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Hest

Hest is one of this city’s top graffiti writers. The gallery below features mostly the work he did since his return to the city in 2017, plus a few collaboration walls from the early 2000s that were still around circa 2014-2015 when I started documenting urban art. The latter walls were already aged and slightly damaged at the time I took my shots, but still in good enough condition to show here for documenting purposes.

To see lots more by this artist than I was lucky to find, particularly the work he did in many places around the world, have a look at his Instagram account. To see the artist in action, have a look at this Youtube video for Graff TV.

Hest est sans contredit l’un des top graffeurs de Montréal. La galerie ci-dessous présente principalement le travail qu’il a réalisé depuis son retour chez nous en 2017, ainsi que quelques collaborations datant du début des années 2000 qui existaient encore vers 2014-2015 lorsque j’ai commencé à documenter l’art urbain. Ces derniers murs étaient déjà vieux et légèrement endommagés au moment où j’ai pris mes photos, mais toujours en assez bon état pour être montrés ici à des fins de documentation.

Pour voir beaucoup plus de cet artiste que ce que j’ai eu la chance de trouver, en particulier le travail qu’il a fait dans de nombreux endroits à travers le monde, jetez un oeil à son compte Instagram. Pour voir l’artiste en action, jetez un oeil à cette video pour Graff TV.


Murals

Hest and EK Sept for the 2023 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Hest and Wuna‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Stare on NME letters and Hest on character, in a Hochelaga alley.

Hest and Wuna‘s contribution to the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Hest and Wuna on a pillar of the Van Horne overpass.

Collaboration between Hest, Sino and Stare in Petite-Patrie.

A classic solo mural in Mile End.

Hest (calligraphic letters) and Turf One (characters) in the Plateau.

Hest (calligraphic letters) and Turf One (character) in the Plateau

Hest (calligraphic letters), Turf One (characters) and Lou Piensa (words) in the Plateau.


Letter pieces

Inside an abandoned building.

Inside an abandoned building.

In a Hochelaga alley.

In a Hochelaga alley.

In a Hochelaga alley.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Villeray.

In a Hochelaga alley.

In a Hochelaga alley.

In a Hochelaga alley.

For the 2023 edition of Breaking Walls.

In Rosemont.

With Wuna on character, in Hochelaga.

In a Hochelaga alley.

In a Hochelaga alley.

In a Hochelaga alley.

On an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

Black Out in Hochelaga.

Black Out in Hochelaga.

Life Story in Hochelaga.

Burn Down in Rosemont.

In Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

In Plateau End.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

At the Duff Court graffiti wall.

In a Rosemont alley.

With Wuna on character, in Rosemont.

In Hochelaga.

2 Much Style for Graff TV, in Hochelaga. The making video for this piece can be viewed on Youtube.

In Rosemont.

At the Duff Court graffiti wall.

In a Rosemont alley.

In a Rosemont alley.

With Wuna on character for the 2021 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Inside an abandoned building.

In a Rosemont alley.

In a Rosemont alley.

In a Rosemont alley.

In a Rosemont alley.

In the Plateau.

In a Rosemont alley.

In Rosemont.

With Wuna on character, in Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In the Plateau (photographed much later when the building was being demolished).

In Côte des Neiges.

On a bridge pillar.

On a bridge pillar.

At the Duff Court graffiti wall.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

On a bridge pillar.

Above: close-up and context shot of a piece on a bridge pillar.

On a bridge pillar.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

On a bridge pillar.

In Petite-Patrie.

Inside an abandoned building.

At the Duff Court graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In a Hochelaga alley.

In a graffiti alley.

In Rosemont.

In Hochelaga featuring Wuna on character.

With Wuna on character, in Rosemont.

In a Hochelaga alley.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Plateau End.

In a Laval park.

In a Plateau alley.

In the McGill ghetto.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In a Plateau alley.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In the Plateau.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In a Plateau alley.

In Rosemont.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Laval park.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In a Plateau alley.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.


Figurative pieces

In a Hochelaga alley.

In a Rosemont alley.

On the back of a truck for the 2019 edition of Mural Festival.

In an abandoned tunnel.

In an abandoned tunnel.


Throws and tags

A throw on a bridge pillar.

Tall and throw-like in an abandoned tunnel.

Tag-like calligraphy in an abandoned tunnel.

Tags by Hest and Wuna.

Omar Bernal

Omar Bernal is an artist of Mexican origin, who arrived in Quebec in 2016 and has been living in Montreal since 2019. His street art is mainly figurative, with occasional excursions into the world of graffiti letters. To learn more about his artistic approach and to see the work that I have not had the chance to come across as well as what he does off the street, you are invited to take a look at his personal website and his Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo, Behance and Linked In pages. You can support Omar by buying some of his art or merchandise through omarbernal.art.

Omar Bernal est un artiste d’origine mexicaine, arrivé au Québec en 2016 et vivant à Montréal depuis 2019. Son art de rue est surtout figuratif, avec à l’occasion quelques excursions dans le monde des lettres de graffiti. Pour en apprendre plus sur sa démarche artistique et pour voir le travail que je n’ai pas eu la chance de croiser ainsi que ce qu’il fait hors de la rue, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à son site web et à ses pages Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo, Behance et Linked In. Vous êtes invités à encourager Omar en achetant ses oeuvres ou de la marchandise via omarbernal.art.


solo 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.

For the 2025 edition of Meeting Of Styles.

For the 2025 edition of Under Pressure.

In a Hochelaga alley for a solo show at Galerie 2790.

One of two contributions by Omar to the Sous le Chapiteau project on the pillars of the Bonaventure highway.

The second of two contributions by Omar to the Sous le Chapiteau project on the pillars of the Bonaventure highway.

This mural is in a private space.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

An alley piece for Festival FAR.

For the 2024 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Contribution to the 2024 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Contribution to the 2023 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

For the Crack House Deluxe expo.

In Hochelaga.

In Mercier.

Above 3 photos: 3 angles of a door recess for the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In a Verdun alley.

In a Plateau alley.


collaboration 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.

Aldarwin (left), Omar (middle) and Hospek (right), in Hochelaga.

Snaxx featuring Omar Bernal (right fish) and Jade Bilodeau (left fish).

Omar on the left, Vagoe (center) and Polographe (right), featuring Deep on letters, in Hochelaga.

Collaboration with Syrup in Hochelaga.

Above 3 photos: the contribution to the 2023 edition of Canettes de Ruelle by Vatos Abstractos, the duo of Omar Bernal and Adida Fallen Angel.

Omar’s part in a multi-artists mural in St-Michel.

Above 3 photos: a collaboration with Dodo Osé in a NDG park.

Carnales Estridentes, a collective featuring Omar, Aldarwin and Adida Fallen Angel, for the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Omar’s part in a back-to-school production in Parc-Ex.

Above 4 photos: the contribution to the 2021 edition of Canettes de Ruelle by 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.

Sweet collaboration of Grils and Omar on the garage door of an ice cream shop in Mercier.

