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Under Pressure Festival 2017

Here’s a photo gallery featuring all the works produced during the 2017 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 2017 du Festival Under Pressure. Pour les autres éditions, voir la page générale du Festival Under Pressure.


One of 2 posters for the 2017 edition, by Haks and Jimmy Baptiste.

One of 2 posters for the 2017 edition, by Haks and Jimmy Baptiste.


203 crew wall. The 203 Invader with the munchies is by Opire and the one with the giggles is by Arnold and Borrris. The top letters – actually numbers 203 – are by Naimo, the ground ones by Ekes and all the wraparound is by Lyfer and Ekes plus probably a few more 203s…

Monk.e, Fonki and Ankh One collaboration.

The 123 Klan wall with Scien and Klor on ground level letters and Aiik on top ones.

Rouks (top left), Lapin (top right), Haks (ground left) and Nemo (ground right).

K6A crew wall featuring Axe, Fleo, Dodo Osé, etc. (segment 1/3).

K6A crew wall featuring Axe, Fleo, Dodo Osé, etc. (segment 2/3).

K6A crew wall featuring Axe, Fleo, Dodo Osé, etc. (segment 3/3).

Yekso, Lons, Zyon and Kuby, guests from New Caledonia.

RCD and guests wall featuring, from left to right and top to bottom: Imp, Phere, Sirvis, Snok, Voguer, Yema, Bumpr and Mask. See close-ups of individual pieces below.

Imp

Phere

Sirvis

Snok

Voguer

Yema

Bumpr

Mask

TFS/POM wall featuring, from left to right and top to bottom: Rizek, Apok, Resok, Myrage, Eskro, Serum and EK Sept. See close-ups of individual pieces below.

Rizek and Resok.

Apok and Myrage.

Eskro

Serum (better and unobstructed shot coming).

EK Sept

Anthill Collective wall featuring Capes, Eskae and Speak with guest AboveAsBelow.

UNC wall featuring Meor, Baesr, Getso, Rock and Mine.

Collaboration between SBU One and MSHL.

Scribe on letters, Tchug on central character and Corey Bulpitt on native motifs.

Serna (top), Gaulois (bottom left) and Bopor (bottom right). See close-ups of the two bottom pieces below.

Gaulois

Bopor

Debza

Tibúron

Corey Bulpitt

Kor for his Mes Chats Dans Ta Ville project.

Striker

Tryptich by Adida Fallen Angel.

Ason, with Voguer above.

MC Baldassari and Aude Maeva.

Osmoze

Dalkhafine and Loopkin.

Karim Jabbari wall of calligraphy.

Hoar

Asyn

NEMC / Fabb

Marc-André Giguère

Marc-André Giguère

Le Monstr

Elysanne Tremblay (left) and Le Monstr (right).

Jasp

M’Os Geez

Maliciouz

Tchekon

Tchekon

Chase aka Smile

Wheatpaste by Mono Sourcil (1/2).

Wheatpaste by Mono Sourcil (2/2).

Wheatpaste by Maliciouz (1/3).

Wheatpaste by Maliciouz (2/3).

Wheatpaste by Maliciouz (3/3).

Wheatpaste by Carolina Espinosa (1/3).

Wheatpaste by Carolina Espinosa (2/3).

Wheatpaste by Carolina Espinosa (3/3).

Wheatpaste by Christina Mazzulla (1/2).

Wheatpaste by Christina Mazzulla (2/2).

Closed porn cinema covered with Miss Me wheatpastes. Pasted messages include “To be born with a woman’s body is to bear the unsolicited burden of humanity’s unresolved attitudes towards sex” and “Don’t tell me what to wear”. See below for close-up.

Close-up of some Miss Me wheatpastes from above installation.

SBU One

SBU One was born in France but moved to Montreal in 2004. For many years his street work walked the line between figurative and abstract, never quite one or the other. In the past few years he appears to have been doing a bit more figurative work, as least as far as his street work is concerned. It often features animals and zoomorphic characters and mashups, although it tends to remain closer to abstract when he works with frequent collaborator MSHL. In recent years his notorierity has increased rapidly, leading him to participate to festivals such as Under Pressure and Amalgam and then Mural Festival in 2017.

To see much more than what is featured in the photo gallery below (including studio/gallery work, animation, comics, and a lot of amazing street work outside Montreal), check out sbuone.com as well as his Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr pages.

SBU One est né en France mais habite Montréal depuis 2004. Pendant plusieurs années son art de rue balançait entre le figuratif et l’abstrait, jamais tout à fait l’un ou l’autre. Depuis quelques années l’artiste penche un peu plus vers le figuratif, du moins en ce qui concerne son art urbain. Animaux et personnages zoomorphiques y font des apparitions fréquentes. Ceci étant dit, celui-ci redevient plutôt abstrait lorsqu’effectué conjointement avec son fréquent collaborateur MSHL. SBU One a gagné beaucoup en notoriété ces dernières années, menant à des participations remarquées à des festivals tels que Under Pressure et Amalgam, et à l’édition 2017 du Festival Mural.

Pour en voir bien plus que ce qui est présenté dans la gallerie-photo ci-dessous (incluant des oeuvres en studio/gallerie, de l’animation, de la bande dessinée et beaucoup d’oeuvres urbaines géniales hors-Montréal), jetez up coup d’oeil à sbuone.com ainsi qu’à ses pages Facebook, Instagram et Tumblr.


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

Above 3 photos: on a park chalet in Hampstead.

A collaboration with Sermob in Rosemont.

Version 5 of this delivery door. Scroll down this page for earlier versions.

Above 2: SBU on minivan side (top shot). The opposite side (bottom shot) is by Scribe but features a few elements by SBU.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Version 4 of this delivery door. Scroll up and down this page for later and earlier versions.

Collaboration with MSHL in Pointe St-Charles.

On a container side in the South West.

Collaboration with Waxhead on a Mile End alley door.

Collaboration with Bosny at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In a private alley space.

Figurative and letters both by SBU One.

Collaboration with MSHL and Bosny in Pointe St-Charles.

Collaboration with MSHL in Pointe St-Charles.

SBU One (left and ground) and Waxhead (right and top) on a bridge pillar. The characters were inspired by the 2 old homeless men who hung out at this spot at the time.

Sceak (letters) and SBU One (above) on a bridge pillar.

Koal on ground letters, SBU One on characters above and Bosny on textures, in a Mile End alley.

Rosemont alley collaboration with Bosny and Waxhead.

In an abandoned building.

In a Rosemont alley.

In a Mile End alley.

Collaboration with Waxhead in a Mile End alley.

Version 3 of a Portuguese rooster piece on a St-Laurent garage door. Scroll up and down this page for later and earlier versions.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

A quickie at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In a derelict place.

For the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Collaboration with MSHL in Pointe St-Charles.

