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Five Eight

To mark the creation of one of this year’s most impressive murals in Montreal, here’s a spotlight on the artist Five Eight.

Five Eight is among this city’s best muralists but he is also known for his unique style of graffiti in which he explores fonts and styles quite different from the various wildstyle roots of the artform. His art is actually often a combination of figurative and letters. As seen in the gallery below, he is often hired for commissioned work, but also shines within the less official realms of street art. For more information, check out five8art.com. To view more work than what is displayed here, including non-Montreal, non-street work and even neon, check out the latter link or Five8’s Instagram, Facebook and Flickr pages.

Pour souligner la création d’une des plus importantes murales de l’année à Montréal, voici un profil de l’artiste Five Eight.

Five Eight fait partie des meilleurs muralistes de Montréal, mais il est aussi reconnu pour son style unique de graffiti où l’artiste explore une calligraphie assez différente du wildstyle traditionnel. Son art est en fait assez souvent une combinaison de figuratif et de lettres. Tel que vu dans la galerie-photo ci-dessous, il reçoit une grande quantité de commandes, mais il est tout de même toujours actif dans les sphères moins officielles de l’art de rue. Pour plus d’information, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil sur five8art.com. Pour voir plus d’oeuvres que ce qui est présenté ici, incluant des créations hors-Montréal, du travail de studio et même du néon, voir ce dernier lien ainsi que les pages Instagram, Facebook et Flickr de l’artiste.


murals and other figurative work

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

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

On a huge wall in Hochelaga.

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

Contribution to the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

Mural on Mont-Royal for LNDMRK.

On Laurier.

Tribute to Oliver Jones by Dan Buller and Five Eight in Little Burgundy.

Five Eight (left) and Peru143 (right) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Collaboration with Dré aka Earth Crusher in an abandoned building (left half).

Collaboration with Dré aka Earth Crusher in an abandoned building (right half).

Collaboration of Dare and Five Eight in Ville Emard.


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.

In an abandoned building in the South West.

In Hochelaga.

Writing ‘Soma’, with Earth Crusher on character on a Plateau End rooftop. See below for close-up.

Same as above, but a close-up.

In the Lachine canal.

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.

With Dré aka Earth Crusher at ground level, for the Estival de Canes 2018.

From a 2018 K6A jam in the South West.

In Rosemont.

On Ashop’s wall in Hochelaga.

In the Old Port.

Five Eight (left) and Dré aka Earth Crusher (right and reaper drone in the middle) for Plaza Walls.

Five Eight (top), Skor (middle), Cemz (ground) and character by Earth Crusher for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

For the Chemin Vert block party organised by Ashop.

In St-Henri in 2016.

With Earth Crusher on character on a Plateau garage door.

Doing Pask‘s name as part of an exchange.

Earth Crusher (character) and Five Eight (letters) on rooftop. The letters spell the name of Soma as a sign of respect for using the latter writer’s spot.

Five Eight (top letters), Earth Crusher (central character) and Skor (bottom letters) for the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Also visible at the top is an older piece by Serak.

Bus painted by Bryan Beyung and Five Eight for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival.

Other side of the above bus by Bryan Beyung and Five Eight for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival.

In the Quartier Latin.

Detail of a multi-artist graffiti mural in St-Henri.

Dré aka Earth Crusher with Five Eight for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Five Eight (letters) and Earth Crusher (character) in the basement of an abandoned industrial building.

Fleo and Five pieces in St-Henri.

In NDG.

Five Eight and Dré aka Earth Crusher in an abandoned building.

Pieces by Part, Awe and Five Eight on a Notre-Dame rooftop.

Five Eight and Earth Crusher for the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Click on the latter link for a better shot of the complete wall (but not of Five’s part).

Letters in the bottom right corner of this mural by Omen for the 2013 edition of Mural Festival.

En Masse‘s contribution to the 2013 edition of Mural Festival features Five Eight (central letters) alongside Dan Buller (tennis player), Scaner (top letters), Waxhead (head on the left), Beeforeo (below Five) and Nixon (bottom, top and far right). Photo © Infant Wisdom.

On the Canada Malting abandoned building.

Gene Pendon and Five Eight on this Plateau house.

Five Eight (letters) and Omen (figure) in an abandoned building.

Rooftop piece high above Plateau End. See next for a bird’s eye view.

Bird’s eye view of the above rooftop piece over Plateau End, from Google Earth.

Five Eight (letters) and Omen (figure) in an abandoned building.

On a Petite-Patrie bike trail.

Throw found in an abandoned building.

Throwie.

Throwie.


Tags

Amongst other tags and a bird by ROC514.


Stickers

Mateo

Mateo – real name Mathieu Bories – was born in France but has left a trail of murals around the world, particularly in Latin America as well as in Montreal where he has come to study. His work is recognizable by the integration of stencilled elements, particularly to create textures and motifs. His Montreal catalogue includes a good share of walls created for the program Tandem from the Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie borough.

The photo gallery below only features exterior work done in Montreal. To see what Mateo has created elsewhere or in interior settings, or to see the evolution of his Montreal murals, you can check out mathieubories.com or his Instagram and Facebook pages. This article at StoriesMTL will tell you a bit more about the artist himself. Also very interesting is this photo interview for 7H42.com.