Tasty collaboration of Grils and Omar on a restaurant in Villeray.

Collaboration of Origami Explorateur, Aldarwin and Omar.

Collaboration of Grils, Omar and Ofusk in Villeray.

Omar’s contribution to a multi-artist wall in Villeray.

Omar mural in Hochelaga, featuring Tshoko in the bottom left corner and Louis Letters in the bottom right corner.

Whale by Omar over a background by Aldarwin. This is just a section of a long production in Hochelaga.

Omar’s section of a big multi-artist production in Hochelaga.


Dia de los Muertos taqueria production

Omar curated the complete makeover of a Hochelaga taqueria in October 2020. Dozens of artists answered his call and contributed a black and white piece on the theme of El Dia de los Muertos to one of the taqueria’s walls. Omar himself painted pieces here and there within the production. Only his contributions are shown below, for a complete photo rundown of the production see the Retrospective Of 2020 murals and other painted street art.

Omar a organisé la redécoration extérieure complète d’une taqueria Hochelaga en octobre 2020. Des douzaines d’artistes ont répondu à son appel et ont contribué une oeuvre en noir et blanc sur le thème d’El Dia de los Muertos sur l’un des murs de la taqueria. Omar lui-même a peint des pièces ici et là au sein de la production. Seules ses contributions sont présentées ci-dessous, pour un aperçu complet de la production, voir la Retrospective 2020 murales et autre street art peint.

The front. The windows above had been painted in colour by Omar earlier in the year, a shot of this can be seen in the “Windows” below.

The long western wall features Ramses Herrera Medina, Tshoko, Grils, Moule, Jest, Ofusk, LNA, Origami Explorateur, Omar, Nero, Timoh Garcia and Aldarwin.

Omar’s dog Pipa passed away during the production, so he integrated her into it at a few places including this one above Robert Davy.

This segment of the eastern wall shows Omar, Timoh Garcia, Grils, Bezo, Lino and Aldarwin.

The central eastern wall shows Omar, Adi, 3CLO5, Verbe, Huile d’Olive, SciWalkArt, Grils, Timoh Garcia and Aldarwin.


windows

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.

The windows of a community centre in Parc-Ex.

The windows of a community centre in Petite-Patrie.

The windows of a taqueria in Hochelaga. The taqueria was later painted in black and white by many artists under the supervision of Omar, see the “Dia de los Muertos taqueria production” section above.


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.

For the Halloween-themed Sinojam 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.

For the Graffiti Urbain jam. The piece was a take on the Ola Volo mural at the base of which the event took place.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Omar on hands and Aldarwin in the middle, 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 Syrup 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.

Her on central character and Omar on mock magazine cover, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Collaboration with LNA at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Self-portrait at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On a refrigerator in the Crack House Deluxe expo.

A quick one 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.

In Hochelaga.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. This is the first version of this piece which was created at the time for the advertisement of an event. Omar later made changes to it, the final result can be seen at some of his personal links.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At Batiment 7.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel, inspired by a sculpture by 3 MG.

Tribute to Bob Ross at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In a Hochelaga alley.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Villeray.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Notice the letters spelling out his name in the smoke.

In Rosemont.

A collaboration with Adida Fallen Angel under the collective name of Vatos Abstractos at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Omar’s section of a multi-artist production in Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A collaboration with Adida Fallen Angel under the collective name of Vatos Abstractos at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Aldarwin (whale), Omar (seahorse) and Origami Explorateur (dog/wolf) collaboration at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A stencil by Titi McCoy over a background by Omar, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A nod to Infoman at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Omar on badger and Ofusk on speech bubble, in Hochelaga.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. The dog pictured on the right is Omar’s dog Pipa.

Omar’s part in a multi-artist group portrait mural in Villeray. The full mural can be seen here.

Omar supplied the newspaper headline background to a mashup piece of Nero and Ofusk at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A collaboration with Her at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A collaboration with Her at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Collaboration of Omar, Abir, Aldarwin, 3CLO5 and Andra at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On a bin of the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A restaurant front in the Plateau.

A collaboration with Her and Aldarwin at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Riok on letters and Omar on portrait of Riok standing for the ‘O’, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

For a Hochelaga restaurant.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Omar supplied figurative parts to this letter piece by Dars at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Omar top left and Lino bottom right, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On a Plateau garage door.

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.

A collaboration with Aldarwin at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A self-portrait at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel at the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Notice the feet and the shadow on the ground. This photo shows the piece almost completed.

A clever reproduction of the heavily-tagged machinery often found on the piers of Montreal metro stations when under repair. The tags in this case were supplied by many other artists present at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel that day: Aldarwin, Macak, Riok, Origami Explorateur, Nero, Derf, Deps, 3CLO5, etc.

A funny take on a popular internet meme, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Omar displaying his love of tacos 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.

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

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. This is a ‘remix’ of an earlier figurative piece which you can see above in the ‘smaller figurative pieces’ section.

Omar, Aldarwin and Hospek at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel, announcing a joint expo at le Sino.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel, a tribute to Chabelo.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.


stickers

Ofusk

Ofusk is a multi-talented artist excelling in graffiti just as much as in the creation of commissioned figurative and abstract murals. He sometimes uses for a name anagrams Fokus/Focus and Sufok, as well as Malin. He even wrote as Akose briefly in 2016. He is keeping a discrete presence on social media so no outside link to his work will be given here.

Ofusk est un artiste aux multiples talents qui excelle autant dans le graffiti que dans les oeuvres murales figuratives ou abstraites. Il utilise à l’occasion comme nom les anagrammes Fokus/Focus et Sufok, ainsi que Malin. Il a même peint sous le nom d’Akose pour un bref temps en 2016. Il garde une présence discrète sur les réseaux sociaux, donc aucun lien externe vers son travail ne sera donné ici.


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.

In Rosemont.

Contribution to the 2025 edition of Under Pressure.

In Rosemont.

Collaboration with LP Montoya on a roof in Villeray.

In Rosemont (click on image to zoom).

In Mercier.

In Rosemont.

In Mercier.

In Rosemont.

Above 2: 2 angles of Ofusk’s part in a Rosemont collaboration with LP Montoya.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In a Rosemont alley.

Above 2: 2 angles of a Rosemont alley wall.

A set of garage doors in Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

In a Hochelaga alley.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Writing INSPIRE in Petite-Patrie. The final E is painted to look like the real wood pieces on the left.

Above 2: two angles of this obstructed alley wall in Rosemont.

A business front in the Plateau.

For an ice cream shop in Mercier.

In Hochelaga.


Contribution to multi-artist 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.

For the Graffiti Urbain jam.

Above 2: a mural by Ofusk featuring Art09, Hayer and Ixd, in the McGill Ghetto. Full shot and close-up on Ofusk’s main part.

Background for River June in a Rosemont alley.

Collaboration with LP Montoya in Pointe St-Charles.

Collaboration with LP Montoya on a set of garage doors in Villeray.

