This image gallery brings together photos of all the pieces created for the 7th edition of Canettes de Ruelle. This 2023 edition was the biggest so far, with over 60 walls painted. As usual, it took place in the alleys between 5th and 9th avenues, from Masson to St-Joseph. The gallery below is roughly sorted from west to east, down the 5th/6th Avenue alley, up the 6th/7th, down the 7th/8th and up the 8th/9th.

Cette gallerie-photo présente toutes les oeuvres crées dans le contexte de la 7e édition du festival Canettes de Ruelle. Cette édition 2023 a été la plus importante à date, avec plus d’une soixantaine de murs peints. Pour cette édition 2023, le festival s’est encore déroulé dans les ruelles entre la 5e Avenue et la 9e Avenue, de Masson à St-Joseph. La gallerie ci-dessous est présentée approximativement d’ouest en est, descendant la ruelle 5e/6e Avenue, montant la ruelle 6e/7e, redescendant la 7e/8e et enfin remontant la 8e/9e.

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Naimo and Amon.

Teen Adultt

Paner, Algue and Trak.
Trak also contributed letters to Patrick Wilson’s contribution seen further down this list.

Blanche Renarde

Mart

Rouge Color

Hospek and Aldarwin rooftop collaboration.

Jess Krav and KT Pag.

James Wilson

Hasina

Above 3: full shot and close-ups of Vatos Abstractos‘ contribution. Omar Bernal painted the three characters over Adida Fallen Angel‘s recognizable semi-abstract motifs.

Above 2: natural and recreated shots of the collaboration between LSNR, SCHN and Gaulois.

Lama‘s Hary and Alexis Vaillancourt.
Two other Lama guys collaborated on a different wall, scroll down to view.

Louis Letters and Adi.

Eve Lag

Zoe Gelfant

Her and Dank.

Jamie Janx and the children from the neighbourhood.

L’Agave

Devon Gold (left) and Okey (right).

Collaboration of Origami Explorateur and Melsa Montagne.

Above 3: ground and roof shots of the collaboration between Nero, Hayer, Paul Choix, etc.

Airod and Ekes. Stock’s part of the mural around the left is shown below.

Stock’s segment of the collaboration with Airod and Ekes shown above.

Lama‘s Ludovic Mio and Mart.
Two more Lama guys collaborated on a different wall, scroll up to view.
Photo © Olivier B (Canettes de Ruelle)

Tshoko

MC Baldassari

Moule

Snaxx and Syrup.

Cabe

Faser

Peru143

The OTM crew‘s wall featuring Ekié (central character), Titi McCoy (other human characters), Facies (calligraphy) and M.Roboto (snakes).

Acher and Moeka.

Bhar and Jher.

Sore

Marc-Olivier Lamothe
Photo © Marc-Olivier Lamothe

Grrraaand

Bibi Una

Kawaz (ground) and Wuna (above).

Medusa

Kaori Izumiya and Julian Palma.

Muriel de Mai.
The collage by Collages Féminicides on the door beneath is from the 2022 edition of the festival.

Jenna Schwartz and Bryce Aspinall.

MSHL and Diane Roe.

Aner Urra

Pasco

Alors

Menar

Patrick Forchild featuring Trak on letters.
Trak also contributed letters to the collaboration of Opire, Algue and Paner seen above, scroll up to view.

Alice Demée (left) and Fat Surinder (right).

Octavio Ruest

Hest and EK Sept.

Marc Lemieux and Trop De Couleurs.

Jorge Martinez

Q Serge

Arpi

Cast

XPR’s Arcel and War.

Zola and the Urubus.

Riot featuring throws by Fault (top left) and Psycho (top right), as well as a character by Micer (bottom right).

Jouet and MP3.

Peace and Froke.

Here’s a photo gallery featuring all the works produced during the 2023 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. After a break in 2022, the festival finally went back to pre-pandemic size, taking place on the weekend of 12-13 August.

For other editions, see the general Under Pressure Festival page.