Version 2 of a Portuguese rooster piece on a St-Laurent garage door. Scroll up and down this page for later and earlier versions.

On a bridge pillar.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Collaboration with MSHL in Pointe St-Charles.

Collaboration between MSHL and SBU One for the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

For the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Found under a bridge.

Truck side mostly by SBU, with a bit by Naimo and MSHL. The back is all MSHL. Done during the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

The opposite side of the above truck from the 2018 edition of Mural Festival is mostly Naimo with a bit by SBU and MSHL.

On a garage door in Hochelaga.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Collaboration with Scribe in a Rosemont alley.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In a Rosemont alley (click to zoom in).

SBU One (left) and Waxhead (right) in a Rosemont alley.

In Rosemont.

For the Chats de Ruelle Festival (Canettes de Ruelle 2017).

This MSHL garage door in Mile End features some work by SBU One.

Collaboration with MSHL on the lower (2nd) floor and with Tiburon on the upper (3rd) one. The upper floor was retouched from an earlier SBU-solo piece, scroll down to view.

Collaboration with MSHL for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Collaboration with Monk.e at the PSC legal graffiti wall. See below for 2 close-ups on SBU One’s parts.

Close-up 1/2 on SBU One’s part in a collaboration with Monk.e at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Close-up 2/2 on SBU One’s part in a collaboration with Monk.e at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Collaboration with MSHL in Pointe St-Charles.

Floors 2 and 3 added to the back of this Plateau building. Scroll down for a close-up of Level 1 from a year earlier. Level 2 is a collaboration with MSHL.

Contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

On a house awaiting demolition in the Plateau.

Collaboration with Scribe in a Rosemont back alley.

In a Rosemont back alley.

In Petite-Patrie.

Collaboration with MSHL in the Plateau.

SBU One in the Plateau. More was added to this piece the following year, scroll up to view.

SBU One’s contribution to Plaza Walls.

Contribution to the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Contribution to the 2016 edition of Amalgam Festival.

Contribution to the 2016 International Percussion Festival.

Collaboration with MSHL in a Plateau alley.

Collaboration with Waxhead in a multi-artist mural project for Sun Youth. Visible bottom left is one of Starkey‘s wabbits.

A side piece done during the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

This garage door was done off-Mural Festival in 2016. It has since been regularly redone, scroll up to see later versions.

Collaboration with MSHL in Mile End.

In St-Henri.

SBU One’s part in a multi-artist production in Old Montreal.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Behind a studio in St-Henri.

Underneath expressway. Photo © SBU One.

With Zdey on the right at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Photo © SBU One.

On the roof of the Omnipac building (now demolished). Photo © SBU One.

Photo © SBU One.

Photo © SBU One.

Underneath expressway. Photo © SBU One.

Underneath expressway.

Underneath expressway.

Underneath expressway.

On a concrete block found in an abandoned lot in Hochelaga

Very old piece dated 2006 in the Plateau.


Group murals

Collaboration of Le Monstr, MSHL and SBU One on container in the olympic park.

The Gentil Crew’s contribution to the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, featuring MSHL, Bosny, SBU One, Loopkin, Le Monstr, Diane Roe, Maylee Keo, Tshokodile and Nikki Küntzle. See close-ups on SBU’s pieces below.

Close-up on one of SBU One’s parts (bottom; Bosny is above) on the Gentil Crew wall for the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. See full wall above.

Close-up on one of SBU One’s parts on the Gentil Crew wall for the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. See full wall above.

MSHL, SBU One and Bosny representing the Gentil Crew in Pointe St-Charles.

The ‘Gentil Crew’ wall from the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Le Monstr, Nikki Küntzle and Maylee Keo.

Collaborative wall in a Mile End alley by the Gentil crew featuring Bosny</a, SBU One, Loopkin, LSNR, MSHL, Maylee Keo and Wild.

The ‘Gentil Crew’ wall from the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Loopkin, Le Monstr and Maylee Keo. Scroll down for a close-up.

Close-up on the ‘Gentil Crew’ wall from the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Loopkin, Le Monstr and Maylee Keo.


Letters

SBU’s letters are also figurative, which makes sorting his work into this section or the figurative section sometimes a bit tricky. Pieces are shown here in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Lorsque SBU écrit son nom en mode graffiti, ses lettres gardent leur coté figuratif, ce qui peut rendre l’exercice de classer ses pièces dans cette section ou la section figurative un peu difficile. Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

In a Hochelaga alley.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In an abandoned building.

On an abandoned building in the Plateau.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In the dark basement of an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

At the 2019 Lachine graffiti jam.

Collaboration between the Mad Rats and SBU One found in Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

SBU One’s own kind of letters in Petite-Patrie.

Spelling out S-B-U at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont. Photo © SBU One.


Videshi babaji

SBU One has this recurring character which he calls “Videshi babaji” serving as some sort of logo and which he seems to use in the way graffiti writers would with a throw (quickly sprayed piece with outline and uniform fill). Most of the time the character is a bearded head with a hat, but in at least one instance, it was given a whole body.

SBU One a un personnage récurrent appelé “Videshi babaji” lui servant en quelque sorte de logo, ou d’équivalent du throw (pièce rapidement exécutée ne consistant que d’un contour et un remplissage uniforme) chez les graffeurs. Dans la majorité des cas le perso est une tête d’homme barbu arborant une casquette, mais dans au moins un cas, SBU lui a donné un corps.


drawn pieces

In Petite-Patrie.

In Pointe St-Charles.

Quickie in a Petite-Patrie alley.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

Found inside the abandoned Transco.

Found inside the abandoned Transco.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.


wheatpastes

Most, perhaps all pieces below are in collaboration with MSHL.

La majorité, sinon toutes les pièces ci-dessous sont des collaborations avec MSHL.


stickers

A sticker promoting his tattoo sideline.

“S”

“B”

“U”

“1”


throws and tags

Found in an abandoned building.

Festival de Canes

Over the weekend of 15-16 July 2017, approximately 40 out of the best of Greater Montreal’s writers and artists were invited by Dose Culture to cover the 2 sides of a highway ramp in Longueuil with their work. The event was titled the Festival de Canes (‘Cans Festival’, a pun on Cannes Festival). Most of the space to be covered was split into sections allotted to various crews. The line-up was curated by Acek.

Au cours de la fin de semaine du 15-16 juillet 2017, environ 40 des meilleurs artistes/graffeurs de la région de Montréal on été invités par Dose Culture pour recouvrir les 2 cotés d’une rampe d’accès du pont Jacques-Cartier, coté Longueuil. Le nom de l’événement, le Festival de Canes, est bien sur un jeu de mot sur Festival de Cannes. La majorité de l’espace de travail a été séparé en sections allouées à divers crews. La sélection des graffeurs a été effectuée par Acek.


N2N’s wall featuring curator Acek (top right), Janek (ground right), Arose (top left) and Nerv (bottom left). All four contributed to the background.