Collaboration with Grils and Omar Bernal in Villeray.

Ofusk’s character in a multi-artist group portrait mural in Villeray. The full mural can be seen here.

Ofusk’s character in a multi-artist project in Hochelaga on the theme of El Dia de los Muertos. The full mural can be seen here.

Collaboration of Marine Martinelli aka Mart, Jest and Ofusk, in Villeray.

Nero (left) and Malin aka Ofusk (middle and right) in a Rosemont alley.

Bibi Una, Vazy and Ofusk for the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Hoar (top), Serum (middle), EK Sept (ground level) and Ofusk (figurative material) at the Brigade B7 prod in Pointe St-Charles.

Part 1 of this Hochelaga prod curated by Ofusk, featuring EK Sept, Jest, Ofusk, Grils, Louis Letters, Sole and Tshoko.

Part 2 of this Hochelaga prod curated by Ofusk, featuring EK Sept, Nero, Fasi, Ofusk, LP Montoya and Stylz.

Part 3 of this Hochelaga prod curated by Ofusk, featuring Bibi Una (central character), Vazy, Lora (top left), Worm, Honey, Nero and Ofusk.

Abstract collaboration of Ofusk and EK Sept on a container in Centre-Sud.


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.

Amer on letters and Ofusk on character, in Villeray.

With Cosra on letters.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

In Hochelaga.

In graffiti alley.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On an abandoned building.

Inside an abandoned church.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Hochelaga.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

With Laine at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A collaboration with Laine at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In a Hochelaga alley

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building around the time of Halloween.

Malin aka Ofusk in Rosemont. Some tags on the right are by Paul Choix.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

With a shoutout to Penar at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On the back door of an ice cream shop in Mercier.

Unfinished business in Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In a graffiti alley off-Mural Festival.

Self-portrait for a letter piece by Sker, in a graffiti alley off-Mural Festival.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.


Commissioned lettering

For a DJ school in Hochelaga.


Letter 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.

On autorack.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

With Keos’ Robe at ground level, from the QN trackside prod in Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

For the Halloween themed Sinojam at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Inside an abandoned building.

Inside an abandoned building.

For the 2025 edition of Meeting Of Styles.

Collaboration with Deps on character, in Rosemont.

At the 2025 SinoJam.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Lachine.

In Mile End.

On parked TTX.

On parked TTX.

In Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In a Rosemont alley.

In Hochelaga.

In Lachine.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

In the South West.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Collaboration with Deps on character, in Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

For the Selva de Concreto 5 festival inside a disused building.

For the Selva de Concreto 5 festival inside a disused building.

With 1Sekt on a Plateau rooftop.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Announcing his show at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Mile End.

In Rosemont.

In Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

In an empty lot in Hochelaga.

In industrial no man’s land.

In Villeray.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Laval.

In Rosemont.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

Contribution to Breaking Walls / Meeting Of Styles.

Contribution to Breaking Walls / Meeting Of Styles.

Ofusk (pink letters), Ensor (blue letters) and Laine (character) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

In Villeray.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

On an abandoned building.

Inside an abandoned building.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Inside an abandoned building.

More than a throw, at an abandoned spot in Rosemont.

Inside an abandoned place in Rosemont.

New letters with an older piece by Jest, in Pointe St-Charles. Ofusk had an earlier piece at the base of this Jest character, scroll down to view.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Trackside in Hochelaga.

In a basketball court in Pointe St-Charles. Two throws by First are also visible in this shot.

Collaboration with Deps on character at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

More than a throw at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Mural-like piece on an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On a container in a St-Michel park.

In Villeray.

In Petite-Patrie.

Truck side.

On a container in a Hochelaga lot.

On an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga on Valentine’s day.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Hochelaga.

With Deps on character at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Tribute wall to Stan Lee with Deps on portrait of the artist, Ofusk on top left letters and Deep on the right half.

In Rosemont.

In a Rosemont alley.

Inside an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

On a Plateau garage door.

Ofusk (ground) and Grils (above) in a Hochelaga alley.

Split personality at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Notice the repeated tags on the ground pipe, see tag section below for a close-up.

Mural-like 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.

Ofusk’s section of a multi-artist mural in Hochelaga.

With DJ Sate at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Nero and Ofusk mashup over a Omar Bernal backdrop, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

This section of a prod curated by Ofusk on the walls of a Mercier ice cream shop features Fleo above and Ofusk as Malin at ground level.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

As Focus in a Hochelaga alley.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A piece by Malin aka Ofusk beneath the head piece for the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival by Hoar and EK Sept. Character on the right is by Jest.

Ofusk as Malin in Hochelaga.

By the Lachine Canal

Collaboration between Jest (above) and Malin aka Ofusk (below), in Hochelaga.

As Malin for a multi-artist prod in Hochelaga.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

As Sufok at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

Inside an abandoned building in the South West.

Inside an abandoned building in the South West.

Inside an abandoned fruits and vegetable warehouse in Hochelaga.

Keso and Ofusk inside an abandoned fruits and vegetable warehouse in Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

Inside an abandoned building in the South West.

Inside an abandoned building in the South West.

Inside an abandoned building in the South West.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Inside an abandoned building in the South West.

As Focus in a Hochelaga alley.

As Fokus in the Plateau.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Ofusk (top), EK Sept (middle) and Hoar (ground) on a Van Horne overpass pillar.

Close-up on the pieces of EK Sept, Fokus aka Ofusk and Rizek on the LTG/POM wall for the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Fokus aka Ofusk (letters) and Deps (characters) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In the Plateau.

Jest (character) and Fokus aka Ofusk (letters) collaborating at the Batiment 7 production. Ofusk redid his piece in 2022, scroll up to view.

Writing Fokus, with Jest on characters at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Writing Focus at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Writing Fokus at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Writing Focus (as a 2-letter) and signing Ofusk at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

As Focus in the Plateau.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

On an abandoned fruits and vegetables warehouse in Hochelaga.

As Sufok at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

As Sufok in an abandoned building.

EK Sept (ground) and Fokus aka Ofusk (above) in a Hochelaga alley.

As Fokus at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

As Sufok at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

As Fokus in Rosemont.

Mashup of EK Sept and Ofusk in a graffiti alley.

As Sufok in Rosemont.

As Sufok at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

As Focus in the abandoned Wildfire building.

Inside an abandoned building.

As Fokus at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

As Fokus at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Ofusk, EK Sept and Hoar on the banner for the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Ofusk (top) and EK Sept (bottom) for the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

As Focus at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

As Fokus in the Plateau.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Writing Sker‘s name in the Plateau.

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

Deps for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring a letter piece by Focus aka Ofusk.

As Fokus in Rosemont.

As Fokus at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

As Focus in a Laval park.

Fokus and Ensor mashup at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

On a park chalet in Maisonneuve.

As Focus in a Laval park.

As Focus in Rosemont.

As Fokus at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In a Laval park.

As Focus inside an abandoned building.