Cet article-photo présente les oeuvres produites au cours de l’édition 2023 du Festival Under Pressure. Après une pause en 2022, le festival a finalement retrouvé sa dimension d’avant la pandémie, se déroulant le week-end du 12 et 13 août.

Pour les autres éditions, voir la page générale du Festival Under Pressure.

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The Crazy Apes wall featuring Korb on character and Akuma, Sank, Crane and Havok on letters.

Above 2: natural shot and ‘recreated’ unobstructed shot of Art Gang’s wall featuring Snipes and Senck and guests Cemz, Timer and Jaker. Close-ups on the top letter pieces below.

Close-up on Cemz‘s piece on the Art Gang wall.

Close-up on Senck and Snipes‘ pieces on the Art Gang wall.

Close-up on Timer‘s piece on the Art Gang wall.

The LTG crew and friends wall featuring Hoar, EK Sept, Rizek, Hozek, Paynt as well as guests Wuna and Haks. Close-ups below.

Close-up on EK Sept and Wuna‘s pieces on the LTG crew and friends wall above.

Close-up on Hoar and Haks‘ pieces on the LTG crew and friends wall above.

Close-up on Rizek‘s piece on the LTG crew and friends wall above.

Serna (top), Tchekon (left) and Sore (right). Close-up on Tchekon’s part below.

Tchekon

Adi

Rouks

Mr Myl, who also guests on Monk.e’s wall found further down this list.

The K6A crew wall featuring figurative section by Snikr and Hank as well as letter pieces by Saer, Ostie, Royal, Awie, Otak, Serak and Axe Lalime. Close-ups on letter pieces below.

Close-up on Saer‘s piece in the K6A crew wall above.

Close-up on Ostie‘s piece in the K6A crew wall above.

Close-up on Royal‘s piece in the K6A crew wall above.

Close-up on Awie‘s piece in the K6A crew wall above.

Close-up on Otak‘s piece in the K6A crew wall above.

Close-up on Serak‘s piece in the K6A crew wall above.

Close-up on Axe Lalime‘s piece in the K6A crew wall above.

Collaboration of Ekes, Airod, Stock and Qepy.

Maniak and C’Lok.

Monk.e and Mr Myl.
Mr Myl also painted a wall in solo, scroll up to view.

Omar Bernal

Adida Fallen Angel

Collaboration of Medusa (right character), Bibi Una (central character), Her (left character), Pest (top left letters), Pinto (ground letters), Fasi (top right letters) and Naia.

Swik

Nor

Nikki Küntzle fitting in with the architecture.

Polographe

Jrne

Mart

Titi McCoy

M.Roboto

Facies

D87

Poutine

Ease

Mono Sourcil

Kamz

La Rue

Leys

Hemr

Aldarwin

Mos Geez

Mr Hydde

Neron

This article features the new murals created during the 2023 edition of Mural Festival, as well as the 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 in 2023. These are the Milkbox and Hanna Barczyk murals from the 2022 edition, the Burnt Toast mural from the 2020 edition, the multi-artist tribute wall to Scaner from the 2019 edition, the Fintan Magee wall from the 2017 edition, the Betz mural from the 2014 edition and the 10-year old iconic Ashop mural from the 2013 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 lors de l’édition 2023 du Festival Mural, ainsi que les œuvres d’art temporaires retrouvées sur le site (St-Laurent entre Sherbrooke et Mont-Royal) alors qu’il était fermé à la circulation du 8 au 18 juin.

Sept anciennes murales du Festival ont été remplacées par de nouvelles en 2023. Celles-ci sont les murales de Milkbox et de Hanna Barczyk de l’édition 2022, la murale de Burnt Toast de l’édition 2020, le mur hommage à Scaner de l’édition 2019, celle de Fintan Magee de l’édition 2017, celle de Betz de l’édition 2014, et enfin la murale iconique d’Ashop datant de l’édition 2013.

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.