Mateo, de son vrai nom Mathieu Bories, est un artiste d’origine française un peu bohème qui a laissé un grand nombre d’oeuvres murales un peu partout de par le monde, particulièrement en Amérique Latine et à Montréal où il est venu étudier. Son style est reconnaissable par les textures et motifs répétés, imprimés à l’aide de pochoir. Plusieurs de ses plus grandes oeuvres à Montréal ont été créées dans le cadre du projet Tandem de l’arrondissement Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie.

La galerie-photo ci-dessous ne présente que les oeuvres extérieures produites à Montréal. Pour voir ce que Mateo a créé à l’étranger, pour ses oeuvres intérieures, ou pour voir l’évolution des ses murales Montréalaises, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à mathieubories.com, ou à visiter ses pages Instagram et Facebook. Cet article de StoriesMTL vous permettra d’en apprendre un peu plus sur l’artiste. Cette photo entrevue pour 7H42.com est aussi des plus intéressantes.


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.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Mile-Ex.

Downtown mural. Scroll down for details.

Downtown mural, detail 1/3.

Downtown mural, detail 2/3.

Downtown mural, detail 3/3.

In Hochelaga.

In Wynwood, Miami for the 2018 edition of Art Basel.

With his buddy Shine for the Ru street fair on Mont-Royal.

In Villeray. See close-up below.

Close-up of a the above mural in Villeray.

With his buddy Shine in Villeray. See below for close-up.

Close-up detail from the above Villeray mural with buddy Shine.

In Villeray.

In Rosemont.

Small stencil in Mile End.

Stencil in Mile End.

Stencil in Mile End garage door window.

In centre-sud. Check below for a different angle showing most of what the tree is hiding.

Same centre-sud wall as above, different angle.

Stencil in Mile End.

At the Marché Jean-Talon.

A stencil mural in Villeray.

On a restaurant’s side wall in the Quartier Latin.

In a St-Michel park (photo 1/3).

In a St-Michel park (photo 2/3).

In a St-Michel park (photo 3/3).

In Rosemont-Petite-Patrie.

On the side of a church in Petite-Patrie.

A bit of extra stencil on the wall next to the above mural.

Collaboration between MC Baldassari (character) and Mateo (stencilled pattern around character) for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Contribution to the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

Bus covered in stencils and wheatpastes for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival (angle 1/3).

Bus covered in stencils and wheatpastes for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival (angle 2/3).

Bus covered in stencils and wheatpastes for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival (angle 3/3).

Stencilled flowerpot on Amherst for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival.

Another angle of the stencilled flowerpot on Amherst for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival.

Short-lived stencil in the fashion district.

Stencil inside the abandoned Transco.

In Petite-Patrie.

This wall is located across the street from the one on Papineau shown further down in this gallery.

For a 2015 VHS – Van Horne Station block party.

On Plaza St-Hubert post (2 sides shown).

Contribution to the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

On Papineau for Tandem Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie. You can see a video of the making of this mural on Vimeo.

In Rosemont for Tandem Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie for Tandem Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie.

In Rosemont for Tandem Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie. This wall has been graffitied over and is now always half hidden by a garbage container, so I’m showing this photo © Mathieu Bories.

In Villeray.

Detail of the Villeray wall above, showing the fake window and various stencilled elements.

Contribution to the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In upper Rosemont.

In Mile-Ex for Tandem Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie.

In a Rosemont alley.

Signed Bobo in Mile End.

More ‘Bobo’ stencils in Mile End. Pasted between them is a wheatpaste from You Go Girl.

These garage doors in Hochelaga look like they are from Mateo’s hand, but they are actually from a friend of his using some of his stencils.


wallpaper paste-ups

Inspired by the success of his paintings on patterned carpets which he sells in galleries, Mateo developed these streets versions on strips of wallpaper.

Suite au succès de ses oeuvres sur tapis qui connaissent beaucoup de succès en gallerie, Mateo a développé ces variations sur papier peint, idéales pour la rue.

Set of two in the Plateau.


wheatpastes / collages

This wheatpaste in Mile End was first seen on the bus Mateo did for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival (scroll up to view).

Poster on the boarded up Club Sandwich for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival.


stickers / autocollants

This one is above the digital screen of a parking meter.

Peru143

Peru143 is known for his murals and has contributed to projects for En Masse. He sometimes works within Wastoids, an unofficial ‘crew’ featuring his friends Cabin aka Cabe, Faser and Anode. For more information and photos of Peru143’s art, check out Peru143.com and his Instagram page. Older material is still found at his apparently abandoned Flickr and WordPress pages.

Peru143 est reconnu pour ses murales et a participé à divers projets du ‘collectif’ En Masse. Il fait partie de Wastoids, un ‘crew’ non-officiel dont font aussi partie ses amis Cabin (Cabe), Faser et Anode. Pour plus d’information sur Peru et pour plus de photos de son travail, voir Peru143.com et sa page Instagram. Ses pages Flickr et WordPress semblent avoir été abandonnées depuis quelques années, mais on y trouve toujours une grande quantité de photos.


In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Peru’s main contribution to the 2026 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Peru’s contribution to the En Masse collective wall for the 2026 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

At the Big O.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. It was painted on a rainy day, hence the drips from the flat which hadn’t time to dry.

For the 2025 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

On a skating ramp in parc Lafontaine.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Little Burgundy.

At the Olympic skatepark.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In the inner courtyard of a disused building.

At a Mile End skatepark.

For the 2023 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

In a downtown alley, near-full frontal view. See angled shots below.

In a downtown alley, view from the left end. See other angles above and below.

In a downtown alley, view from the right end. See other angles above and below.

In a downtown alley, view from the right end. See other angles above.

