottom right letters).

Cemz in the Plateau.

On Ashop‘s wall in Hochelaga.

This is Cemz’s letter piece on a long tribute wall to Scaner also involving Zek and Stare (not shown here). The wall also features a figurative segment, scroll up to the Benny Wilding section above to view.

Cemz on letters and Axe Lalime on shark, in Hochelaga.

Cemz’s piece for the Time Is Gold production, Scaner‘s final one.

In Côte des Neiges.

On a Hochelaga metal shutter.

At Plaza Walls.

On Ashop‘s wall in Hochelaga.

Cemz’s half of a long alley wall with Scaner. Close-ups on the 2 characters as well as a third one not seen in this shot are featured in the Benny Wilding section above.

Cemz (top) and Smak (ground level) contribution to the Scan You Rock jam.

For Ashop‘s Chemin Vert block party.

Five Eight (top), Skor (middle) and Cemz (bottom) with a bit of help from Earth Crusher, for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

On Ashop‘s wall in Hochelaga.

In a Mile End alley. A time lapse video of the making of this wall can be viewed here.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Highway side piece.


Ether

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.

Earth Crusher and Ether on the side wall of a Plateau restaurant.

An off-Mural alley piece from 2016.

This mural in a central graffiti alley features Waxhead (left), Ether (central letter piece) and Turtle Caps (right).

Truck side.

The Boro wall for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival features Ether (top left), Mersh (top right) and Shok (bottom).

In Hochelaga.

From the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, Ether (middle letters), Scaner (bottom letters), Axe Lalime (bottom left), Serak (top letters) and Hsix (right).

A graffiti alley piece.

Ether (top) and Scaner (bottom), from a long Plateau wall involving more artists.

Detail of a Plateau wall which would be eventually be redone entirely by the artist for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival (scroll up to the Benny Wilding section above to view).

Ether’s part in a long multi-artist wall in a Plateau alley.

Ether’s part in a long multi-artist wall in Ville-Marie.

Cems, before he switched to Ether (top left), Scan (top right), Sage (bottom left) and Smak (bottom right) on this classic DA wall in Rosemont.

From 2003 in Parc Ex, damaged but still standing.


throws

Great spot in Chinatown.


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stickers and wheatpastes

These 3 different wheatpastes were also found separately.

Ether and Scaner wheatpastes.


other pasted work

In Petite-Patrie.

A mock business sign in the Plateau.

A fake sign in Centre-Sud.

A wood-up found in the Plateau.

A wood-up found in the Plateau. Also visible in this shot are a wood-up by Flavor and a Lego piece by Shifty Cat.

A wood-up found in the Plateau.

Mock storefront sign in Mile End.

Mock storefront sign in the Plateau.

A wood-up in Plateau End.

Mock storefront sign in the Plateau.

Mock storefront sign in the Plateau.

Mock storefront sign on St-Laurent.

A wood sign on St-Laurent.

Mock-sign in the Plateau.

In Mile End.

Off the 2019 edition of Under Pressure.

Off the 2019 edition of Under Pressure.

A pasted montage of Benny Wilding patterns and figurative elements, found in a Mile End alley.


other painted work

A tribute to Scan, Jays and Dock at Duff Court.

This sign for the closed Waldman fish market was hijacked by Benny who painted over a few letters to turn it into ‘Wilding’.

Canettes de Ruelle 2018

This image gallery brings together photos of all the pieces created for the 2nd edition of Canettes de Ruelle, which was actually the first edition under that name, as the first one was called Chats de Ruelle (Alleycats). For this 2018 edition the festival took place in the 7th/8th alley between Masson and Laurier, and the 6th/7th alley between Laurier and St-Joseph. The gallery below is presented from North to South, so from Masson to Laurier in the 7th/8th alley and then from Laurier to St-Joseph in the 6th/7th alley.

Cette gallerie-photo présente toutes les oeuvres créées dans le contexte de la 2e édition du festival Canettes de Ruelle, en fait la première sous ce nom puisque la première édition s’appelait Chats de Ruelle. Pour cette édition 2018, le festival s’est déroulé dans la ruelle 7e/8e de Masson à Laurier et la ruelle 6e/7e de Laurier à St-Joseph. Les photos de la galerie ci-dessous sont présentées du nord au sud, donc descendant la ruelle 7e/8e de Masson à Laurier, puis la ruelle 6e/7e de Laurier à St-Joseph.