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the murals

Tyxna‘s mural featuring Zek, Dodo Osé, Ankh One and Fuser, with assistance from Haks, Arpi and Nick Sweetman.

Benny Wilding

Os Gemeos

Bacon

Above 4: full shot and close-ups on Bordalo II‘s installation made from disused materials.

Lauren Ys

Saype‘s painted piece on the grass of Mont-Royal park. Photo by Saype.

Shalak

Above 2: 2 angles on Cleon Peterson‘s mural.

Tima

Egle Zvirblyte who was also responsible for the visual signature of this edition of Mural. See below for some temporary installations from this artist.

M.Falconer

Dalkhafine

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the tribute alley to Scan

For the 2023 edition of Mural, the long segment of the graffiti alley behind St-Laurent that is dedicated to Scan was completely redone. Pieces by the two dozen-plus artists involved are presented below from the left to the right end of the alley.

Pour l’édition 2023 du festival, le long segment de la ruelle graffiti derrière St-Laurent qui est dédiée à Scan a complètement été refaite. 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).

Sener

Ekes

Pito and Killa EF.

Serak (letters) and Nick Sweetman (raccoon).

Cone

Awie

Soma

Klew and Some.

F.One

Getsa

Dolar

Sewer

Ewol

Axe Lalime (unfinished).

Vect

Cast

Bibi Una

Zion

Aight

Tchug

The DA crew’s section of the wall featuring Smak, Sober, Morz and Sage. Also visible above is Deep.

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Isaac Cordal’s figurines

Spanish artist Isaac Cordal was in town for Mural and installed the following 15 figurines in the Mural zone.

L’artiste espagnol Isaac Cordal était en ville pour Mural et a installé les 15 figurines ci-dessous dans la zone du Festival.

This one’s next to an older paste-up by Mad Rats.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 2: close-up and context.

Above 3: different close-up angles.

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Junko’s installation

This installation by Junko was on site during the week the Festival happened.

Cette installation par Junko était sur le site pendant la durée du Festival.

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Roadsworth’s sidewalk pieces

Roadsworth was the artist in charge of the sidewalk pieces for this edition of the Festival.

Roadsworth était l’artiste contribuant les pièces de trottoir pour cette édition du Festival.

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information/ad boards

Shown below are some of the ad board backsides which were also made available to paint while St-Laurent was closed to traffic. This is only a selection of the participating artists, those having previously done urban art.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous quelques-uns des revers de panneaux publicitaires qui ont également été mis à disposition pour être peints pendant que St-Laurent était fermé à la circulation. Ceci n’est qu’un échantillon des artistes participants, ceux ayant déjà fait de l’art urbain.

Korb

Louis Letters

M.Roboto

Alice Demée et Titi McCoy.

Moule

Tshoko

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on site installations

One of Egle Zvirblyte‘s information towers.

One of Egle Zvirblyte‘s information towers.

One of Egle Zvirblyte‘s information towers.

Above 2: 2 angles of Birdo‘s installation in the concert zone.

River June‘s installation.

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

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

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

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

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

Le Monstr

Ekes, Stock and Airod.

Acid

Ms Teri

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

Yelena

Jul B

Milk Box

Scribe

SCHN

River June, with Henri Papy on text.

Above 2: Origami Explorateur featuring Ekie on stencil.

Zoe Gelfant

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

Le Titre Provisoire

Mos Geez‘s rooftop piece.

KT Pag

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

Syrup

Filco

Zoltan

Eve Lag

Her

Louis Letters and Adi

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

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

Gaulois and Cleo.

Maliciouz

Janna Yotte and So Jack.

Maf and Seano.
Photo © Olivier Bousquet.

Someone representing TRU.

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

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

Fils And Chips

Metz representing TENS at ground level and Hob above.

Menar

Bosny

Cabe and Faser.

Bibi Una

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

Moule

Julian Palma

MSHL and Diane Roe.

EK Sept

Fleo

Jenna Schwartz

Nikki Küntzle and Ilana Pichon.