Peru (ground) and Astro (above) for Breaking Walls / Meeting Of Styles.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

On a St-Henri park container.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

Collaboration with Zek and Deep in NDG.

Segment 1/3 of a long wall in Hochelaga. See below for the rest of this wall.

Segment 2/3 of a long wall in Hochelaga. See above and below for the rest of this wall.

Segment 3/3 of a long wall in Hochelaga. See above for the rest of this wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Peru bookending a portrait by Monk.e, in Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Big mural in a Rosemont alley.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

On a Verdun school, photo 1/2.

On a Verdun school, photo 1/2.

Inside an abandoned church.

In Mile End.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At a secluded spot on the North Shore.

At the Lhasa de Sela park.

At the Lhasa de Sela park, opposite side of the above, with his crew Wastoids.

On garage doors in Monkland village, with assistance from Fiefo.

On garage door in Akira’s alley.

Truck/van side. See below for opposite side.

Truck/van side. See above for opposite side.

Minivan side.

Opposite side and back of the above.

Minivan side, presumably for Mu.

On one of the pillars of the Van Horne|Rosemont overpass.

In alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the Rosemont-Petite-Patrie borough.

“Diversitree” in NDG.

On St-Denis.

On a Plateau garage door.

In a Plateau back alley.

Peru143 (left) and Fiefo (right) in a Plateau alley.

The left part of the above Peru section after it was restored in 2023.

On the side wall of a Plateau laundromat, perhaps in a collaboration with someone else.

On the side-wall of a Plateau drugstore.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark. Notice the Wastoids throwie (in yellow) on the right.

Detail of the En Masse piece at Espace Go.

Another detail (bottom left) of the En Masse piece at Espace Go (most of what is visible top right is by Tyler K Rauman).

Chris Dyer (left), his brother Peru143 (top right) and MSHL (bottom right) in upper Plateau.

Another brotherly collaboration between Chris Dyer (left) and Peru (right), this one in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

This is a segment of the 2016 Sun Youth front wall production involving at least a dozen artists. It shows Waxhead top left around letters by Getso, Cryote in pink top right, Meor in the middle beneath Cryote, Peru143 middle right yellow name piece, Mole Patrol bottom left, Cryote bottom middle and Pound Puppy middle right.

On Plateau alley doors.

Taking back his pace with this throwie.

A golden throwie from 2016.

Highwayside throw.


tags and throws

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

At a skatepark in Ville-Marie.

Representing Wastoids.


stickers

A sticker tag

Astro

Astro is another one of our street artists that history should remember. After making his name as one of Montreal’s top graffiti artists, he was roughly arrested and consequently now concentrates on legal street pieces and studio work. He is a member of DUC crew (with Pask, Koal, Sino, Stare etc.) as well as the French crew EB (which also includes Otek from Montreal). He has also been part of the now defunct La Paria crew with Zema, Frank Lam, etc. For more info on the artist or for photos of his studio work or his street work outside Montreal, see his personal website as well as his Instagram and Behance pages.

Astro est un autre de nos artiste de rue que l’histoire ne devrait pas oublier. Après s’être illustré comme un des tops graffeurs à Montréal, il a été arrêté (une ‘arrestation musclée’ pour utiliser les termes de l’artiste) et en conséquence il s’en tient maintenant aux oeuvres légales et au travail en studio. Il fait partie du DUC crew (avec Pask, Koal, Sino, Stare, etc) ainsi que du crew français EB (qui inclut aussi Otek de Montréal). Il a aussi fait partie du défunt crew La Paria avec Zema, Frank Lam, etc. Pour plus d’information sur l’artiste et pour voir des photos de son travail de studio ou ses oeuvres de rue hors-Montréal, voir son site web personnel ainsi que ses pages Instagram et Behance.


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

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

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Above 2 photos: on minivan.

For the 2025 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Tribute to Scan in the Plateau.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Above 3 photos: Astro’s contribution to the 2024 edition of Canettes de Ruelle in 3 different angles.

In the Plateau.

In Montreal-Nord.

Peru143 (ground) and Astro (above) for Breaking Walls / Meeting Of Styles.

Above 2 photos: on park benches in Laval.

In Old Montreal. See ends of containers in angled shots below.

In Old Montreal. Frontal shot above.

In Old Montreal. Frontal shot above.

In Rosemont.

Sank featuring characters by Astro, in Rosemont.

In Hochelaga. A few more characters found their way in a piece by Monk.e next to it, see below.

In Hochelaga, over an older piece by Monk.e. These are extra characters to a full piece next to this, see above.

Astro’s contribution to the 2020 Lachine graffiti jam.

MSHL piece with characters by Astro, at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In a Verdun alley.

“CoronAstro” in Rosemont.

In Montreal Nord.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall (1/2, see next).

At the PSC legal graffiti wall (2/2, see above).

With Borgê on letters, in Rosemont.

Under a bridge.

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

In Verdun for Mu.

In a Rosemeont alley. See below for a close-up detail.

Detail of the above wall in a Rosemeont alley.

Tribute to Scaner at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Visible above is an older piece by Kare.

On a Hochelaga garage door.

Astro’s part in Ashop‘s Hip Hop You Don’t Stop project on the walls of a NDG garage.

In Rosemont.

For a daycare in a Hochelaga alley (part 1/3).

For a daycare in a Hochelaga alley (part 2/3).

For a daycare in a Hochelaga alley (part 3/3).

In Petite-Patrie for Plaza Walls.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Astro’s part in a big production in St-Henri.