Inside an abandoned building.

As Focus inside an abandoned building.

With Elfu on character inside an abandoned building.

As Focus inside an abandoned building.

As Fokus on an abandoned building.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome‘s main building.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome‘s main building.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome‘s main building.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome‘s main building.

As Fokus inside an abandoned building.

In Rosemont.

On a parked train.

As Focus at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

As Focus in Rosemont.

As Focus on a Hochelaga garage door.

As Focus at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Ofusk (letters) and Seork (monkey) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

As Focus in Rosemont.

As Focus in Rosemont.

As Focus at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

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

As Fokus at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

EK Sept (top) and Fokus (ground) in Hochelaga.

As Fokus at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

As Fokus at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On a bus side for the Festival de Canes in Longueuil.

Above: full shot and individual shots of a 4-door garage by Ofusk, Gaulois and Bopor in Hochelaga.

As Fokus in a Hochelaga alley.

As Fokus in Rosemont.

As Fokus on the garage door of a park chalet in Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

As Fokus at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome stables.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Ofusk as Akose and EK Sept on character, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

As Akose at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

As Akose at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Inside the abandoned “Jailspot”.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

As Fokus inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome stables.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome stables.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome stables.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

As Fokus, with Empty at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Sufok aka Ofusk (top letters), Asyne (middle letters), Eska (bottom letters) and Rouks (character) at the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Also visible above the mural is an older piece by Serak.


Character throws

With Laine on the right.

With Laine above.

With Ixd on the left at the abandoned Canada Malting.


Letter throws

Thank you for the shout-out!

2-letters throws with Sker.

With Daur on the right.


Tags

Next to a Mr Tips by Dodo Osé.

Ofusk / Fokus / Sufok

This is just a short section of a very long pipe with Ofusk’s repeated tag.

Alternating tags by Ofusk and Brone.

Figurative and letter tags.

The pineapple tag.

The pineapple tag next to a wheatpaste by Louis Letters that has been filled at the bottom by text and drawings by Yumar.

The pineapple tag.

The pineapple tag next to Axe Lalime‘s iconic bandaid.

The pineapple tag.

A figurative tag.


Other

With Laine at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Omar Bernal on creature and Ofusk on text bubble, in Hochelaga.

A sticker tag.

Junko

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

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

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

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


Bassin Peel, July 2024


Inside abandoned building, December 2023


Abandoned building in the South West, November 2023


Lachine Canal, August 2023


Mural Festival, June 2023


South West, January 2022

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


Hochelaga, December 2021

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


Lasalle, October 2021

Photos of this piece are from 2 distinct sessions.


Ville Emard, July 2021


Hochelaga, May 2021


Côte-des-Neiges, April 2021


Hochelaga, March 2021

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

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


Mile End, February 2021


Montreal West, January 2021


Mile End, December 2020


Mile End, December 2020


Mile End, December 2020


Mile End, December 2020

Germ Dee

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

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

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

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


painted work

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

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

Off the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

Off the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

Off the 2022 edition of Mural Festival.

In Plateau End.

In the Quartier des spectacles.

In Plateau End.

In a St-Henri alley.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Contribution to the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Mile End.

In Rosemont.

On the wall of a Rosemont cafe.

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

In Mile End.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In Rosemont.

Truck side.

In Mile End.

In central Montreal.

On an abandoned building in the South West.

Claiming back his spot in Mile End.

In Mile End.

In an abandoned building.

A lil quickie on an abandoned building.

Another quickie on an abandoned building.

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

In an abandoned building.

A quick one in an abandoned building.

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

On a Plateau door.

At the Project 45 skate park.

At the Project 45 skate park.

Collaboration with Salvandalius on a Van Horne overpass pillar.

In a door recess.

Off Under Pressure.

Next to the Brigade B7 prod.

In an abandoned building.

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

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

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

Off-Mural piece.

Inside an abandoned building, over a tag by Royal.

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

On the Sun Youth building.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

On a multi-artist wall in Hochelaga.

In a Plateau alley.

For the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

On a Plateau alley garage door.

At Akira’s Alley.

In Hochelaga.

In a Plateau alley.

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

At Plaza Walls.

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

For the 2018 Estival de Canes.

In the South West.

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

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

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

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

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

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

On St-Laurent.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At Plaza Walls.

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

At Akira’s Alley.

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

At Plaza Walls.

Downtown.

In Rosemont.

At Plaza Walls.

In a Plateau alley.

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

In Hochelaga.

In a Plateau alley.

In a central graffiti alley.

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

In St-Henri.

At Akira’s Alley.

At Akira’s Alley.

Off-Mural piece.

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

In a central graffiti alley.

A rooftop piece in a central graffiti alley.

In Côte St-Paul.

In a Mile End alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Côte St-Paul.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Hochelaga.

In a central graffiti alley.

On the Sun Youth building.

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

At Plaza Walls.

In a central graffiti alley.

In a central graffiti alley.

On the Sun Youth building.

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

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

In a Plateau alley.

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

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

In a Plateau alley.

At Plaza Walls.

At Plaza Walls.

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

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

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

In a Mile End alley.

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

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

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

On a Plateau garage door.

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

For the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau End alley.


figurative ‘tags’


stickers and other pasted work

A wheatpaste found in Mile End.

A collaboration with ROC514.

A collaboration with ROC514.

A collaboration with ROC514.

Jaker

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

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


burners and other big pieces

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

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

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

In a private indoors prod.

Representing BTH in Ville Émard.

In Mile Ex.

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

BTH crew hit in Lasalle by Jake and Asar.

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

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

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

Jake, Cast and Asar downtown.

Jake and Cast in St-Henri.

BTH’s Jake, Cast, Asar and Kwun.

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

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

Freight hit.

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

On a downtown roof with Legal.

With Nor in Griffintown.

In Rosemont.

Trackside Outremont.

Jake, Kwun, Peace and Blek in Hochelaga.

On an abandoned building in Ville-Marie.

At Fattal.

In St-Michel.

In Centre-Sud.

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

In Hochelaga.

Off-Mural, for his crew BTH.

Off-Mural.

Off-Mural.

In Ville-Marie.

On a highwayside billboard in Villeray.

In Côte St-Paul for a Montana promotional video.

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

In Verdun.

In Chinatown.

With Cast, Asar and Drif in NDG.

With Sapoe in industrial Old Montreal.

On Canal Lachine.

With Tricks on a South West roof.

On a busy street.

In Côte des Neiges.

In St-Henri.

Highwayside with Asar.

Highwayside with Asar.

In the South West.

Highwayside in Dorval.

With Kwun in the Plateau.

In the South West.

With Tricks in the South West.

Highwayside piece.

In Ville-Marie.

In Mile End.

In highwayland.

Highwayside piece.

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

In the South West.

Jaker and Kwun on the front of DBC bar.

On a pillar of the Jacques-Cartier bridge.

Hanging trackside pieces by Sapo and Jaker.