Font-fest by Ofusk, EK Sept and Hoar.

Hozek

Apashe

Ofusk (top) and EK Sept (ground).

Heks

Elfu

Above 4 photos: full shot on the 203 Crew wall followed by close-ups on the parts of Ekes, Borrris and Lyfer.

Paynt and Seork‘s rooftop collaboration.

Mad Rats

Above 2 photos: Swarm.

Collaboration of MAF, Mesh and Seano.

EK Sept

Louis Letters

Tshoko

Le Monstr

Bibi Una assisted by Vazy.

Nikki Küntzle

Collaboration of MSHL and SBU One.

Collaboration of YU8’s Eskro (middle and bottom right), Resok (mostly left) and Apok (top right).

Waxhead

Quatre and Nancy.

Scribe

Char Bataille

KT Pag

Grils

Eskro and Resok representing their crew YU8.

Above 3 photos: this super long semi-private wall was painted by Adida Fallen Angel (left-1st shot, right-3rd shot) and Aldarwin (middle-2nd shot).

Wistipouf and Nero.

Loopkin

LSNR

Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art

This image gallery brings together 100 great murals and other painted street art pieces from 2018. 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 2018 pasted street art
Retrospective of 2018 graffiti

Cette galerie-photo présente 100 murales et autres pièces de street art peint créées en 2018 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 2018 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 2018 street art collé
Retrospective 2018 graffiti


The 203 crew‘s wall for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring Lyfer, Ekes, Arnold, Borrris, Flying Eric, Opire and Algue. Scroll down this gallery for some solo work by Arnold and Borrris. Lyfer, Ekes and Algue all have entries in the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

Above 4 photos: the 203 crew‘s wall by Borrris, Lyfer and Ekes for the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle. Top photo shows the full wall, then the other three are close-ups on Borrris’ central character and Lyfer and Ekes’ letter pieces.

Add Fuel paid us a visit this year and created 2 walls, including this one found in a downtown alley.

Adida Fallen Angel spreading love in a Rosemont alley. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art.

Above 3 photos: 3 artists – 3 styles in this “Save The Ocean” session found at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel: Adida Fallen Angel, Aldarwin and Sewp. The latter artist has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

Ankh One and Osmoze collaboration from the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Ankh has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti, under ‘K6A’.

Arnold character in the Plateau. Scroll up to the first piece at the top of this page for more by Arnold.

Astro mural in Verdun.

Axe Lalime‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

Axe Lalime in the South West.

Axe Lalime in the South West. There’s more by Axe down this list under ‘Dodo Osé’. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

Bibi Una mural in a Plateau alley. She also has a wall in the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

Borrris wall in Hochelaga. Scroll up to the two 203 Crew murals at the top of this page for more by this artist.

A gorgeous wall by Danae Brissonnet between Villeray and Ahuntsic.

Jace Cantoro in the McGill ghetto.

Ruben Carrasco in St-Henri.

Ruben Carrasco in Villeray.

Cryptik‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

Raphaël Dairon‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Demsky‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

A long wall by Deps in a narrow Plateau alley.

One of many owls by DMT found this year in cleverly hidden spots in the South West.

Dodo Osé (geisha) and Axe Lalime (cat) from a K6A & friends jam in the South West. Axe has solo entries listed under his name above and has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

Dodo Osé mural in Hochelaga.

Self-portrait mural by Dodo Osé in Verdun. He also helped Fluke on his mural listed below.

Chris Dyer‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Earth Crusher in Rosemont.

Earth Crusher in the Plateau. There’s more by this artist in the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti under ‘Five Eight’.

Tristan Eaton‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

Elfu’s part on the LTG wall for the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Elfu‘s part in the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Manuel Fleury on the back of a parked abandoned truck.

Above 3 photos: full shot and 2 details of Fluke‘s homage to the Polish community in Hochelaga. He was assisted by Fonki, Five Eight and Dodo Osé. Fluke, Fonki and Five Eight also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti. Five Eight also has an entry in the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art.

Cécile Gariépy mural on a sports centre in TMR.

An alley piece by Germ Dee. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art for more by Germdee.

Above 5 photos: Haks, Capes, Nemo, Lapin and Vedas collaboration for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. The wall is quite long and the street rather narrow, hence the five close-ups above. Haks also helped Monk.e on a wall listed below, scroll down to view. Both Haks and Nemo have entries in the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

Hary in a Rosemeont alley.