Hest on letters and Wuna on character.

Awie representing K6A.

Hayer (ground level) and Nero (above).

The RCii crew.

Lora

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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the murals

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

Danae Brisso

Drew Young‘s tall mural was painted downtown.

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

Caroline Monnet

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

Mando Marie‘s stencil mural.

Milk Box

Hanna Barczyk‘s mural is in Mile End.

Hate Copy

Dalkhafine‘s mural is in Mile End.

Burnt Toast‘s second participation in the festival.

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

Vexx

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

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information/ad boards

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

Loopkin

Elodie Duhameau

Grrraaand

Le Jean Jules

Pauline Stive

Julien Castanié

Viro Munchkin

Audrey Malo

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

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

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

Amer

A huge collaboration between MSHL and Diane Roe.

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

Above 4 photos: Vatos Abstractos, the duo of Omar Bernal and Adida Fallen Angel. The first 3 shots were taken at the end of autumn after the leaves were fallen as the piece is normally hidden behind leaves, as can be seen in the 4th shot.

BDG

Giles

Collaboration of Louis Letters and Adi.

Heras

Alors

Bosny

Aclaes

Le Monstr

Maliciouz

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

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

Flesh and Shek.

Nero and Rival.

Zola

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

Menar

Mad Rats

Above 2 photos: Julian Palma.

Ilana Pichon

Izabelle Duguay

Nikki Küntzle

LP Montoya

River June and Henri Papy

Filco

Louis Letters, Adi and Heras representing TRU crew.

Studio Lag

Dodo Osé and LNK collaboration.

Fleo

Melissa Menzi

Mili

Pane and Regar collaboration.

Grils and EK Sept collaboration.

This tribute is by the “friends of Jenny”.

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

Ekes and Marchandise TT collaboration.

Trak over a background by LP Montoya.

Here’s a photo gallery featuring all the works produced during the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. As in 2020, walls were not all painted on the same weekend because of social restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of the walls were painted over a few weeks in August. For other editions, see the general Under Pressure Festival page.

Cet article-photo présente les oeuvres produites au cours de l’édition 2021 du Festival Under Pressure. Tout comme en 2020, les murs n’ont pas été peints au cours de la même fin de semaine dans le but de respecter les restrictions sociales découlant de la pandémie de Covid-19. Ceci étant dit, la majorité des murs ont été peints en août. Pour les autres éditions, voir la page générale du Festival Under Pressure.

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Street poster.

Monk.e (mostly left) and Toronto’s Luvs (mostly right).

The LTG/POM/H2K wall featuring EK Sept, Grils, Hoar, Paynt, Seork, Hozek, Rizek, Haks and Amer. See close-ups below.

Close-up on Haks (blue letters) and Rizek‘s (buildings) parts on the LTG/POM/H2K wall above.

Close-up on Amer‘s piece on the LTG/POM/H2K wall above. Amer also contributed to the TRU crew wall, scroll down to view.

Close-up on Paynt (cowboy) and Seork‘s (pig) parts on the LTG/POM/H2K wall above.

Close-up on Hozek (character), EK Sept (blue letters) and Grils‘ (buildings) parts on the LTG/POM/H2K wall above.

Close-up on Hoar‘s piece on the LTG/POM/H2K wall above.

Art Gang’s Senck and Snipes featuring a Cemz piece at ground level.

The Gentil Crew‘s contribution featuring MSHL, Bosny, SBU One, Loopkin, Le Monstr, Diane Roe, Maylee Keo, Tshoko and Nikki Küntzle. Fenceless shot and close-ups below.

The Gentil Crew‘s contribution featuring MSHL, Bosny, SBU One, Loopkin, Le Monstr, Diane Roe, Maylee Keo, Tshoko and Nikki Küntzle. Context shot above and close-ups below. Nikki and Tshoko both have more work in this post, scroll down to view Nikki’s solo wall and Tshoko’s part on the TRU crew wall.