K6A‘s wall featuring Axe Lalime, Dodo Osé, Fleo, Saer, Serak, Monk.e and Osti One. See below for close-up details.

Close-up detail of the K6A wall shown above.

Close-up detail of the K6A wall shown above.

Besides contributing to the K6A wall, Monk.e also did his own.

203 crew wall featuring, from left to right and from ground to top: Ekes, Nybar, Arnold, Borrris, Naimo, Hitem, Lyfer and Trak.

Close-up on Ekes‘s piece on the 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Nybar‘s piece on the 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Arnold‘s piece on the 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Borrris‘s piece on the 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Naimo‘s piece for on 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Hitem‘s piece for on 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Lyfer‘s piece for on 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Trak’s piece for on 203 crew wall shown above.

Crazy Apes wall featuring Fezat and Narc on central part, with letters by Lith (top left), Crane (ground left), Korb (top right) and Akuma (ground right).

Close-up on Fezat and Narc‘s central part of the Crazy Apes wall shown above.

Close-up on Lith‘s piece on the Crazy Apes wall shown above.

Close-up on Crane‘s piece on the Crazy Apes wall shown above.

Close-up on Korb‘s piece on the Crazy Apes wall shown above.

Close-up on Akuma‘s piece on the Crazy Apes wall shown above.

Next Time crew wall featuring Rouks (character), Sank (top left letters), Wonez (ground left letters) and Royal (right).

Detail of of the Next Time crew wall showing Rouks (character), Sank (top letters), Wonez (ground letters).

Detail of of the Next Time crew wall showing Rouks (character) and Royal (letters).

Debza

Scribe

Robe/Fore

Killa EF (ground), Kare (above).

Legal (ground), Jaker (above).

Deeper

Bfour

Ofusk on bus side.

Opposite side of the above bus, by Awe. This was completed too late for me to photograph on site, so it was shot a few weeks later in NDG.

Axe Lalime

Axe Lalime, or simply Axe, is a very prolific and versatile Montreal artist active since 1995. He stems from the world of graffiti but excels in various forms of figurative art, be it mural or on canvas. He is very active with the K6A crew, but also represents crews KG and CFC. He has in the past been a frequent collaborator on Ashop productions.

The photo gallery below is therefore mainly split into sections featuring his graffiti pieces, his figurative work as well as the great collective projects by Ashop and K6A to which he contributed. To see more than what I had the chance to photograph, check out his Facebook and Instagram pages and this great video showing Axe at work on various pieces featured below.

Axe Lalime, ou tout simplement Axe, est un artiste montréalais prolifique et versatile, actif depuis 1995. Il vient du milieu du graffiti mais excelle aussi en art figuratif qu’il soit mural ou sur canevas. Il est très actif avec le collectif K6A mais prête aussi allégeance aux crews KG et CFC. Il a été de par le passé un fréquent collaborateur sur des projets réalisés par Ashop.

La galerie-photo ci-dessous est conséquemment divisée en sections présentant ses pièces de graffiti, ses oeuvres figuratives ainsi que les grands projets collectifs auxquels il a participé aux cotés d’Ashop et de K6A. Pour en voir plus que ce que j’ai eu la chance de photographier, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à ses pages Facebook et Instagram ainsi qu’a cette capsule video montre l’artiste en action, travaillant sur plusieurs des pièces présentées dans la galerie ci-dessous.


letters

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

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

Axe’s contribution to the prod put together to save the Projet 45 skatepark.

In Hochelaga.

With Monk.e inside an abandoned church.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

With Serak above, in Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

For the Crack House Deluxe expo.

For the Crack House Deluxe expo.

In Rosemont.

On the tribute to Scaner wall for the 2023 edition of Mural Festival.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A collaboration with Awie in St-Henri.

On a RV parked in Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

On the K6A crew wall at the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

One extra detail by Axe on the K6A crew wall for the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall. Calligraffiti-type background by Monk.e.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In St-Henri.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont ahead of Halloween.

On a K6A crew wall in Ville-Marie.

In Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In the South West.

In Rosemont.

Close-up on Awie‘s and Axe’s pieces on the K6A wall for the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In an abandoned warehouse.

In St-Henri.

Contribution to the tribute wall to Scan done for the 2019 edition of Mural Festival.

In Rosemont.

In an abandoned place.

In an abandoned place.

In an abandoned place.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

This detail of the Scan You Rock tribute wall to Scaner shows Axe’s name-piece part. Scroll down to see his figurative input to the wall, or click on the latter link to view the complete wall.

Axe’s part in a going away jam for Miser in Hochelaga.

The K6A crew wall from the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival features Axe in the central letters jam, alongside Monk.e, Ankh One, Fleo, Serak, Otak, Awie, Snikr, Royal, Rekal and Saer.

In a Plateau alley.

Contribution to the Estival de Canes 2018 (work-in-progress, final version coming soon).

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

A winter piece at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Axe’s segment of a long wall in Boucherville.

In a big production in St-Henri.

Scaner‘s name by Axe and Sober. Scaner did the outlines of the first three letters before he passed away in September 2017. Axe and Sober did the N, the fill and background. Bird of prey above is by Tchug. See below for what’s on the left of this.

This is on the left of the above photo. Riding character by Axe, and perhaps also the snake.

Axe (top letters and figurative) and Jaber (ground letters) for the Time Is Gold production.

One more bit by Axe for the Time Is Gold production, this is King the squirrel.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Axe (top), Zek (bottom left), Awie (bottom right) and Dodo Osé in St-Henri.

With Fleo on the left, in Ville-Emard.

With Fleo on the right, and an older piece by Serak above, in industrial Montreal.

Axe’s contribution to Plaza Walls.

In a Plateau alley.

For the 2016 Percussion Festival.

Minivan side.

Collaboration with Awie in St-Henri.

Collaboration with Awie in St-Henri.

In Rosemont.

Axe (top) and Wuna (ground level) at the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

Section of a K6A production in St-Henri, above Dodo Osé.

In industrial Montreal.

Axe (character and letters on the left) and Monk.e (character and letters middle and right), in Hochelaga.

On truckside, with Tchug.

In St-Henri.

Rooftop in Hochelaga.

Axe’s contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery (on the back wall).

In Sherbrooke.

Axe’s part in a graff wall with Scaner and Kemr in Hochelaga.

Rooftop session next to Serak.

With Astro in Hochelaga.

Axe on doors and SBU One on the right, in St-Henri.

In a St-Henri alley.

Trackside Pointe-St-Charles.

Saer (left) and Axe (right) in Hochelaga.

Part of a K6A wall in Hochelaga.


figurative work

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

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

Stayz on letters and Axe on figurative work, in the Quartier des Spectacles.

In a Hochelaga alley.

Contributing the characters to the collaboration with Monk.e in Hochelaga.