Jest got a few mural gigs this year, this one is his biggest and best one. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art for more by Jest.

Kor in a Plateau alley.

Above 2 photos: two shots of this wall by Korb in Longueuil. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti for more by Korb.

Nikki Küntzle in St-Michel.

Labrona created 4 pieces in the Plateau in parallel to Mural Festival, here’s one of them.

One more off-Mural piece by Labrona. He is also heavily featured in the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art.

A gorgeous mural by Lacey and Layla done during the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

Lacey and Layla wall in the South West.

Mural by Kevin Ledo in Little Burgundy honouring Daisy Peterson Sweeney. For Mu.

LeMonstr participated in both Mural and Under Pressure this year, this is his contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

LeMonstr also participated in the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

LP Montoya mural in Petite-Patrie.

LSNR participated in both Mural and Under Pressure this year, this is his contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

LSNR mural piece in a Rosemont alley for the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle. This artist has also made it into both the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti and the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art.

Above 2 photos: Mu invited German artist Case Maclaim to paint in Montreal this year. His long wall (shown here over 2 shots) is found in St-Henri.

The Mad Rats‘ contribution to the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti for more by this duo, together under ‘Mad Rats’ and in solo under ‘Boporc’ and ‘Gaulois’.

Maliciouz‘s beautiful piece in Mile End.

Maliciouz‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Mastrocola and Melsa Montagne collaboration in the Plateau.

Mateo‘s tribute to Hubert Reeves in a Rosemont alley, for Ashop.

Above 2 photos: full shot and close-up of a mural by Mateo in Villeray.

Christina Mazzulla and Willy Wales for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Mu invited Italian artist Millo to paint this rooftop wall in the Plateau.

Australian artist Miser spent six months in Montreal this past year, he did a lot of graffiti and painted 2 big murals including this one in Ville-Marie.

An awesome mural by Miser in a Plateau alley.

Above 2 photos: front and lateral shots of a wall by Monk.e on a South West high school. Assistance by Haks and Jimmy Baptiste. Haks has more work in this list, above under his name. He is also featured in the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

Monk.e mural in Mercier.

Monk.e‘s tribute to New Orleans jazz in a Rosemont alley.

Monk.e on the wall of a school in Ville St-Laurent. Monk.e is also featured in the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti under his own name as well as under ‘K6A’.

Mono Sourcil’s contribution to a K6A & friends production in the South West.

Above 2 photos: full shot and 2 close-ups of this corner piece by Mono Sourcil in the Plateau. She also has an entry in the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art.

M’Os Geez‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Above 2 photos: MSHL, SBU One and Naimo collaboration on this truck painted while the 2018 edition of Mural Festival took place. Scroll down for more by SBU One, and have a look at the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti for more by both SBU One and Naimo.

MSHL‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Paynt and Hozek collaboration in a Rosemont alley.

Above 2 photos: collaboration between Paynt (top right), Hozek (bottom left), Sepan (top left), Magic (bottom right) and Gost (bottom middle) for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. I’m including a close-up on Magic’s part because it is less visible in the full shot.

Poni and Cyrielle Tremblay collaboration for the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

Alex Produkt‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Above 2 photos: full shot and close-up of a long Emily Read mural celebrating the Peregrine Falcon in Petite-Patrie.

Above 5 photos: full shot and 4 close-ups on a long Emily Read mural celebrating the Alpine Ibex in Petite-Patrie.

Michael Reeder‘s fantastic mural from this past year’s edition of Mural Festival.

Rouks‘ beautiful contribution to Estival de Canes 2018. Rouks also does graffiti and has made it into the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

Royal and Crane‘s collaborative tribute to Skizo and Cons, 2 graffiti artists who have passed away in the past few years. Have a look at the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti for more by both these artists.

Saner‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

SBU One‘s participation in the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

SBU One on a garage door in Hochelaga. Scroll up this gallery to ‘MSHL’ for more by SBU. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

Above 2 photos: two full shots and a close-up on Scribe and Tchug‘s collaboration for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Unsurprisingly, Scribe is also featured in the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

Smithe‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival. There’s more by Smithe in the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti under ‘Demsky’.

A beautiful collaboration between Snikr (figurative) and Rekal (letters) in a Plateau alley. There is more by these artists in the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti under ‘Rekal’ as well as under ‘Fleo’ and ‘K6A’.