In Rosemont.

On a sidewalk panel on Amherst for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival.

On containers in a Plateau schoolyard, angle 1/2.

On containers in a Plateau schoolyard, angle 2/2.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Inside the abandoned Transco.

Quickie found inside the abandoned Transco.

On a container in a Plateau park.

One of two contributions to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival.

The other of two contributions to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival.

Above 4 photos: Both sides and ends of a container in a Plateau park.

In Rosemont.

Inside an abandoned tunnel.

At the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen, summer 2014.

With DUC crewmate Koal.

With DUC crewmate Pask on the opposite side of the above.

On an abandoned warehouse in Hochelaga.

At the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen. Photo © Astro.

In Hochelaga. This is a detail of a wall also featuring DUC crewmate Pask and Robe/Fore.

Interrupted by the police in an abandoned industrial building.

In centre-sud.

This Koal piece next to the one above also features a character by Astro.

In Hochelaga near the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen. This is a detail of wall also featuring Axe.

The Axe piece next to the one above also features a character by Astro.

La Paria’s contribution to the 2013 edition of Mural Festival.

In Rosemont. Photo © Astro.

In Rosemont. Photo © Astro.

Photo © Astro.

Collaboration with Skepa on Napoleon (left half).

Collaboration with Skepa on Napoleon (right half).

In Hochelaga.

In Montreal West.

With defunct crew La Paria (with Zema, Frank Lam, etc.) on one of the pillars of the Van Horne|Rosemont overpass.

Side view of the above pillar by La Paria.

Another wall by La Paria, this one near the Champs des Possibles.

Inside an abandoned industrial building.

Collaboration with Scaner (left) and Zeus (right) on Clark. Photo © Astro.

In a Plateau alley.


paste-ups

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stickers


other

Repeated print put up by the city in the windows of closed businesses. This is a close-up detail, see below for context.

Repeated print put up by the city in the windows of closed businesses. See above for close-up detail.

Monk.e

Monk.e logoIn his own words, Monk.e is “…a multi-talented thinker who expresses himself through his paintings, his poetry and his daily actions” (my translation). He is indeed a great communicator who leads two careers in parallel: urban visual artist and hip hop MC with already many albums to his credit. He is mainly known in the streets of Montreal for his community-oriented work often done alongside other members from K6A or for Ashop. He his mostly recognised for his figurative murals bringing together man and nature, but he also does graffiti deconstructed to near-abstraction.

Even though the image gallery below mostly shows Montreal creations, Monk.e is also very active in the rest of Quebec as well as in many other places around the world, particularly in Latin America and in Africa. To view his work outside Montreal or for info about his musical career check out his Facebook and Instagram pages.

Monk.e se dit être “…un penseur aux multiples talents qui exprime ses pensées les plus profondes à travers sa peinture, sa poésie et ses actions au quotidien”. Il est effectivement un grand communicateur et mène deux carrières en parallèle, celle d’artiste visuel urbain et celle d’emcee hip hop ayant déjà plusieurs albums à son actif. Il est surtout reconnu dans les rues de Montréal pour ses oeuvres à caractère communautaire, souvent effectuées en tandem avec ses collègues de K6A ou pour Ashop. Son art balance entre du figuratif très axé sur l’humain et la nature, et du graffiti déconstruit à la limite de l’abstraction.

Bien que la galerie-photo ci-dessous montre surtout des oeuvres créées à Montréal, Monk.e est aussi très actif dans le reste du Québec ainsi qu’à plusieurs autres endroits de par le monde, particulièrement en Amérique latine et en Afrique. Pour des photos de son travail à l’extérieur de Montréal ou pour de l’information sur sa carrière musicale, jetez un coup d’oeil sur ses pages Facebook et Instagram.


figurative work

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

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

In St-Henri.

Commemorative mural to Vice Verses In Hochelaga.

A collaboration with Korb in Hochelaga.

A collaboration with Wolf inside an abandoned building.

Above 3 photos: one of 4 pillars for the La40 prod under the Metropolitan highway.

Above 4 photos: one of 4 pillars for the La40 prod under the Metropolitan highway.

Above 3 photos: one of 4 pillars for the La40 prod under the Metropolitan highway.

Above 4 photos: one of 4 pillars for the La40 prod under the Metropolitan highway.

Above 2 shots: Monk.e in an abandoned building.

In a Hochelaga alley.

Inside an abandoned church.

Tribute to Zilon at the Foufounes Electriques, painted shortly after the artist passed away.

A tribute to Fredy Villanueva in Villeray.

Monk.e (mostly left) and Luvs (mostly right) for the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

A garage door in Mile End.

Monk.e added the character and background on the left to an earlier of his mural in Hochelaga (scroll down for the full original). Also featuring a few new characters by Astro in the bottom right corner. See below for a close-up on the main character on the left.

In Hochelaga. This is a close-up on a section of the piece shown above.

In the Plateau.

Portrait by Monk.e bookended by letters from Peru.

In Ahuntsic. See below for an alternate angle.

Alternate angle of the above Ahuntsic mural.

In Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

Back of truck.

In Hochelaga. Scroll down for close-ups.

Close-up on the left half of the Hochelaga wall above.

Close-up on the right half of the Hochelaga wall above.

A small piece from a prod in St-Henri.

In Hochelaga, next to a schoolyard.

From a semi-private jam in the Plateau.

In Mercier.

In Rosemont.

Monk.e and Ankh One representing Ashop on the wall of a Hochelaga school.