In Pointe St-Charles.

In the South West.

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

Off Mural Festival.

Off Mural Festival.

In the South West.

Tricks and Jaker in Pointe St-Charles.

In Montreal West.

With Legal, trackside.

In Rosemont.

With Legal by the water.

On an abandoned building.

Jaker and Cone representing SVC.

Between Cone and Oper in Ville St-Pierre.

Trackside.

Trackside.

In Old Montreal.

In Rosemont.

In central Montreal.

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

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

On a disused metro car.

Cone and Jaker in an underpass.

In a central Montreal park.

With Blek, trackside.

In Ville-Marie.

In the South West.

In the South West.

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

In the Plateau.

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

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

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Inside an abandoned building in Lachine.

In the South West.

In the South West.

Jake and Kwun reppin’ BTH on a Plateau rooftop.

Jaker and Cone representing SVC.

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

Jaker and Peace in Rosemont-Petite-Patrie.

In Mile End.

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

Inside an abandoned building.

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

Train piece.

In a Hochelaga alley.

A trackside roller.

Inside an abandoned building.

Double dose, including an extinguisher piece.

BTH crew piece by Jaker, Legal and Peace.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

Train piece.

In Ahuntsic.

In Côte-des-Neiges.

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

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned tunnel.

In the West Island.

In an abandoned spot.

In Côte St-Paul.

On an abandoned building.

On an abandoned building.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

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

A huge trackside piece.

On an abandoned building.

With Jmoe on characters.

Trackside

In Côte St-Paul.

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

In Rosemont.

On an abandoned warehouse in Hochelaga.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In an abandoned spot.

In an abandoned spot.

Roller by Jaker and Legal in the South West.

By Jake, Hyke and Legal for their crew BTH.

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

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

From a BTH crew production in Dorval.

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

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

On a parked train.

On a parked train.

On a parked train.

On a parked train.

On train.

On train.

On train.

On train.

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

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

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

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

Jaker in Rosemont.

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

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

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

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

Near downtown.

Trackside.

Representing his crew BTH on a truck side.

In Rosemont.

Truck side.

For the 2016 edition of the Amalgam Festival in Sherbrooke.

In the Plateau.

Trackside.

At the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

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

In the South West.

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

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

In an abandoned building.

In an bike underpass on the Canal Lachine.

Five Eight and Jake on the abandoned Canada Malting Plant.

On an abandoned building.

On an abandoned building.

Representing BTH inside an abandoned Plateau school awaiting demolition.

In an abandoned building.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

In the gym of an abandoned Plateau school awaiting demolition.

Jaker on letters and Jmoe on character, in Rosemont.

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

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

Trackside.

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

Jaker and Legal representing BTH in the Plateau.

Under an expressway.

In Hochelaga.

An old one in Montreal West.

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

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

In industrial Ville St-Laurent.

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

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

In industrial Hochelaga.

On train.

In Lachine.

An old piece inside an abandoned tunnel.

In an abandoned building.

In a disused underground tunnel.

In industrial Montreal West.

Reppin’ GK on the roof of the Canada Malting.


throws

In Côte St-Paul.

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

On an abandoned building.

In Verdun.

In Verdun.

In Chinatown.

In Petite-Patrie.

In a Plateau alley.

A giant throw in the South West.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Mile End.

In Rosemont.

Jake, Asar and Kwun highwayside in Villeray.

Throws with Asar on canal Lachine.

In the South West.

In Mile End.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Chinatown.

In Laval.

In Old Montreal.

Downtown.

In the industrial South West.

In the Plateau.

Jake and Legal on an abandoned industrial building.

With Legal in the South West.

With Cone.

In Verdun.

In the South West.

In the South West.

A huge throw in St-Henri.

Throws by Legal and Jaker in industrial Montreal.

In a Plateau alley.

With Legal on the left.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

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

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Cone and Jake.

In a disused underground tunnel.

In a disused underground tunnel.

In a disused underground tunnel.


tags


installation

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

Lost Claws

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

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

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

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


painted

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

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

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

Inside an abandoned building.

Inside an abandoned building.

On a Mile End roof.

In a Mile End alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In Mile End.

In Mile-Ex.

In a Villeray alley.

Dre and Lost Claws in Mile Ex.

In a Plateau alley.

On an abandoned building in Ville-Marie.

On an abandoned church.

On an abandoned church.

Trackside in Montreal West.

On a downtown rooftop.

In the Plateau.

In Mile-Ex.

In Mile-Ex.

Inside an abandoned building.

Featuring letters by Evism, inside an abandoned warehouse.

Inside an abandoned building.

On a bridge pillar.

On a Mile End rooftop.

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

On an abandoned school.

On a disused church.

In Pointe St-Charles.

In Rosemont.

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

Under an overpass.

Trackside.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In Mile End.

On a Mile End rooftop.

On a St-Laurent rooftop.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

On a container in Hochelaga.

In a Mile End alley.

In the Plateau.

On a St-Laurent roof.

On an abandoned church.

In Rosemont.

In an abandoned building.

In Plateau End.

In Rosemont.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In the McGill ghetto.

In the Plateau.

Under a bridge.

Under a bridge.

Under a bridge.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Montreal West.

On a Plateau rooftop.

“Go To Hell”, in Petite-Patrie.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In an abandoned industrial lot.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

Highwayside.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

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

In an abandoned location.

In an abandoned location.

In the Plateau.

In NDG.

On a Plateau/Rosemont construction site.

In industrial midtown.

On a Mile End rooftop.

Rooftop in the Plateau.

In Petite-Patrie.

On a Outremont rooftop.

In Montreal West.

In Rosemont.

In Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

On a Mile End rooftop.

In Parc-Ex.

On an overpass pillar in Ville St-Laurent.

In the Plateau.

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

On a Mile End rooftop.

“Drink up!”, in Mile Ex.

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

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

On a Mile End rooftop.

On a Mile End rooftop.

On a Mile End rooftop.

On a Mile End rooftop.

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

“Put a skull on it!”, in Mile End.

In a Plateau alley.

In Outremont.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

“Dirt don’t hurt”, in Mile End.

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

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

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

“Alone is all we were”, in Mile End.


drawn / tag-like

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

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

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In Mile End.

On a park shed.

On a construction site.

In a Plateau alley.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Petite-Patrie.

Alternating with Dré in Mile Ex.

In Mile Ex.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In the Quartier Latin.

In the Quartier Latin.

In Mile End.

In Montreal Est.

In St-Michel.

On St-Laurent.

Off-Mural.

Off-Mural.

Off-Mural.

In Petite-Patrie.

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

In Ville-Marie.

In Little Italy.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

In a Centre-Sud alley.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In the Plateau.

In Ville-Marie.

In Mile End.

In Rosemont.

In the Plateau.

In a Mile End alley.

In an abandoned tunnel.

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

In a Mile End alley.

In Pointe St-Charles.

In Chinatown.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

On a Plateau alley door.

On a Plateau alley door.