Close-up 1/7 of the above Gentil Crew wall showing Bosny (bottom left) and MSHL (top right).

Close-up 2/7 of the above Gentil Crew wall showing Loopkin (top left) and Le Monstr (bottom right).

Close-up 3/7 of the above Gentil Crew wall showing (top to bottom, left to right) Tshoko, Diane Roe, Nikki Küntzle, MSHL, Loopkin, Maylee Keo and Le Monstr.

Close-up 4/7 of the above Gentil Crew wall featuring (top to bottom, left to right) Bosny, SBU One, Diane Roe and Tshoko.

Close-up 5/7 of the above Gentil Crew wall featuring (left to right) Tshoko(?), MSHL, Bosny and Nikki Küntzle.

Close-up 6/7 of the above Gentil Crew wall featuring Loopkin (left), Maylee Keo, Tshoko, Le Monstr, Nikki Küntzle and MSHL (right).

Close-up 7/7 of the above Gentil Crew wall showing SBU One.

The full K6A crew wall featuring Serak, Fleo, Sank, Dodo Osé, Saer, Axe Lalime, Otak and Royal. See close-ups below.

Close-up on Serak and Fleo‘s parts on the K6A crew wall above.

Close-up on Sank and Dodo Osé‘s parts on the K6A crew wall above.

Close-up on Saer and Axe Lalime‘s parts on the K6A crew wall above.

Close-up on Otak and Royal‘s parts on the K6A crew wall above.

Tru crew wall featuring Louis Letters, Adi, Kamzer, Tshoko, Boris, Dosk, Amer, Bonga and Lino. See close-ups below.

Close-up on Louis Letters (above) and Adi (below) on the TRU crew wall above.

Close-up on the TRU crew wall above. Louis Letters designed this logo and it was painted by various members of the crew.

Close-up on Dosk (above) and Boris (below) on the TRU crew wall above.

Close-up on the parts of Kamzer, Tshoko, Amer, Bonga and Lino on the TRU crew wall above. Tshoko also contributed to the Gentil Crew wall while Amer also contributed to the LTG/POM/H2K wall, scroll up to view.

Little bonus to the above Tru crew wall. This door with the names of the TRU crew members was done by Louis Letters.

Adida Fallen Angel

Peyo (top left) and Peack (bottom right).

Ekes and Marchandise TT.

Mad Rats‘ Gaulois and Cleo. Until I can get my own unobstructed shot, this photo © Gaulois.

Makes

Nikki Küntzle. Nikki also contributed to the Gentil Crew wall above.

Deep (letters) and Medusa (character). This is not the definite shot, I will get one when construction in front of this wall is completed.

Omar Bernal. Alternate shots below.

Omar Bernal. Alternate shots above and below.

Omar Bernal. Alternate shots above.

Acrow (letters) and Makenoize (smiley face paste-up). Scroll down for more by Makenoize at the bottom of this post.

Mart

Raphael Dairon

Resok, Eskro, Joh and Coler on the terrasse of the Foufounes Electriques.

Riok

Jasp

Mos Geez

La Rue

Mr Hydde

Micer‘s tribute to Cazer who passed away shortly before the festival.

Simply

Done

Flavor

Makenoize installation. Context shot below.

Makenoize. Close-up above. Scroll up for another installation by this artist.

The 2021 edition of Mural Festival, held from 12 to 22 August, was unfortunately less about the murals and more about shows and concerts. Publicity about the event was geared mostly towards these paying events and not much about the visual art and artists.

For the first time since the beginning of the festival, no murals were done on site for people coming to see artists at work, except for Birdo’s in the VIP area, which was only accessible to paying visitors. The only other mural of this edition was the one designed by Teddy Kelly and executed by Jamie Janx, Arnold and William Marceau-Briggs two months after the festival. The Hotel St-Germain downtown had its front painted by Michelle Hoogveld a few weeks before the festival. The ground of a basketball court in Little Italy was painted by Francorama also some time before the event took place.