Inside an abandoned church.

On the stained glass of an abandoned church.

With Her on the right, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Above 2: Scan and Axe mural for the 2014 edition of Mural Festival, restored and updated by Axe and Zek for the 2024 edition. Scroll down to view the original version of this wall.

Over a Love background by Adida Fallen Angel, for the Graffiti Urbain jam.

With Awie in Chinatown.

Homage to Slimka with Monk.e at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Axe’s contribution to Breaking Walls / Meeting Of Styles.

For the Crack House Deluxe expo.

Axe (left, back) and Korb (right) for the Crack House Deluxe expo.

For the Crack House Deluxe expo.

Axe (character) and Monk.e‘s section of a long Hochelaga mural.

Turning an earlier character by Awie into a Kabuki character. In the South West.

Detail of a wall in Rosemont.

On a Hochelaga garage door.

With Dodo Osé at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

With Monk.e on letters at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

In the Plateau.

Contribution to the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

In the South West.

From a Joker-themed prod in Rosemont.

Back of truck for the 2019 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

A tribute to Scaner in the K6A Paradise abandoned building.

Nick Sweetman (fish) and Axe Lalime (woman), from the K6A Paradise abandoned building.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Axe did the clock character on the Scan You Rock tribute wall to Scaner. Scroll up this page to see his name-piece on that wall, or click on the latter link to view the complete wall.

Axe on characters and Ofusk on letters, ahead of the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

In the South West.

Same South West spot as above but a few months earlier.

In the South West.

Tribute to Scaner in the South West.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In St-Henri.

For a Mile End business.

Community-oriented wall in a Rosemont-Petite-Patrie alley.

From a Plateau production curated by Axe himself. The piece continues around the right-side corner, see below.

The piece in the above photo continues around the corner, beneath letters by Stare.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Crane on letters and Axe on character, from a Plateau production curated by Axe.

In Rosemont.

Dodo Osé with Axe on smaller characters, in the South West.

Fleo (blue), Dodo Osé (red letters) and Axe (character) contribution to the Scan You Rock jam.

A bit more by Axe for the Scan You Rock jam.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Collaboration with Awie in Ahuntsic.

In Villeray. See below for alternate angle.

In Villeray. See above for alternate angle.

Work-in-progress nearly completed for the 2016 edition of Amalgam Festival.

With Snikr on the right for the 2016 Chemin Vert production.

Axe’s part in a K6A wall in St-Henri.

With letters by Crane on the left, at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

With letters by Naimo on the left, at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

For Plaza Walls.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Axe’s part in a K6A wall in St-Henri.

With Fleo on letters at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Rooftop part at the Plaza St-Hubert (2 sides displayed).

On back of truck.

In Petite-Patrie.

On a post of Plaza St-Hubert.

This K6A wall in Hochelaga is by Monk.e and Axe.

In Old Montreal.

Character between Sewer and F.One at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

Scaner on letters and Axe on characters, in Petite-Patrie.

With Monk.e on this K6A wall in Hochelaga.

Full mural by Axe, for Muralité, in Mile-End.

Axe on character, Smak on bottom letters with older letters by Pito top right, at the Cabot x Gilmore walls.

Monk.e (left), Scaner (right letters) and Axe (right character) in Hochelaga.

Scaner and Axe’s contribution to the 2014 edition of Mural Festival. This wall was restored by Axe and Zek in 2024, scroll up to view.

Maniak (top left), Zek (bottom left), Axe and Fluke for K6A and Ashop (right), at the Cabot x Gilmore walls.

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

This K6A wall in Hochelaga is by Monk.e and Axe.

Axe on dragon and rats, with Stare on ‘K’ and ‘G’ and Scaner on other background lettering, in Rosemont. See below for close-up of Axe’s rats in the bottom right corner.

Close-up of Axe’s rats from the mural above with Stare and Scaner.

Letters by Scaner (center ground level) between hissing felines by Axe, Feka and Peur (middle) and wheatpaste by Lovebot (top), by train tracks in Mile End.

Detail of a larger mural piece with other artists in a Plateau alley.

Doing the K6A logo in Griffintown with Serak, Saer, Osti One and Ensu.

Between letters by Zek (left) and Scaner (right) in Ville-Marie. See below for another character by Axe on this long mural.

From a long wall in Ville-Marie, see also other segment above.

Scaner (text), Earth Crusher (central figure) and Axe (end figures) in abandoned industrial building.

In Rosemont.

Commissioned pieces on garage doors in Hochelaga by Scaner and/or Axe.

Ashop featuring Axe and Fluke ‘mural’ on a pillar of the Van Horne|Rosemont overpass.

In a Hochelaga alley, perhaps with someone else.

Presumably a stencil.


contribution to multi-artist murals

Tribute to Scan by Jher, Serak, Axe Lalime, Dodo Osé, Ekual and Rathbone.

The K6A crew‘s contribution to the 2024 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, directed by Serak (who also did the Face Your Demons letters), also featuring Awie, Axe Lalime, Snikr, Saer, Fleo, Royal, Morse and Hank.

A collaboration with Awie in a Hochelaga alley.

The K6A crew wall for 2023 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring Snikr, Hank, Saer, Osti, Royal, Awie, Otak, Serak and Axe. See close-up on Axe’s piece below.

Close-up on Axe’s piece on the K6A crew wall above for the 2023 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Collective K6A crew wall in St-Henri featuring, from left to right, Serak, Awie, Arpi, Axe and Monk.e. See close-up on Axe’s piece below.

Close-up on Axe’s contribution to the long K6A crew wall above. The owl is by Arpi.

The K6A crew wall for the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, featuring Monk.e, Awie, Serak, Fleo, Dodo Osé, Axe Lalime, Royal, Otak, Vect, Arpi, Sims and Osti. Axe’s name piece is split in three: beneath the first window (A), top center (X) and middle right (E). He also worked on some character.

Awie (letters), Nick Sweetman (fish) and Axe Lalime (woman) in an abandoned warehouse.

Awie, Serak and Axe Lalime representing K6A on one of the Van Horne overpass pillars.

Dodo Osé (geisha) and Axe (cat) from a K6A jam in the South West.

K6A crew wall for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, featuring Axe, Fleo, Dodo Osé, etc. (segment 1/3).

K6A crew wall for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, featuring Axe, Fleo, Dodo Osé, etc. (segment 2/3).

K6A crew wall for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, featuring Axe, Fleo, Dodo Osé, etc. (segment 3/3).

K6A wall at the Festival de Canes, featuring Axe, Dodo Osé, Fleo, Saer, Serak, Monk.e and OstiOne (click to zoom).

Under Pressure 2016 K6A wall featuring Axe (racoons), Serak (bottom left), Otak (middle left), Satyr (top left), Fleo (top right), Dodo Osé (middle right) and Fluke (bottom right).