This Mu mural found downtown is a tribute to Alanis Obomsawin. It was designed by Mekyoh and done by a collective of artists under the direction of Rafael Sottoclichio.

Above 2 photos: two different angles of Swarm‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle. Swarm is an active wheatpaster, check out the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art for more of her work.

Nick Sweetman‘s off-Mural piece in a central graffiti alley.

Nick Sweetman (wasp) and Dré (letters) side by side in a central graffiti alley.

Tava in Petite-Patrie.

Tava and Wizard Skull collaboration in Petite-Patrie.

One more Tava and Wizard Skull collaboration in Petite-Patrie.

Tone stencil near Griffintown.

Vean Psilocybe mural in Ville-Marie

Above 3 photos: full shot and two close-ups on Waxhead‘s huge contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

Waxhead‘s part in the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art for more by Waxhead.

Benny Wilding‘s tribute to Gilles Villeneuve in Chinatown. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti under ‘Cemz’ for some letter pieces by this artist.

Above 5 photos: five shots of Zek‘s work around this park building in Ville St-Laurent. Unsurprisingly, Zek is also featured in the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

This beautiful Hochelaga wall by an unidentified artist was finally completed in 2018. The left half dates back a few years, but the right half was done in 2018.

Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art

This image gallery brings together 100 pieces of Montreal street art from 2018 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 2018 murals and other painted street art
Retrospective of 2018 graffiti

Cette galerie-photo présente 100 pièces de street art produites en 2018 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 2018 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 2018 murales et autre street art peint
Retrospective 2018 graffiti


Adida Fallen Angel wheatpastes for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Adida also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

Wheatpaste/stencil combo by Cam.

Chat Perdu poster. I’ve encountered many variations of this, each one with a different caption.

I believe this paste-up is by Chat Perdu.

We were blessed with a visit by internationally renowned artist Clet this year.

Clet‘s take on a classic local traffic sign alteration.

Clet came up with a new design specifically for us Canadians.

Classic Clet in Montreal.

CSRK wheatpaste in a Plateau alley.

CSRK wheatpaste found in central Montreal.

CSRK wheatpaste found in Little Italy. Scroll down this list to ‘ROC514’ for a collaboration.

You can count on New York’s Elsol25 to pay us a visit during Mural Festival. Here’s some of the work he brought for us this year.

More pasted work by Elsol25, this one from another visit in July.

One more wheatpaste by Elsol25 from his July visit.

Elsol25 wheatpaste, drips by Mavi.

False Idols sticker.

Above 2 photos: Five Eight came out with new slick stickers this year. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti for more by this artist.

FKDL aka Franck Duval was in town during Mural and put up a few of his posters. Variations exist.

One more poster by FKDL, variations exist.

Futur Lasor Now is unfortunately not as active as he once was, but we still got treated to a few pieces around the time of Mural.

A Futur Lasor Now poster.

A new design for this Futur Lasor Now sticker.

A Futur Lasor Now poster.

Gascon created 2 new mosaic pieces honouring local legends this year. This one found in Ville-Marie celebrates Québec singer Diane Dufresne.

Germ Dee was very much into bootleg art this year and came out with this bootleg friends sticker. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

This installation in a Mile End alley is by Josef Helie.

Poster by Jasper for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Jest started putting up stickers in 2018, here’s one of the three designs I managed to find. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

Above 3 photos: Kat participated in the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival with these 2 posters (in situ and close-ups are shown above)

Labrona was very busy putting up ‘peatwastes’ (as he calls them) this year.

This Labrona wheatpaste comes with a calligraphic tag by Lorem Ipsum.

Nothing better than a Labrona wheatpaste to embellish a closed business front. Funny how the characters here seem to be pointing at the tags and litter.

One more Labrona wheatpaste in one of his regular spots. Labrona has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

The very active Lost Claws has become one of Montreal’s top pasters this year with a selection of bigger and wittier but often pessimistic pieces.

A touching wheatpaste by Lost Claws.

Lost Claws‘ death character likes its coffee black, what did you expect?

Commentary by Lost Claws next to a Sara Erenthal piece.

LSNR, who’s had a great year with participations in both Mural Festival and Under Pressure, also put up a bunch of hand drawn stickers in 2018. This is one example. This artist has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art as well as the Retrospective of 2018 graffiti.

A Madame Gilles poster from this year’s run.

Above 2 photos: Two angles of this clever fake security camera installation by Makenoize at the Lachine Canal. The installation stayed up for many weeks before it was finally taken down or stolen.