Monk.e and Ankh One representing Ashop for the Surfaces outdoors artshow.

Monk.e in collaboration with Haks and Jimmy Baptiste on a South West high school (front view; see next for side view).

Monk.e in collaboration with Haks and Jimmy Baptiste on a South West high school (side view; see above for front view).

In Ville St-Laurent.

In Hochelaga.

In a Ville-Emard school playground.

Collaboration with Ankh One in a Mile End alley (click to zoom in).

Mural in Rosemont.

Monk.e, Fonki and Ankh One collaboration mural for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

For the Festival de Canes in Longueuil.

Ashop wall featuring Shadow (middle ground level), Zek (above, plus background), Monk.e (left) and Ankh One (right).

Monk.e (left), Strike (middle) and Flying Eric (right) for Ashop‘s Hip Hop You Don’t Stop project on the walls of a NDG garage.

For the 2016 edition of the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop Festival.

The opposite side to the above is a collaboration between Tiburón (characters) and Monk.e (around).

At Plaza Walls.

Collaboration with Tiburón at Plaza Walls.

Close-up on Monk.e’s part in a mural collaboration with Axe and Awe in Ahuntsic.

For the Chemin Vert block party organised by Ashop.

Monk.e’s part in the 2016 Amalgam Festival in Sherbrooke.

In Petite-Patrie for the Rosemont-Petite-Patrie borough.

With Ygrek on the left, in Hochelaga.

Near St-Laurent, done off-Mural Festival 2016.

Parc Laurier container, photo 1/2.

Parc Laurier container, photo 2/2. Top right is a laminate by National Zombi which was integrated by Monk.e into the art instead of being removed.

Parc Lafontaine, photo 1/3.

Parc Lafontaine, photo 2/3.

Parc Lafontaine, photo 3/3.

With the help of Smilé/Smilee at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

In a Hochelaga alley.

On a container in Mile End.

Side of the above container.

Back of the above container.

In the Plateau.

Truck piece, with Mastrocola in the front half.

The 2015 edition of this Hochelaga mural with Axe for K6A.

On garage door in St-Henri.

Contribution to the 2015 edition of Mural Festival.

Near St-Laurent.

Baldwin pool, Fullum side. For Ashop.

Baldwin pool, Rachel side, left half. For Ashop.

Baldwin pool, Rachel side, right half. For Ashop.

In Petite-Patrie.

This is the 2014 edition of a Hochelaga mural with Axe for K6A.

Monk.e on wheels.

In Ahuntsic-Cartierville for Ashop; photo © Monk.e.

Monk.e did the background for this piece by Chris Dyer / Positive Creations.

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

Near St-Laurent.

This Hochelaga mural also served as the cover for one of Monk.e’s albums.

Well hidden in St-Henri/Little Burgundy.

In lower Mile-End, view from the street.

Same as above, view from the alley.

In Hochelaga.

This is the 2013 edition of a Hochelaga mural with Axe for K6A.

Collaboration with Clandestinos (Shalak and Bruno Smoky) in the Plateau.

In Little Italy for the Rosemont-Petite-Patrie borough. You can view the making of this mural on Youtube.

In the Plateau.

In a Hochelaga back alley, blending in with Mastrocola on the left.

Representing K6A on a city of Montreal building on Marie-Anne.

Same as above, frontal view (click to view bigger).

At the abandoned “Jailspot”.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont for the Rosemont-Petite-Patrie borough.

One of the pillars of the Van Horne|Rosemont overpass.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Collaboration with Bonga, Becors, Jotapepax and Shalak in the Plateau.

Collaboration with Bruno Smoky and Shalak in Hochelaga.

Underneath expressway.

Overgrown with vines in Hochelaga.

Plateau wall from 2007; photo © Monk.e.

In a Plateau alley.

A very old piece on a Pointe St-Charles basketball court.


figurative and letters

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

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

Monk.e and Awie collaboration in St-Henri.

For the 2026 edition of Under Pressure.

Inside an abandoned building.

In Rosemont.

In Hochelaga.

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

At the 2025 edition of Meeting Of Styles.

Above 2 shots: inside an abandoned building.

Inside an abandoned building.

Monk.e (left and letter background) and Mr Myl (right) for the 2025 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Hochelaga, featuring Zeus on the letter piece.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Hochelaga.

Above 3 photos: a diptych by Monk.e at the Papineau legal graffiti wall, close-ups on each half and full shot.

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

Inside an abandoned building.

Monk.e and Awie collaboration mural in St-Henri.

With Opire (wolf) for the 2024 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Homage to Slimka at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel, a collaboration with Axe Lalime.

Homage to Shreez at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

A collaboration with Mr Myl for the 2023 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In St-Henri.

In a Hochelaga alley.

A collaboration with Luvs for Breaking Walls / Meeting Of Styles.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Collaboration between Monk.e and Ankh One in Ville St-Laurent.

Collaboration between Monk.e and Ankh One in Ville St-Laurent.

Tribute to rapper Jeune Loup a few months after he was shot dead.

In a Rosemont alley.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel featuring Draw Or King on the red face and eye.

In the Plateau. See below for close-ups on each of the 4 panels.

Above 4: close-ups on the panels of a 4-panel mural in the Plateau.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Tribute to Vice Verses in Hochelaga.

In a central graffiti alley.

Collaboration with Maliciouz in the McGill ghetto. See below for a close-up on Monk.e’s part.

Monk.e’s part on a collaboration wall with Maliciouz (see above for full wall).