K6A’s contribution to the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring Axe, Monk.e, Fleo, Phile and Dodo Osé.

Under Pressure Festival 2014 production by the K6A collective featuring Fleo, Monk.e, Dodo Osé, Serak, Axe, Dkae and Saer.

Ashop‘s wall for the 2013 edition of Mural Festival features Axe alongside Fluke, Zek and Apashe.

This classic Ashop mural in NDG features Fluke, Axe, Phile, Zek and Dodo Osé.

Mural on Papineau by Axe and Vect.


bandaid logo

Axe’s signature bandaid logo is often used to sign his murals and pieces (as seen in many instances above). It is also often painted by itself here and there as some sort of figurative tag. The handful shown below is just a small fraction of the number I have found over the years.

Tel que vu ci-dessus, Axe signe plusieurs de ses murales et autres pièces avec son logo représentant deux pansements entrecroisés. Ce logo lui sert aussi de tag. Les quelques exemplaires montrés ci-dessous ne sont qu’une très petite fraction de ce que j’ai trouvé au cours des dernières années.

Close-up on Axe’s bandaid logo on the tribute wall to Scaner at the 2024 edition of Mural Festival.

Featuring a tag by Fomer.

Wall of throws from the Time Is Gold production featuring Axe’s bandaid amongst many others (in yellow, second row from the top, second from the left).


tags and throws

Tags by Scaner (above) and Axe.


stickers

Mural Festival 2017

This article features the new murals created during the 2017 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 8th to 18th.

Seven earlier Festival murals have been replaced with new ones this year. These are the sponsored one by Meggs and the Pantone mural from the 2016 edition, the Nychos, Melissa del Pinto and Eric Clément murals from the 2015 edition, and the Squid Called Sebastian and Astro/La Paria ones from the 2013 edition. The Ashop mural on Napoleon, which is older than the festival, was also covered to make space for a new one.

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 2017 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 8 au 18 juin.

Sept murales ont été remplacées par de nouvelles cette année: celles de Meggs et de Pantone de l’édition 2016, les murales de Nychos, de Melissa del Pinto et d’Eric Clément produites pour l’édition 2015 ainsi que celles de A Squid Called Sebastian et d’Astro/La Pariadatant de l’édition 2013. La murale d’Ashop sur Napoleon, datant d’avant le Festival, a aussi été recouverte par une nouvelle création.

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

This mural by Kevin Ledo, which was started a week before the festival and completed a week after, was at the time our city’s biggest mural.

Ricardo Cavolo.

Ron English

Onur‘s mural in Chinatown. This one was painted with blacklight-sensitive paint, see nighttime shots of it on the artist’s webpage.

1010‘s mural is found downtown behind the McCord Museum.

Fintan Magee

Dodo Osé‘s rooftop wall for Ashop.

The street view of the above mural by Dodo Osé shows the gold leaking out of the character’s hand spilling over the side of the house into the street.

Jackie Robinson tribute by Fluke for Ashop.

Scribe

SBU One

Ruben Sanchez

Mad C

Insa. Download Insa’s Gif-iti app and see this one come to life (or alternatively, see it here)!

Jason Wasserman

Li-Hill installation done a few weeks before the festival. See below for close-ups.

Close-up of the Li-Hill installation seen above.

Closer-up of the Li-Hill installation seen above.

Mono Sourcil‘s long wall. See below for close-ups in three segments.

Segment 1/3 of Mono Sourcil‘s long wall.

Segment 2/3 of Mono Sourcil‘s long wall.

Segment 3/3 of Mono Sourcil‘s long wall.

Photographer Aydin Matlabi and Miss Me‘s collaboration. See below for close-ups in two segments.

Segment 1/2 of Aydin Matlabi and Miss Me‘s long wall.

Segment 2/2 of Aydin Matlabi and Miss Me‘s long wall.

Ola Volo‘s mural in Mile End.

Nuria Mora

Mort

Hoar‘s mural in Chinatown was done a few weeks before the festival.


Joe Iurato’s sidewalk pieces

Following Mathieu Connery and Jason Botkin, in 2017 it was Joe Iurato who supplied the sidewalk pieces for Mural Festival. He did eight in total, all on St-Laurent between Milton and Mont-Royal.

Après Mathieu Connery et Jason Botkin, en 2017 c’était au tour de Joe Iurato de créer les pièces de trottoir pour le Festival Mural. Il en créé huit, toutes sur St-Laurent entre Milton et Mont-Royal.


Cryote’s installations in Parc du Portugal

Cryote was commissioned to create eight ‘sculptures’ (actually installations made from painted wood cutouts) in Parc du Portugal where activities were held all throughout the festival.

Cryote a créé huit ‘sculptures’ (en fait des intallations faites de pièces de bois peintes) qui ont été installées au Parc du Portugal où des activités étaient organisées au cours de la durée du festival.


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 excellent initiative permettant de présenter une grande quantité de talent montréalais.

M’Os Geez

Snikr

Naveen Shakil

Flavor

IAmBatman

LeylaIsOnFire

Aless MC aka Angler Fish

Djibril M-P and Camille Perreault

Thomas Bertrand aka Totoscope

Emotwink

Franco E

Joffré Roy-b

Nicholas Bertrand

Paulie Heart

Picamag

Pintar Y Viajar(?)

Arizo (Zoe Boivin, Ariane Coté)


‘your face here’ boards

The Festival increased the number of ‘your face here’ boards this year for kids and adults to interact with the art. Just like the info/ad boards above, these are great canvases for local artists to show their craft during the festival.

Cetta année le festival a augmenté le nombre de panneaux dans lesquels les enfants et adultes peuvent insérer leur visage et se prendre en photo. Tout comme les revers de panneaux d’information et publicitaires ci-dessus, ces panneaux permettent à des artistes locaux de montrer leur talent pendant la durée du festival.

Waxhead, side 1.

Waxhead, side 2.

Borrris, side 1.

Borrris, side 2.

LP Montoya, side 1.

LP Montoya, side 2.

ROC514, side 1.

ROC514, side 2.

Ekes, side 1.

Ekes, side 2.

Ekes, on the reverse of the Naimo one below.

Naimo, on the reverse of the Ekes one above.

IAmBatman, side 1.

IAmBatman, side 2.

Saurin Galloway, side 1.

Saurin Galloway, side 2.

Katie Paglialunga, side 1.

Katie Paglialunga, side 2.

ADZ + ASD, side 1.

ADZ + ASD, side 2.

Marc-André Giguère

Peack109


Waxhead’s cement blocks

Waxhead was commissioned by the Festival to paint the cement blocks at both ends of the Mural zone.

Waxhead a eu le contrat de peindre les blocs de ciments aux extrémités de la zone du festival.

Sherbooke street end, side 1.

Sherbooke street end, side 2.

Mont-Royal street end, side 1.