The other artists on the bill were hired for non-street art creations, such as Marie-Pier Primeau who painted the walls of a private gym’s pool. The talents of Julian Palma Luque, Garbage Beauty’s Monsieur Boz and Zoe Gelfant were unfortunately wasted on painting sponsored bars, picnic tables and furniture in and around the paying zone instead of murals.

The great aspect of the 2021 edition was Mural’s incursion into virtual public art, with famous local street artists Waxhead and Cryote as well as Samuel Arsenault-Brassard and Iregular. They created virtual pieces only visible through the festival’s app. Cryote also virtually created pieces live as they were being projected on a screen for the guests in the paying area to see.

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

L’édition 2021 du Festival Mural, tenue du 12 au 22 août, a été malheureusement axée sur les spectacles et concerts plutôt que les murales. D’ailleurs, la publicité de l’événement mettaient principalement de l’avant le programme d’événements payants tels que ces concert et très peu les artistes visuels.

Pour la première fois depuis la création du festival les visiteurs n’ont pas pu voir d’artistes à l’oeuvre créant leur murale, sauf celle de Birdo dans la section VIP, mais celle-ci était inaccessible sans payer. La seule autre murale de l’édition 2021 a été celle conçue par Teddy Kelly et exécutée deux mois plus tard par Jamie Janx, Arnold Vincent et William Marceau-Briggs. L’Hôtel Germain au centre-ville a été repeint par Michelle Hoogveld quelques semaines avant le début du festival. Le sol d’un terrain de basketball de la Petite Italie a aussi été peint par Francorama quelques temps avant la tenue du festival.

Les autres artistes prévus au programme n’ont pas été engagés pour du street art. Marie-Pier Primeau a peint les murs d’une piscine d’un gym privé. Les talents de Julian Palma Luque, Monsieur Boz de Garbage Beauty et Zoe Gelfant ont malheureusement été gaspillés à peindre des murets de bars et des tables de picnic dans la zone payante ou devant celle-ci, plutôt que des murales.

Un bon coup des organisateurs du festival a été l’ajout d’un nouveau volet virtuel grâce à la participation des artistes Waxhead et Cryote, tous deux bien connus dans le milieu du street art montréalais, ainsi que Samuel Arsenault-Brassard et Iregular. Ces artistes ont créé des pièces virtuelles seulement visible via l’application du festival. Cryote a aussi créé des oeuvres virtuelles live, projetées sur un écran pour les visiteurs dans la section payante du festival.

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.

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This awesome mural by Toronto’s Birdo was the only one done during the festival, unfortunately only visible to paying users during its creation.

This building front was designed by Teddy Kelly and executed in October following the festival by Jamie Janx, Arnold Vincent and William Marceau-Briggs.

This installation by June Barry served as an entrance through which paying visitors could access the VIP area.

Michelle Hoogveld painted the front of the Hotel Germain before the beginning of the festival.

Extra shot showing the side of the Hotel Germain painted by Michelle Hoogveld before the festival.

Francorama painted the ground of this Little Italy basketball court shortly before the festival happened. Photo © abcdf.ca

Julian Palma Luque on a terrasse side wall which was unfortunately in the paying area and hidden behind material following its completion. Photo © JF Galipeau.

One more angle of Julian Palma Luque‘s contribution to this year’s edition. Photo © JF Galipeau.

Zoe Gelfant painted the sides of this sponsored bar area as well as its picnic tables as the festival took place.

One more angle of Zoe Gelfant‘s contribution to the 2021 edition of Mural.

Also on the 2021 Mural Festival bill:
– Marie-Pier Primeau painted the walls of the pool area of a private gym.
– Drew Young was meant to paint another downtown hotel, but this seems to have been canceled.
– Monsieur Boz from Garbage Beauty was also on the bill, it is unclear if he has ended up painting for the festival or not.
– Waxhead, Cryote, Samuel Arsenault-Brassard and Iregular created virtual art.