In Rosemont.

In the McGill Ghetto.

Tribute to Scaner on truck side for the 2017 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

In Rosemont.

In Little Italy.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Monk.e (left letters and background) and SBU One (figurative material) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Parc Jeanne-Mance container, photo 1/3.

Parc Jeanne-Mance container, photo 2/3.

Parc Jeanne-Mance container, photo 3/3.

2016 updated version of the Mural Festival wall seen above, with new letters at the bottom.

At the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen. Also visible at the top is a wheatpaste by Lovebot.

In a Hochelaga alley.

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

Representing K6A on the Plateau.

Serak, Monk.e and Saer from 2003 in Parc-Ex.


letters

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

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

In St-Henri.

In Rosemont.

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

Inside an abandoned building.

In Hochelaga.

Inside an abandoned building.

Monk.e on letters featuring characters by Axe Lalime, in Hochelaga.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

With Axe Lalime inside an abandoned church.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In St-Henri.

With Axe Lalime on character, a section of a long mural in Hochelaga.

In St-Henri.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Monk.e on letters and Axe Lalime on fox, at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Turf One over calligraphy by Monk.e in Petite-Patrie. Different angle below.

Turf One over calligraphy by Monk.e in Petite-Patrie. Different angle above.

Doing Dali’s name shortly before the Divina Dali live event in which he participated.

In a Rosemont alley.

In a Mile End alley.

This segment of a multi-artist production in Hochelaga features Monk.e on letters and Omar Bernal on bird.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Monk.e on letters at ground level, and Grils above, in Villeray.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

A huge 3D piece in Lasalle.

Calligraphy / graffiti on a Mile End fence.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In an abandoned building in the South West.

Truck side.

In St-Henri.

Truck side for the 2019 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Monk.e’s part on the K6A wall for the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Stretching it with the help of a sliding door in an abandoned warehouse.

Calligraphy in an abandoned building. See below for other half.

Calligraphy in an abandoned building. See above for other half.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In the Plateau.

In St-Henri.

Monk.e on letters and Rouks on character, in Rosemont.

With Fleo and Dodo Osé on K6A‘s wall for the Chats de Ruelle Festival (Canettes de Ruelle 2017).

In St-Henri. The making of this piece was filmed by Bombing Science, view here.

Tribute to Scaner with Monk.e on letters (Scan’s name) and character by Tiburón.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

From a K6A jam in St-Henri.

In Rosemont.

In a Hochelaga alley.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

For the 2016 edition of the graffiti jam at the Lachine legal wall.

On a container in Mile End.

Side of the above container.

Monk.e on background letter with Sermob from Mexico on figurative parts.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In a Hochelaga alley.

In a Hochelaga back alley.

In a Hochelaga back alley.

An unofficial piece in Rosemont.

In Hochelaga.

‘Deconstructivism’ in a Rosemont back alley.

This 2002 piece is fading and the wall has been extensively patched, but it is worth showing here because it presumably is Monk.e’s (or perhaps anyone’s!) oldest graffiti still up in this city.


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 que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

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

Close-up on Monk.e’s contribution to the large K6A crew wall shown above.

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. Monk.e’s name piece is split in three: top left, right of the buddha character and to the right of the right window. He also worked on the characters below the right window and to the right side of the middle fence.

In front of the above Under Pressure 2020 wall, Serak and Monk.e also covered the side of this bin with the names of K6A crew members.

Calligraphy by Serak and Monk.e and insect by Dodo Osé on a side of a bin in front of the K6A crew wall for the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival (scroll up to view the wall).

Monk.e (red/orange parts), Jimmy Baptiste (blue parts), Deluxo (light green) and DRPN aka Drippin’ Soul (beige/greenish parts), in Hochelaga.

The K6A crew wall from the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival features Monk.e mostly in the left third (scroll down for close-up). Also featured on this huge wall are Ankh One, Axe Lalime, Fleo, Serak, Otak, Awe, Snikr, Royal, Rekal and Saer.

Close-up on Monk.e’s section on the huge K6A crew wall from the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival

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

Ashop creation on a Plateau school by Bryan Beyung, assisted by Ankh One and Monk.e.

This Ashop wall on a Verdun high school was designed and created by Zek, with Monk.e as an assistant.

This huge wall from the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival features Hsix (bottom left), Sermob (bears), Bryan Beyung (horse) and les Hommes de Lettres (top), all tied together by Monk.e.

The K6A wall done during the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival features Monk.e as well as Axe, Fleo, Phile and Dodo Osé.

The K6A wall done during the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival features Monk.e alongside Fleo, Dodo Osé, Serak, Axe, Dkae and Saer.

Fanny Aishaa, assisted by Monk.e and Guko.


tags, etc.

Scaner

On 9 September 2017 the Montreal graffiti community lost one of its greatest writers, a “king” to use an expression from that world. The news of the death of the artist working under the aliases of Alex Scaner, Scaner or simply Scan, following a long battle with cancer, spread like wildfire.

In his mid-thirties, Scaner was one of Montreal’s first great graffiti artists. In the days following his death, hundreds of writers from Montreal and around the world as well as many street artists took to social media to pay homage and to express their respect for their brother, their chief, their king, the one who had been such a great influence on their own artistic development.

Scaner, alongside his brothers in the KG, DA and TFB crews (to name just a few), has helped shape the Montreal graffiti scene, give it its style and make it shine outside Montreal. Internationally known, he has worked alongside many of the greatest names of Canadian, American and European graffiti. He has also invited many of the best international writers to Montreal, thus creating networks for himself and his artistic family.