Mont-Royal street end, side 2.

Mont-Royal street end, close-up.

Mont-Royal street end, close-up.

Mont-Royal street end, close-up.

Mont-Royal street end, close-up.


other

Jimmy Chiale mural done behind LNDMRK offices ahead of the festival.

Truck side painted by Fleo. The opposite side was painted by Axe but it was completed during the evening of the festival’s last day and I didn’t manage to get a shot.

Scan You Rock

Over the weekend of 22-23 April 2017 the Montreal graffiti community got together to celebrate Scaner, one of this city’s best and most respected writers/artists, when they found out that he only had a short time to live. For the occasion, the walls of the MPC Papers building on the corner of Cabot and Gilmore in the South West (a Montreal graffiti hotspot) were completely redone by over two dozens of Montreal’s best writers and artists, plus friends of Scaner’s who traveled from as far as the USA and Barcelona for the occasion. All in all, nearly 40 new pieces were created during the weekend, they are all shown in the gallery below.

The building where the event took place has been in the past the site of graffiti gatherings such as Meeting Of Styles/Can You Rock. This is why the event was unofficially dubbed with the pun Scan You Rock and the name stuck.

In September 2018, for the first anniversary of Scaner’s death, the Cabot wall was completely redone by nearly 100 artists who came together to pay homage to their friend. A special photo article on this huge tribute wall can be seen here.

See also:
Wall2wallMTL photo spotlight on Scaner
pre-Scan You Rock photo gallery of the Cabot x Gilmore walls

Au cours du weekend du 22-23 avril 2017 la communauté graffiti montréalaise s’est réunie pour célébrer Scaner lorsqu’elle a appris qu’il ne lui restait que quelques temps à vivre. Pour l’occasion, les murs de l’édifice MPC Papers au coin de Cabot et de Gilmore dans le sud-ouest (un hotspot graffiti de Montréal) ont été complètement refaits par au moins deux douzaines des meilleurs artistes montréalais du graffiti ainsi que par quelques amis graffeurs de Scaner qui sont venus d’aussi loin que des Etats-Unis et de Barcelone pour l’occasion. En tout, près d’une quarantaine de nouvelles pièces ont été créées au cours de cette fin de semaine, elles sont toutes présentées dans la gallerie ci-dessous.

L’édifice où l’événement a eu lieu a par le passé été le site de festivals graffiti tels que Meeting Of Styles/Can You Rock. C’est ainsi que quelqu’un a officieusement baptisé l’événement du jeu de mot Scan You Rock, et le nom est resté.

En septembre 2018, pour le premier anniversaire du décès de Scaner, le mur du côté Cabot a été complètement refait par une centaine de graffeurs et autres artistes qui ont voulu rendre hommage à leur ami. Un article-photo sur cet immense mur hommage a été publié et peut être vu ici.

A voir aussi:
profil photo Wall2wallMTL sur Scaner
gallerie-photo des murs Cabot x Gilmore, pré-Scan You Rock


Cabot side

The celebrated man himself, Scaner. The piece was salvaged after Scaner’s death when the whole Cabot wall was redone by nearly 100 writers and artists for a huge tribute to their friend. See it here.

Above Scaner’s piece is this bird of prey by Axe flying off with Scaner’s iconic ‘Mr Can Do’.

Hsix

Scaner’s crewmate in KG, Stare.

Eskae from Miami.

Roachi from Brooklyn via Sydney.

Hoacs from New York.

Soten from Copenhagen / New York.

Trace from New York.

Scaner’s crewmate in KG, Zek.

Jat from Brooklyn.

Harry Bones from Barcelona.

Musa from Barcelona.

Kemr from Boston.

Awe

ATWZ

Cemz (top) and Smak (ground level).

Nixon (top) and Sober (ground level).


Gilmore side

Jaker (top), Legal (middle) and Johste (ground).

Earth Crusher

The AG Crew‘s Snipes and Senk.

The 123Klan’s Scien.

The 123Klan’s Klor.

Scaner’s crewmate in KG, Jaber.

Sino

Narc

Shok

Pito

Skor

Some

Sewk

Kemt


building end

Fleo (blue), Dodo Osé (red letters) and Axe (character)

The “Jailspot”

The “Jailspot” is the name given by graffiti writers and urban explorers to two contiguous abandoned buildings on Henri-Bourassa at the level of the now closed Tanguay prison. These buildings were not actually part of the closed prison, they belonged to Transport Québec who once used them as hangars for heavy machinery. They appear to have been used in the recent past as offices and warehouse space. The westernmost of the two is older than the other one which seems to have been built around 2006-2007. For the following years the latter new construction was used for sporadic warehouse sales.

Business must not have been very good, the buildings were left unused as early as 2011-2012 and signs of graffiti action started appearing, first outside, then inside. Within a few years the two buildings were completely taken over by explorers and writers/artists. Everything except the warehouse at the front of the easternmost building quickly deteriorated, through the combined actions of vandals and rain/snow through broken doors and windows as well as collapsed roofs. The two buildings were finally gradually demolished over the spring and summer of 2016.

If you have any additional information about this spot, feel free to write in and contribute to this article.

The gallery below is divided by rooms and other areas where artists left their mark. The names of the rooms are not official ones, I just came up with them for comprehensive purposes. A plan of the spot can be seen below, at the top of the gallery.

Le “Jailspot” est le nom donné par les graffeurs et explorateurs urbains à deux édifices voisins sur Henri-Bourassa devant l’ancienne prison Tanguay. Ces deux édifices ne font en fait pas partie de l’ancienne prison, ils appartenaient à Transport Québec et ont déjà servi de hangars pour de la machinerie lourde. Ils semblent avoir ensuite servi de bureaux et d’entrepôts au cours des années précédant leur abandon. Celui situé le plus à l’ouest semble dater d’avant l’autre qui a été construit vers 2006-2007. Au cours des années qui ont suivi sa construction ce dernier a été le lieu de ventes d’entrepôt.

Les affaires n’ont pas dû être très profitables, déjà vers 2011-2012 les édifices n’étaient plus utilisés et les graffeurs ont commencé à arriver sur les lieux, d’abord à l’extérieur, ensuite à l’intérieur. Très rapidement l’endroit a été pris d’assaut par les explorateurs urbains et les graffeurs. Tout sauf les pièces du devant s’est rapidement détérioré, sous l’action de vandales et de la pluie/neige entrant par les portes et fenêtres brisées ainsi que des portions de toits effondrés. Les deux édifices ont finalement été démolis au cours du printemps et de l’été 2016.

Si vous détenez de l’information additionnelle sur cet endroit, vous êtes invités à me contacter et contribuer à cet article.

La gallerie-photo ci-dessous est divisée en pièces et autres zones où les artistes ont oeuvré. Les noms des différentes pièces ne sont pas officiels, ils sont ceux que j’ai utilisés pour mes besoins d’archivage. Le plan ci-dessous montre les positions relatives de ces pièces.