In the McGill ghetto.

Off-Mural 2020 (literally) street piece.

In the Plateau.

On a Plateau alley door.

“I’m fine”, in Petite-Patrie.

“I feel nothing”, in the Plateau.

In a central graffiti alley.


wheatpastes and installations

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

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

Highjacking a Christmas crib.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

An installation, downtown.

A board installation in the Plateau.

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

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

“Doomed to rent”, in Little Italy.

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

In the Plateau.

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

Next to a peace flag for Ukraine.

“Live fast”, in Chinatown.

“R.I.P. optimism”, in Mile End.

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

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

“Just killing time”, in the Plateau.

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

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

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

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

“I coulda been grate”, in the Plateau.

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

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

“You are not special”, in the Plateau.

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

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

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

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

“My days are numbered”, in the Plateau.

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

“Cynicism isn’t wisdom”, in Mile End.

“Santé!”, in the Plateau.

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

“I feel uncomfortable”, in Villeray.

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

“Life is pain”, in Petite-Patrie.

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

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

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

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

“You ain’t shit”, in Mile End.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Dust to dust”, in Chinatown.

“Get your shit together”, in the Plateau.

“Go to hell”, at Marché Jean-Talon.

“My stupid opinion”, in Petite-Patrie.

“That’s life”, in St-Henri.

“Ewe suck”, in Plateau End.

“I don’t wanna pray”, in Mile End.

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

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

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

“Happiness is temporary”, in the Plateau.

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

Close-up of the above Plateau piece.

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

In the Plateau.

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

“Everything is cool”, in the Plateau.

“Trapped in my head”, in Mile End.

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

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

“Nothing comes back”, in the Village.

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

“Empty together”, in the Plateau.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“LOL”, in the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

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

“Give me darkness”, in Mile End.

“It gets easier”, in the Plateau.

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

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

“My life is a mess”, in Little Italy.

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

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

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

“Hot as heck”, in Mile End.

“Just fuckin’ super”, in Little Italy.

“Worth ≠ worth”, off Mural Festival.

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

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

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

“Life sucks”, in the Quartier des Spectacles.

“The magic’s gone”, in the Plateau.

“You’re not special”, off St-Laurent.

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

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

“Share the burden”, in Mile End.

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

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

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

“Same in the end”, in the Plateau.

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

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

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

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

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

“We change”, in the Plateau.

“Life of the party”, in Mile End.

“Let the rain fall”, in the Plateau.

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

“There’s plenty…”, in Mile End.

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

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

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

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

“Remember to forget”, in Mile End.

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

In the Plateau.

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

“Free to a good home”, in Mile End.


stickers

Collaboration with ROC514.


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Benny Wilding / Cemz / Ether

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

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

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

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

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

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


Benny Wilding

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

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

In St-Henri.

For the 2023 edition of Mural Festival.

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

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

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

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

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

In Petite-Patrie.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This mural is found downtown.

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

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

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

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

Benny Wilding / Cemz at Plaza Walls.

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

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

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

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

Ether / Benny Wilding in Petite-Patrie.

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

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

Trackside wall for Ashop under the name Cems.

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


Cemz

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

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

In Little Burgundy.

In graffiti alley.

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

In St-Henri.

For Breaking Walls / Meeting Of Styles.

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

At Duff Court.

In Mile End.

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

In the Plateau.

In Ahuntsic.

In Ville St-Laurent.

In Rosemont.

In Ahuntsic.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

For the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In the Plateau.

In a Rosemont alley.

In the Plateau.

In the East.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

In Côte des Neiges.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

In the Plateau.

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

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

Cemz in the Plateau.

On Ashop‘s wall in Hochelaga.

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

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

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

In Côte des Neiges.

On a Hochelaga metal shutter.

At Plaza Walls.

On Ashop‘s wall in Hochelaga.

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

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

For Ashop‘s Chemin Vert block party.

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

On Ashop‘s wall in Hochelaga.

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

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Highway side piece.


Ether

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

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

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

An off-Mural alley piece from 2016.

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

Truck side.

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

In Hochelaga.

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

A graffiti alley piece.

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

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

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

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

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

From 2003 in Parc Ex, damaged but still standing.


throws

Great spot in Chinatown.


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stickers and wheatpastes

These 3 different wheatpastes were also found separately.

Ether and Scaner wheatpastes.


other pasted work

In Petite-Patrie.

A mock business sign in the Plateau.

A fake sign in Centre-Sud.

A wood-up found in the Plateau.

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

A wood-up found in the Plateau.

Mock storefront sign in Mile End.

Mock storefront sign in the Plateau.

A wood-up in Plateau End.

Mock storefront sign in the Plateau.

Mock storefront sign in the Plateau.

Mock storefront sign on St-Laurent.

A wood sign on St-Laurent.

Mock-sign in the Plateau.

In Mile End.

Off the 2019 edition of Under Pressure.

Off the 2019 edition of Under Pressure.

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


other painted work

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

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

Dodo Osé

Bio, from the Ashop website: “Dodo Ose is a Montreal based graffiti and fine artist specialized in highly rendered surreal portraiture. Born in Lyon, Dodo was initiated to art at an early age, spending countless hours admiring the rich architecture of his native city. He spent his teenage years in the south of France, where he developed his artistic knowledge and taste for graffiti. He studied Fine Arts in Cannes and presented his first shows in galleries. In need of a challenge, he decided to pursue his career in Canada in 2010. In Montreal, he got carried away by the city’s creative atmosphere and found a real family within the Ashop and K6A crews, two multidisciplinary collectives. Through these connections, he developed his own style and created his own universe, blending aerosol painting with watercolors. He is constantly in search of innovating, as much in his technique as in the choice of his subjects. He creates artworks that combines the figurative and the imaginary. His work takes the public into a surrealistic universe, both romantic and oneiric, that exudes an edgy sense of humor with his own poetic touch.”

To see more from Dodo than what I was lucky enough to photograph, you are invited to see his gallery on the Ashop website as well as his personal Instagram page.

Biographie tirée du site web d’Ashop: “Dodo Ose est un artiste spécialisé en Beaux Arts et en graffiti basé à Montréal. Né dans la prestigieuse ville de Lyon, Dodo Ose est initié à l’art dès son jeune âge. Il passe son adolescence dans le sud de la France, où il découvre l’univers du graffiti. Ses études en beaux-arts à Cannes le mènent ensuite à intégrer la peinture traditionnelle à son style et à y présenter ses premières expositions en galeries. En 2010, Dodo déménage au Canada, à la recherche de défis et de nouvelles expériences. L’ambiance artistique de Montréal inspire le jeune artiste qui décide de s’y installer. Il se joint éventuellement au Ashop et au K6A, deux collectifs artistiques multidisciplinaires. Ces connexions le poussent à perfectionner son style et à créer son propre univers, mélangeant la peinture aérosol à l’aquarelle. Dodo Ose cherche constamment à innover, autant dans la technique que dans les sujets abordés. En jouant avec le symbolisme et les archétypes universels, l’artiste concocte des paysages oniriques et surréalistes qui fusionnent le figuratif à l’imaginaire. Cherchant à transmettre les sentiments abstraits qui dansent derrière nos paupières, son travail reflète l’énergie Jungienne de la poésie et de la fantaisie.”