In just 20 years, this prolific artist has created hundreds, even thousands of burners, throws and tags. Given the ephemeral nature of the artform many are now gone but, thanks to the internet, they will live on and continue to influence the upcoming generations of graffiti artists. Only time and the elements will gradually chip away at what is left of his art in our streets, alleys, parks, offices, businesses and abandoned buildings, as the artist commands so much respect within the world of graffiti that no one would dare go over his work.

History will remember Scaner. When the negative taboos associated with the vandal origins of this artform drop and art historians study the artists who will have defined our era, Scaner will be remembered as the one who was taken too soon, but still left an immeasurable legacy.

The local and international artistic communities did not wait for Scaner’s passing to recognize his influence and express their love and respect. After the news broke out in the Spring of 2017 that the artist hadn’t much time left, his closest crewmates and friends got together and organized tribute productions (such as Scan You Rock). As well, hundreds of pieces created in Montreal, Toronto, New York, Barcelona, etc. have since been dedicated to him.

Following his departure tributes have been coming in even greater numbers. Scaner may be gone, but his star will go on shining brighter and brighter…

For more information on Scaner and for more photos of his work, check out his personal webpage as well as Facebook and Instagram. Production CanDo is in charge of the legacy of the artist.

Related posts:
Tributes to Scaner
Scan You Rock tribute wall
Scan You Rock production
Time Is Gold

Scaner tagLe 9 septembre 2017 la scène montréalaise du graffiti perdait un géant, un king, pour utiliser un terme du milieu. La nouvelle du décès de l’artiste connu sous les pseudonymes d’Alex Scaner, de Scaner ou Scan, suite à une longue bataille contre le cancer, s’est répandue comme une onde de choc.

Dans la mi-trentaine, l’artiste était un des premiers très grands noms du graffiti à Montréal. Les jours suivant son décès, des centaines de graffeurs montréalais et internationaux ainsi que plusieurs artistes du milieu du street art sont sortis dans les médias sociaux pour affirmer leur amour, leur respect et leur désarroi face à la perte de leur frère, de leur chef, de leur king, de celui qui avait été une de leurs plus grandes influences.

Scaner, aux côtés de ses frères dans les crews KG, DA ou TFB pour n’en nommer que quelques uns, a contribué à façonner la scène montréalaise du graffiti, à lui donner son style et la faire rayonner hors de Montréal. De notoriété internationale, il a exercé son art aux côtés des plus grands du monde du graff canadien, américain et européen. Il a aussi invité de nombreux graffeurs d’ailleurs à Montréal, établissant de ce fait de nombreux contacts et réseaux pour sa famille artistique.

En tout juste 20 ans, l’artiste prolifique a créé des centaines, voire des milliers de burners, de throws, de tags. Étant donnée la nature éphémère de cette forme d’art plusieurs de ces pièces sont maintenant disparues mais, grâce à l’internet, elles continueront d’influencer les générations de graffeurs à venir. Et il ne fait pas de doute que seul le temps et le climat auront raison de ce qui reste de sa main dans nos rues, ruelles, parcs, bureaux, commerces et édifices abandonnés, puisque l’artiste commande un tel respect que personne du milieu n’oserait repasser sur ses oeuvres.

L’histoire se rappellera de Scaner. Quand les préjugés négatifs dûs aux origines vandales de cette forme d’expression artistique tomberont et que les historiens d’art s’intéresseront aux artistes qui auront marqué notre époque, on se rappellera de Scaner comme celui qui est parti trop tôt mais qui a tout de même laissé un legs immense.

La communauté artistique locale et internationale n’a pas attendu son départ pour reconnaître son influence et lui exprimer son amour et son respect. Depuis que la nouvelle s’est répandue au printemps 2017 qu’il ne lui restait que très peu de temps, elle s’est mobilisée et a mis sur pieds quelques méga-productions (telles que Scan You Rock) en son honneur. De plus, des centaines de pièces créées par ses pairs à Montréal, Toronto, New York, Barcelone, etc., lui ont été dédiées.

Et depuis son départ ces hommages se sont multipliés. Scaner n’est plus, mais son étoile continuera de briller de plus en plus…

Pour plus d’information sur Scaner et pour voir plus de photos de son oeuvre, visitez sa page personnelle ainsi que ses pages Facebook et Instagram. Production CanDo est en charge de la promotion de l’héritage artistique de Scan.

Articles connexes:
Hommages à Scaner
mur hommage Scan You Rock
production Scan You Rock
Time Is Gold


graffiti pieces

This was Scaner’s final piece. He left only an outline, it was filled in by his brothers in KG, Stare and Zek. Bear on the left is by Harry Bones. From Time Is Gold, Scaner’s last production.

In the Plateau.

This one was done during a block party in Mile End.

In Rosemont.

In upper Plateau.

In Hochelaga.

Scaner’s part in the Scan You Rock jam celebrating him.

In a central Montreal alley.

In upper Plateau.

In Wynwood, Miami.

In Hochelaga.

In upper Plateau.

Next to the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Scaner (left) and Kemr (right) at the Cabot x Gilmore walls.

In Hochelaga.

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

In Rosemont.

Heating up Rosemont.

In a Hochelaga alley.

Rooftop burner in Petite-Patrie.

Well hidden in the Plateau.

Well hidden in the Plateau.

Well hidden in the Plateau.