Plan of the various rooms and areas. The codes E1 to E6 and W1 to W5 refer to the room sub-sections below. Click to expand.


Eastern building

Street view from Henri-Bourassa, 2015. Visible in the front are abandoned limousines!

Different angle; visible at the back is the dome of the old Tanguay prison which gave this spot its name amongst writers and urban explorers.


E1 – the galleries

General view of the galleries on the right, and the central rooms on the left.

Kems/Kemr

Skor

Skor

Skor

Skor

Kemt

Tuna

Shok

Shok

Shok

Shok

Shok from a Four Lokos prod.

Skor from a Four Lokos prod.

Narc from a Four Lokos prod.

Tuna from a Four Lokos prod.

Tuna (ground level), Koni (above left) and Saner (above right).

Tuna

Tuna

Tuna representing the SIK crew.

Ekler (left) and Tuna (right). Visible above are throws by Hems (left) and Shake (right).

Narc

Korb

Lith

Geser

Aper

Sunz

Naimo (writing “Ghost”).

Lyfer

Getsa

Shrek One tribute to Jacques Parizeau.

Ekler (ground level) and Serum (above).

Serum

EK Sept (left) and Hope (right). Visible above is a tag by Daym.

EK Sept. Scroll up for shots of the Sunz and Hope pieces seen beneath.

Ofusk

Pito

Oskar

Nixon

Dope

Arek

Dekor (letters) and Hesan (creature).

Hesan

Two forms of Dekor on sides of the window. Tags above are by Sunz (in black) and Nybar (in blue).

Dekor (left) and Rizek (right).

Talk


E2 – the car showroom

General view of the car showroom. Scroll down for close-ups of the Geser car and the Merp and Raker pieces seen at the back.

Geser

Algue representing 203.

Pro

Someone representing the VC crew.

Lyfer

Block

Faboo representing Ten Yen.

Aces

Aner

Raker (ground level) and Merp (above).

Same spot, earlier shot: Verse (ground level) and Merp (above).


E3 – the central room

General view of the central room, with the back side of the car showroom on the left.

Skor

Skor

Aces

Bewet

Neak


E4 – the warehouse

General view of the warehouse (sorry for the blurry shot, it’s the only one I have). Scroll down for a close-up of the few visible pieces in this shot.

Shok

Narc

Skam

Dekor

Dekor

Dekor

Dekor (ground level), with Neak and Bwet above.

Singe. Tags on the right include those of Dekor, Bewet, etc.

Ekler, plus a yellow tag by Bewet.

Rizek

Bewet

Oskar

Meth

Gypsr, perhaps with someone else.

Gypsr


E5 – the offices

Ekler

Ekler

Veto

Ekler throw.

Rizek


E6 – the end room

Bask and Part. Two red tags by Shok above.

Big throw from Etos, plus red tags by Shok.


Eastern building – outside walls

General view of the end of one of the buildings. Scroll down for close-ups.

Throw from Scaner.

Lyfer

Lyfer (ground level left), Cler (ground level right) and Balis (above).

Lyfer and Babar at ground level, Sneak and Venise above right.

Lyfer

Lyfer

Ekes

Tuna representing the SIK crew (ground level), Balis (top left)

Shok. Tags by Getsa and Gnius above.

Nixon

What’s left of an old Nixon piece.

Bosny

Reebok aka Logre.

Reebok aka Logre.

Gnius

Gnius

Gnius

Raker

Kzam (bottom left), Jaws (bottom right), Ekler (yellow) and anonymous artist (text and prisoner).

Wase (top left), Jaws (top right), Rescue (bottom left)

Getsa

EK Sept. Tags by Mesk (black) and Venise (white) above.

EK Sept

Oper

This reads Fofo but I’m quite sure it’s Fiefo.

Ekler

Kelen (left) and Shake (right)

Clast

Pares (ground level) and Arows (top).

Some (ground level)

Obes

Mastrocola (2 colour swirls), Hitem (yellow throw).

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Sceak (character), Bask (top tag).


Eastern building – roof pieces

Lyfer

Lyfer

Ekes

Ekes

Algue

Bosny

Aloke


Western building

Street view from Henri-Bourassa, 2016. Also visible on the right is a corner of the Eastern building.


W1 – the long room

General view of the long room. Scroll down for close-ups of the various pieces visible in this shot.

Shok (ground level) and Crops (above)

Fruit (left), Epos (middle) and Crack (right); red tag by Guest bottom left.

Same spot, later: Dekor (left) and Crack (right).

Crack (left), Ekler (right) and Duke (above).

Ekler on garage door, with partial view on the inner courtyard. Partially visible above are a throw and tag by Blek.

Hitem

Gaist/Guest

Cur?

Daym

Uzem

Scek


W2 – the small room

Aper and Sunz.

Nixon, with a blue tag by Scaner above.

Same spot, later: Deser.

Ensor

Jinx


W3 – the medium room

Apashe

Nixon

Vogue

Gnius, plus tag by Rake above.

Rake

Raes

Raes

Peace

Alber

Ekual (ground level) and Arow (above).

Feez


W4 – the courtyard

General view of the inner courtyard. Scroll down for close-ups of the various pieces.

Stare

Shok

Monk.e

EK Sept (bottom left), Kelen (top left), Zion (top right) and Sunz (bottom right).

Ekler

Ekler

Ekler

Dekor

Rake. Tags by VC‘s Owk and Sunz above.

Gnius (top left of door), Blek (right of door), Arose (very top)

Jaws (ground level) and Bane (above).

Aper

Scaner (blue) and Crops (yellow).

Taike, plus a tag by Owk in black on the right.


W5 – the annex

Bane


Western builing – outside walls

Raker (ground level), Gnius (middle) and someone for SPK (above).

F.One in small and large formats.

Kzam (ground level), Bane (above left), Duke (above right), Shake (top right).

Smog

Raker (left) and Ecro (right).

A throw by Aero and a tag by Kelen.

KC Neuf

Someone representing YU8.

Debza

Debza is a tattoo artist and graffiti writer originally from Toulouse but was active in Montreal until he returned home near the end of 2017. As seen in the image gallery below, he can be versatile and his writing style, at times influenced by japanese illustration, is quite unique. He belongs to a few crews, notably GF (“Ghetto Farceur”), and works alongside other writers and artists on multi-artist projects. For more by Debza than what is shown here, have a look at his Facebook and Instagram pages. The following Youtube videos show the artist at work: video 1, video 2.