Pour en voir plus que ce que j’ai eu la chance de photographier, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à sa gallerie sur le site d’Ashop ainsi qu’à sa page Instagram.


solo murals and other 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.

2025 edition of this downtown wall.

Off-Mural Festival 2025.

In Rosemont.

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

This Mr Tips character is usually done by Dodo as a quick throw. This more detailed version was done at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Lachine.

In Little Italy next to the above.

In Little Italy next to the above.

In Ahuntsic.

In Hochelaga.

Self-portrait mural in Verdun.

In the Village.

In a Ville St-Laurent park, for Kolab. Scroll down to see close-ups of each individual seat.

Close-up of a park seat. Scroll up to view all five in one shot and down to view the others.

Close-up of a park seat. Scroll up and down to view the others.

Close-up of a park seat. Scroll up and down to view the others.

Close-up of a park seat. Scroll up and down to view the others.

Close-up of a park seat. Scroll up to view the others.

In Wynwood (Miami) for the 2017 edition of Art Basel.

Detail (1/5) of a long wall in Rosemont.

Detail (2/5) of a long wall in Rosemont.

Detail (3/5) of a long wall in Rosemont.

Detail (4/5) of a long wall in Rosemont.

Detail (5/5) of a long wall in Rosemont.

In Hochelaga.

Dodo’s part in the Time Is Gold production.

In Ville St-Laurent for Ashop.

Dodo’s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival. Scroll down for a different angle.

Dodo’s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival. Scroll up for a different angle.

In St-Henri.

A beautiful mural downtown.

In a Hochelaga alley for Ashop. This was paired with a garage door across the alley as well, see below.

In a Hochelaga alley for Ashop, across the alley from the corner piece above it in this gallery.

Back of truck for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

A huge mural in Mercier for Ashop. See below for an extra segment of it.

The rightmost part of the above Ashop mural in Mercier.

For Ashop on St-Denis.

This one of three trackside walls by Ashop artists in NDG is by Dodo Osé.

For Ashop in Hochelaga.

For Ashop in Rosemont.


duo murals and other 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.

Zek and Dodo Osé for Tyxna in Rosemont.

Collaboration between Dodo Osé and Omar Bernal in NDG, angle 1/3.

Collaboration between Dodo Osé and Omar Bernal in NDG, angle 2/3.

Collaboration between Dodo Osé and Omar Bernal in NDG, angle 3/3.

Collaboration with Axe Lalime at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Dodo Osé and LNK mural for the 2021 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Dodo with the help of Haks in Lachine.

A collaboration with Ankh One in Verdun.

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

Another collaboration with Axe Lalime in the South West.

A collaboration with Ankh One on the Plaza St-Hubert.

Another collaboration with Ankh One in Petite-Patrie, for Ashop.

Zek and Dodo for Ashop in Ahuntsic.

Collaboration with Ankh One for Ashop, downtown.

Ashop mural in Hochelaga featuring Zek and Dodo Osé.


collective 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.

Above 2 photos: mural tribute to cyclist Hugo Houle by the Tyxna collective, in Plateau End.

The Tyxna collective in Hochelaga.

Tribute mural to Robert Charlebois by Tyxna in Ahuntsic.

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

2024 edition of Tyxna‘s mural for the 2022 edition of Mural Festival (see original below). The new letter piece at the base was designed by Zek and painted by Dodo and Fuser.

Above 2 photos: Tyxna mural in Hochelaga. The billboard in front was painted to blend into the mural, as can be see in the second shot above.

Tyxna mural in Hochelaga featuring Dodo Osé on figurative parts, plus letters by Haks, Zek and Fuser.

Tyxna‘s mural for the 2023 edition of Mural Festival featuring Zek, Dodo Osé, Ankh One and Fuser, with assistance from Haks, Arpi and Nick Sweetman.

Tyxna collective mural featuring Zek, Dodo Osé, Ankh One and Fius.

Tribute to Maurice Richard by the Tyxna collective featuring Zek, Dodo Osé, Ankh One and Fius.

Tyxna‘s contribution to the 2022 edition of Mural Festival featuring Zek, Dodo Osé, Ankh One and Fius with help from Haks.

Tyxna mural downtown featuring Zek, Dodo Osé, Ankh One and Fius.

Dodo Osé, Zek, Ankh One and Haks in Ville Emard.

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. Dodo did the insects as well as the character below.

Close-up on a character by Dodo Osé on the above K6A crew wall for the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Calligraphy by Serak and Monk.e and insect by Dodo Osé on a side of a bin in front of the above K6A crew wall for the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Ashop‘s long wall, by Fluke, Zek, Dodo Osé and Ankh One, at Wynwood Walls for the 2018 edition of Art Basel. See below for close-up.

Close-up on Ashop‘s long wall, by Fluke, Zek, Dodo Osé and Ankh One, at Wynwood Walls for the 2018 edition of Art Basel.

Monk.e, Fleo and Dodo Osé on the K6A crew’s wall for the Chats de Ruelle Festival (Canettes de Ruelle 2017).

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

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

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

K6A crew wall at the Festival de Canes, featuring Axe Lalime, Dodo Osé, Fleo, Saer, Serak, Monk.e and OstieOne.

Zek, Dodo Osé, Ankh One for the 2016 edition of Art Basel in Wynwood, Miami (1/2).

Zek, Dodo Osé, Ankh One for the 2016 edition of Art Basel in Wynwood, Miami (2/2).

Dré, Dodo Osé and Ankh One for Ashop in Ahuntsic.

Ashop mural for the Mercier library; photo © Ashop.

Mural by Dré, Dodo Osé and Zek for Ashop in Côte-des-Neiges.

K6A crew contribution to the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, featuring Fleo, Monk.e, Dodo Osé, Serak, Axe Lalime, Dkae and Saer.

Classic and internationally renowned Ashop mural in NDG featuring Fluke, Axe Lalime, Phile, Zek and Dodo Osé.

Ashop mural in the Plateau featuring Dodo Osé, Phile, Zek and Fluke.


assisting others

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.

Fluke (assisted by Fonki, Fonki and Dodo Osé) in Hochelaga.

Zek, Axe Lalime, Awe with help from Dodo Osé, in St-Henri.

Fleo truck side with help from Dodo.


graffiti pieces

Dodo started off writing OSER when he did letters, then as he gradually became Dodo Osé he switched to writing DODO. Therefore, the more recent pieces at the top of this section read DODO while the older ones below read OSER.