Makenoize got very busy again this year, this sticker is a new variation on one of his earlier designs.

MC Baldassari contributed an awesome combo of wheatpastes (top windows) and painted work (bottom right window) to the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Above 2 photos: This ‘sweet’ icing sugar piece by Shelley Miller (full piece and close-up shown above) was put up during Mural Festival. It was nice to watch its interaction with weather, graffers and insects over the weeks that followed its installation.

Mirov wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Mirov poster found in Mile End.

Mirov wheatpaste found in Plateau End.

Mirov wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Miss Me wheatpaste combo in a Mile End alley.

A set of Mono Sourcil wheatpastes for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art for more by this artist.

A National Zombi paste-up.

Nether410 spent some time in Montreal in September and put up a bunch of wheatpastes. This one was found in the Plateau.

Nether410 wheatpaste found in Petite-Patrie.

Nether410 wheatpaste found in Petite-Patrie.

One more Nether410 wheatpaste, this one in the Plateau.

Peau wheatpaste in a prime Plateau location. Scroll down to Le ‘Renard Fou’ for one more piece by this artist.

A wheatpaste montage by Rage5 in Côte des Neiges.

A cool wheatpaste by Jos Ramirez in a Mile End alley.

This wheatpaste found on a Mile End container appears to have been put up by someone working under the name Remains(?).

Above 2 photos: two shots of this great installation by Le Renard Fou found cemented in an empty lot in Mile End.

Le Renard Fou got a bit horny in his work this past year, here he is getting it on while Peau watches… Scroll up for one more piece by Peau.

This poster by Le Renard Fou is not about organic farming…

A naughty wheatpaste combo of Le Renard Fou and Lakos.

Ribambelle Nomade has kept busy this past year putting up these paste-ups showing vintage toys.

One more Ribambelle Nomade paste-up.

A paste-up by Ribambelle Nomade.

A Ribambelle Nomade paste-up.

ROC514 returned to Montreal this year and didn’t waste any time getting busy in our streets and alleys again. This is one of the new designs.

This is a collaboration sticker between ROC514 and CSRK. Scroll up for more by the latter artist.

ROC514 loves collaborating with other artists, this paste up is with Pua (other character) and 6ara9e (van). Scroll down for more by ROC514 under ‘Starkey’.

Rope Love put up a bunch of paste-ups this past summer, here’s one of them.

One more paste-up by Rope Love found in central Montreal.

A Rope Love paste-up keeping company with this old sticker of mine.

Jessica Sabogal put up a series of different posters on this subject this year, but most of them were surprisingly and unfortunately defaced before I managed to photograph them.

A public service announcement by Shifty Cat.

Sinister Kid got busy with a bunch of mini-posters put up off-Mural.

Sinister Kid mini-poster found in the Plateau.

One more mini-poster by Sinister Kid found in the Plateau

A Sloast wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Sloast wheatpaste found in the Plateau.

An off-Mural Sloast wheatpaste found in the Plateau.

A wood-up collaboration between buddies Starkey and ROC514. Scroll up for more by ROC514.

A Stay Beautiful poster found in Central Montreal.

Two variations of this new poster design by Stay Beautiful.

Stikki Peaches‘s tribute to Bob Marley put up in a Mile End alley.

Freedom Frida wheatpaste by Stikki Peaches.

A huge Stikki Peaches wheatpaste of young Dali put up during Mural Festival.

Stikki Peaches in Little Italy.

Swarm out of one portal and into the next, in Hochelaga.

Swarm wheatpaste found in Plateau End.

Swarm wheatpaste found in central Montreal.

Swarm on fire in Mile End.

A funny wheatpaste by Tutanka found in a Mile Ex alley.

Above 2 photos: Waxhead created a handful of birdhouses this year. This one found in Chinatown is unfortunately the only one I managed to photograph before they were taken down or stolen…

A new sticker by Waxhead. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art for more by this artist.

A Zola wheatpaste found in Hochelaga.

A Zola wheatpaste found in Parc-Ex.

A more lightweight Zola wheatpaste found in Petite-Patrie/Rosemont.

A Zola wheatpaste somewhat different to the rest of her production, but still very relevent.

Unless Nietzsche is alive and living in Montreal, this wheatpaste found in Mile Ex is by an unidentified artist.

A few variations on this design by an unidentified artist were pasted around Mile End.