Debza est tatoueur et writer graffiti originaire de Toulouse ayant été actif à Montréal jusqu’à son départ vers la fin de 2017. Il est très versatile et son style unique d’écriture est parfois influencé par l’illustration japonaise. Il appartient à quelques crews, en l’occurrence GF (“Ghetto Farceur”), et il lui arrive régulièrement de collaborer avec d’autres artistes sur certains projets collectifs. Pour en voir plus de Debza que ce que j’ai eu la chance de photographier, jetez un coup d’oeil à ses pages Facebook et Instagram. Quelques vidéos sur Youtube permettent de voir l’artiste à l’oeuvre: vidéo 1, vidéo 2.


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

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

In Rosemont.

For the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

From an Art Gang production in Côte des Neiges.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Contribution to the Festival de Canes in Longueuil.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. This piece was dedicated to yours truly, amongst others.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In the Plateau.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Manga-style at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Blek (top) and Debza (ground level) on a Plateau wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Part of a production curated by 123Klan on a Plateau wall.

Quicker piece on the same wall as above.

At the 2016 edition of Festival Amalgam in Sherbrooke.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

On Ashop‘s wall in Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco. Notice the shout-out to yours truly in the bottom left corner…

In TMR.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

On the roof of the abandoned Transco.

In a building under construction (construction had been stopped for a long time before and after graffers made it inside).

In a building under construction (construction had been stopped for a long time before and after graffers made it inside).

In a building under construction (construction had been stopped for a long time before and after graffers made it inside).

Inside the abandoned Transco.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

In Rosemont.

Debza and MSHL collaboration for the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Unofficial contribution to the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Unofficial contribution to the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

Debza (bottom left), Sewer (bottom right), Crane (middle) and a Lovebot wheatpaste (top) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Debza (bottom left), Apashe (middle) and Saner (top) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

MSHL (bottom left), Debza (bottom right) and Joe, Seaz and Flow (top letters) for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

For the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Unofficial piece for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.


throws and tags

Inside the abandoned Transco.

On a Rosemont graf wall.

Unofficial throw at the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

A throw on a train side.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Doing Blek’s name inside the abandoned Transco.

Doing War’s name inside the abandoned Transco.

Rouks

Rouks is a multi-talented artist working on both sides of the urban art spectrum. On one hand he excels at portraits, he is actually earning his place among this city’s best portraitists. On the other he also shines as a graffiti writer alongside his mates in the Nextime Crew. My favourite works of his is when he brings the two together, doing letters with a side of figurative work. The image gallery below is therefore split into sections showing the murals he did or contributed to, his smaller figurative work, his graffiti work, and those special pieces combining letters and portraits.

To see more by Rouks than what is found below, check out his Instagram and Facebook pages.

Rouks est un artiste aux multiples talents. D’une part il est un excellent portraitiste en train de se tailler une place parmi les meilleurs à Montréal. Il brille aussi comme writer de pièces de graffiti aux cotés de ses amis dans le Nextime Crew. La gallerie-photo ci-dessous est donc divisée en sections montrant les murales qu’il a effectuées ou auxquelles il a contribué, ses plus petites pièces figuratives, ses pièces de graffiti, et ma section préférée comprenant ses pièces jumelant lettres et figuratif.

Pour en voir plus que ce qui se trouve ci-dessous, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à ses pages Instagram et Facebook.


murals

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

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

Rouks and Wonez‘s contribution to the 2025 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Rouks on character and Wonez on letters, for the 2025 edition of Under Pressure.

For the 2024 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

For the 2023 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Tribute to Julien Clerc by Rouks, in the Plateau.

Rouks on character and Crane (top) and Wonez (ground) on name pieces.

Rouks on main characters, with Zek on background, for Ashop. This was done for a family get-together, and the people who attended filled in the silhouette figures at the bottom with their own art.

Monk.e on letters and Rouks on woman, in Rosemont. See below for close-up on Rouks’ central character.

Close-up on the central character from the above collaboration mural with Monk.e.

Rouks (top left), Lapin (top right), Haks (ground left) and Nemo (ground right) for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Rouks mural for Ashop, downtown.

Five Eight and Rouks’ collaboration for Ashop‘s Hip Hop You Don’t Stop project on the walls of a NDG garage.

Nextime Crew mural in Hochelaga featuring Rouks on character and other figurative material, and Wonez (top) and Crane (ground level) on letters.

Rouks (left) and Eskro (right), in the Plateau.

Zoofest promo wall painted by Rouks, Crane, LP Montoya and Wonez.

Rouks contributed figurative work to this mural for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Letters are by Eska (ground), Asyne (middle), Sufok aka Ofusk (top). The older piece above it all is by Serak.


smaller figurative 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 que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

From the QN trackside prod in Rosemont.

Rouks on character and Empty Von G on calligraphy, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Pointe St-Charles.

For the Graffiti Urbain jam.

With Crane at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

With Crane on letters in Pointe St-Charles.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Quickie in an abandoned building.

Quickie in an abandoned building.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

Back of truck for the 2019 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Small chrome’n’black piece at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Rouks’ part in the Estival de Canes 2018.

Using someone else’s piece as a background at the Rouen legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel for the October 2017 Sino Jam.

In Longueuil for the Festival de Canes, next to letters by Sank (top) and Wonez (ground).

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel for the May 2017 Sino Jam.

Going graphic novel style at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Concert promo for Manu Militari at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Rouks (woman and bird), Lapin (headdress), Speak (top feather), Capes (middle feather), Eskae One (bottom feather) and Sirvis (top piece) for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Rouks on the reverse of Naimo’s board for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival; small blue sculpted face on the frame is by Biko.

Next to letters by Nextime crewmate Wonez in Rosemont.

Next to letters by Nextime crewmate Crane at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel next to and beneath letters by Crane.

With letters by Eskro at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

With a double dose of Crane at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

With letters by Crane at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Monk.e and Marian Clem (ground left) and Rouks (ground right) at the Rouen tunnel legal graffiti walls.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Akym (bottom left), Rouks (bottom right) and Reabs (top left) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Next to letters by Reabs at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Work-in-progress at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Next to letters by crewmate Wonez at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Between letters by Crane and Noper at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Also visible above are Serum (above Rouks), Aces (middle right) and Kelen (very top).


figurative and letters

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

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Rouks (letters and alien) and Loyal (astronaut) in Rosemont.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Comic book combo at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Visible above is Aces.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Character at the far end is by Flavor.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Rouks on character and letters on the right, with letters by Wonez on the left.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Work-in-progress at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.


letters

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

Les pièces de cette section de la galerie sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Small chrome throw found at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

With Bart Simpson character by Crane at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Inside a school under demolition. The piece was done before demolition but became visible again after the tearing down of some walls.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Rouks (left) and Crane (right) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

Above the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

MC Baldassari (left) and Rouks (right) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel; above is a throwie by Flavor.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Nextime crew Etch-A-Sketch featuring Crane (top), Rouks (middle) and Wonez (bottom) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Also visible above is Reabs.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On train.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

On train.


tags

Tag on a legal graffiti wall.