Dodo a commencé par écrire OSER lorsqu’il faisait du graffiti puis, après qu’il soit devenu Dodo Osé, il s’est mis à écrire DODO. Conséquemment, les pièces les plus récentes au début de la section ci-dessous se lisent DODO alors que les plus vieilles plus bas se lisent OSER.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Projet 45 skatepark.

A quick on at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

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

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Dodo’s piece on a K6A crew wall.

With Fleo above, in Mercier.

In St-Henri.

A giant piece in an abandoned warehouse.

Close-up on Dodo’s piece on the K6A crew wall for the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

4-man graffiti wall featuring Histo (top left), Riken aka Lorem Ipsum (top right), Dodo Osé (bottom left), Fuser (bottom right).

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Hochelaga.

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

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Dodo (ground) and Fleo (above, split over 2 surfaces) for a Plateau production curated by Axe Lalime.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Dodo’s segment in a K6A crew production in St-Henri.

Fleo (blue), Dodo Osé (red letters) and Axe Lalime (character) contribution to the Scan You Rock tribute to Scaner mega-production.

K6A crew‘s contribution to the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring Axe Lalime (raccoons), Serak (bottom left), Otak (middle left), Satyr (top left), Fleo (top right), Dodo Osé (middle right) and Fluke (bottom right).

Contribution to a big K6A crew jam in St-Henri.

Axe Lalime (top) and Dodo (ground) in St-Henri.

An extra garage door from the above St-Henri jam, featuring Otak, Fleo and Dodo Osé.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel (on the right; visible on the left is Koni HTU).

Truck side, also featuring Bryan Beyung on the back.

Fleo (left) and Dodo Osé (right) in a South West alley.

K6A crew wall on Gilmore featuring Serak (top), Fleo (middle) and Oser aka Dodo Osé (bottom).

In Hochelaga.

In St-Henri.


throws and tags

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

An off-Mural piece.

Off-Mural throw.

In St-Henri.

A Mrs Tips next to a tag by Ofusk, in the Plateau.

A Mr Tips on an abandoned garage in the Plateau.

In Rosemont / Petite-Patrie.

A Mr Tips in Petite-Patrie.

A Mr Tips in Petite-Patrie.

A Mr Tips in Petite-Patrie.

A Mr Tips figurative tag in an abandoned place.

A Mr Tips figurative tag in an abandoned place.

A Mr Tips in the Plateau.

Eskro

Eskro is a graffiti writer active in and around Montreal, and one of the most talented and prolific of his generation. Until the end of 2016 he was a member of the multi-disciplinary crew Astred Collective, but early in 2017 he started representing a new crew called TFS (or 24/7 – twenty-four/seven). At some point early in 2018 he also started representing YU8 (why you hate?) when a friendship between members of TFS and YU8 led to some writers from each one being admitted in the other crew.

Eskro has very little presence online, but you can follow him on Instagram.

Eskro est un graffeur actif à Montréal, et un des plus talentueux et prolifiques de sa génération. Jusque vers la fin de 2016 il était membre du collectif multi-disciplinaire The Astred Collective, mais à partir du début 2017 il s’est mis à représenter TFS (ou 24/7 pour twenty-four/seven). Vers le début de 2018 il a aussi commencé à représenter YU8 (lire why you hate?) après qu’une amitié entre certains membres des crews TFS et YU8 a fait en sorte que des graffeurs de chacun de ces crews ont été admis dans l’autre.

La seule présence d’Eskro sur l’internet est sur Instagram.


pieces, burners, etc.

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.

Eskro and Leys representing YU8 on an abandoned building in the South West.

Eskro (top) and Resok (ground) for the 2024 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Under a bridge.

In Rosemont.

On the roof of an abandoned industrial building.

In Petite-Patrie.

In the South West.

With Leys by the highway.

With Leys by the highway.

Leys and Eskro on an abandoned building.

In Hochelaga.

For the 2022 edition of the Metro festival.

In Rosemont.

With Resok at ground level, in Mercier.

In Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In Rosemont.

Eskro and Leys for the crew, in Rosemont.

In an abandoned building.

Downtown.

In an abandoned building.

Rooftop piece in Ville St-Pierre.

In an abandoned building in Côte-des-Neiges.

In an abandoned building in Côte-des-Neiges.

In an abandoned building in Côte-des-Neiges.

Resok (left letters), Eskro (right letters) and Apok (top) for the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Eskro, Resok and Apok on a garage door for the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Under an overpass.

Wall section of the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring Serna (top left), Resok (top right), Temps (middle left), Nor (middle center), Myrage (middle right), Rizek (ground left) and Eskro (ground right). See below for close-up on Eskro’s piece.

Close-up on Eskro’s piece for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. See full wall above.

In an abandoned building.

Eskro (left) and Haks (right) announcing the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Eskro wrote UNDER and Haks wrote PRESSURE.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

With Resok, under a bridge.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Inside the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Tribute to Scaner by Myrage and Eskro in an abandoned church. See below for close-up.

Close-up on Eskro and Myrage‘s tribute to Scaner in an abandoned church.

Inside an abandoned building on the South Shore.

Inside an abandoned building on the South Shore.

Inside an abandoned building on the South Shore.

On the side of a parked freight train.

Inside an abandoned building on the South Shore.

Inside an abandoned building on the South Shore.

Inside a stable of the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

In Rosemont.

The TFS/POM wall for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring Rizek (top left), Apok (angel), Resok (2nd row left), Myrage (2nd row right), Eskro (3rd row), Serum (ground left) and EK Sept (ground right). See below for close-up on Eskro’s piece.

Close-up on Eskro’s piece for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. See above for full wall.

Inside an abandoned building in Lachine.

Inside an abandoned building in Lachine.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Inside an abandoned building in Lachine.

Inside an abandoned building in Lachine.

Inside an abandoned building in Lachine.

Doing the name of his TFS crew inside an abandoned building in Lachine.

Doing the name of his crewmate Myrage inside an abandoned building in Lachine.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Inside an abandoned warehouse in Hochelaga.

Doing Ekes’ name in Rosemont.

Inside an abandoned building in Pointe-Claire.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Inside a stable of the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

With Apok on character, inside a stable of the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

In Rosemont, with Kuby on character.

Eskro (middle), Apok (bottom right), Ankh One (top) and Jasp (bottom left) for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Indoors piece for an expo at the Fresh Paint Gallery in parallel to the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont, with Lapin on skull.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Mural by Apok and Eskro from the Astred Collective in Pointe St-Charles.

With Apok on character at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Inside a stable of the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

With Hero in Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Also visible above is an older piece by Kube.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Inside a stable of the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

With Rouks on the left at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A quickie in Hochelaga.

Inside a stable of the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Inside a stable of the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

With Apok on character on a Little Italy rooftop.

Rouks representing Next Time (left) and Escro for the Astred Collective (right), in a Plateau alley.

Escro for the Astred Collective in the Plateau.

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

On a parked train bed.

On an overpass pillar.


throws


tags

With Leys.


figurative work

Resok, Eskro, Joh and Coler for the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Eskro and Resok collaboration for the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.