In upper Plateau.

In Rosemont.

In the gym of an abandoned school.

In the gym of an abandoned school.

This piece dated 2014 was found in Wynwood, Miami.

In Hochelaga.

In NDG.

Scaner (bottom centre), Serak (top), Ether (middle letters), Axe (left characters), and Hsix (right character) contributing to the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Scaner (top 2) and Hsix (bottom) in a Hochelaga alley.

On an abandoned warehouse.

In a upper Hochelaga back alley.

In Town of Mount Royal.

At the 2015 Chromatic block party.

On Mont-Royal.

Above the LNDMRK offices.

In Ville-Marie. The cats are by Axe and the letters on the left by Zek.

In Pointe St-Charles.

In Pointe St-Charles.

By train tracks.

Trackside.

Inside an abandoned building.

At the back of an industrial building.

Scaner on wheels.

Another truck side.

Another Scaner on truck. The back of the truck is by Bryan Beyung.

One more truck side.

K-Way promo for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

Opposite side of the above truck for K-Way at the 2016 edition of Mural Festival, doing the name of Dodo Osé (who did the back side of the truck).

En Masse‘s contribution to the 2013 edition of Mural Festival features Scaner (top letters) alongside Dan Buller (tennis player), Five Eight (central letters), Waxhead (head on the left), Beeforeo (below Five) and Nixon (bottom, top and far right). Photo © Infant Wisdom.

By train tracks.

Graffiti by Feka, Peur and Scaner, with a Lovebot wheatpaste at the top and hissing beasts by Axe.

Scaner on letters and right character, with Morz on left character, in a downtown inner courtyard.

Scaner (letters) and Axe (creatures) in Petite-Patrie.

Trackside piece in Petite-Patrie.

In a Hochelaga park.

In an abandoned building in the South West.

Scaner (writing), Earth Crusher (central character) and Axe (end figures) in an abandoned industrial building.

In Griffintown.

On an abandoned warehouse.

Doing Hoacs‘ name at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In an abandoned building.

In Mercier.

In a NDG/Côte des Neiges alley.

In a NDG/Côte des Neiges parking space.

In a NDG/Côte des Neiges alley.

In the Plateau.

Another one in the Plateau.

Above Shok in the Plateau.

In Centre-Sud.

In TMR.

In Centre-Sud.

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.

Highwayside in Montreal Est.

Highwayside in Montreal Est.

In Old Montreal.

This worn out piece off Clark was covered with something new in 2014.

Scaner in the middle of a wall by Astro and Zeus. The wheatpaste in the middle of all this is from Graffiti Knight.

Right half of a piece in NDG (sorry, left half is missing).

This piece in Rosemont-Petite-Patrie is dated 2004!

On roof edge visible from Papineau.

Another roof edge, this one on St-Laurent.

More rooftop, this one at the abandoned Transco.

More rooftop action at the abandoned Transco.

Next to train tracks in Mile-End. Also visible at the top is a paste-up by Turtle Caps.

In Petite-Patrie.

Under an expressway. Artist at the bottom is unidentified.

Pieces by Scaner and Sewk visible from train tracks in Rosemont.

In Hochelaga.

In Parc-Ex.

Under an overpass in Ville-Marie.

In a Plateau back alley.

On a St-Laurent mid-level roof.

In upper Plateau.

In an abandoned industrial building.

By train tracks.

This throw was found in Barcelona.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

On a Plateau rooftop.

Rooftop throws, also featuring a throw by Zonek in this shot.

In Mile End.

Rooftop in Hochelaga.

Smak and Scan over St-Laurent.

Scaner and Zek on a Décarie rooftop. See close-up below.

Close-up on the collaboration with Zek shown above.

Rooftop collaboration with Zek.

Stare and Scaner on d’Iberville.

On a Plateau rooftop.

In Mile End.

Same Mile End spot as above.

Some train track work.

In Petite-Patrie.

Under an expressway.

In an abandoned building.

One for the crew in an abandoned building.

On an industrial buiding.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

In Pointe St-Charles.

More industrial work.

Throw in Rosemont.

In Parc-Ex, from 2003.

Tag and throwie.

Throwie and tag found inside an abandoned school.

Throwie found inside an abandoned school.

Throwie found inside an abandoned school.

Throwie in Mile End.

On closed restaurant awaiting demolition on Sherbrooke.

In Hochelaga.

Two-for-one throws.

Industrial Hochelaga.

At the abandoned “Jailspot”.

Throw in a Plateau alley next to a piece by Persue dedicated to the man.

In the Plateau.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In an abandoned building in the South West.

Trackside in Verdun.

Trackside.

Trackside.

On the Plateau.

In Petite-Patrie.

Fading away in Griffintown. Also visible below is a throw by Awe.


murals and mural pieces

Scaner and Axe contributing to the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

Another angle of the above piece for the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

Presumably Scaner’s longest commissioned piece, found in a Plateau End alley.

Above piece seen from the other end.

Same alley as above, middle detail.

With Stare in Old Montreal.

Scaner, Stare and Axe in Ville-Marie.

Commissioned work on restaurant sidewall in the Village.

In the fashion district.

In upper Plateau.

This unusual work on Aird, like the one below, is by Scaner and/or Axe.

This unusual work on Aird, like the one above it, is by Scaner and/or Axe.


tags and hollows

Scaner (top) and Axe (bottom).

Scaner tag on the move.

Applying for a job with Garbage Beauty.

Don’t adjust your screen focus.

Making you dizzy?

On fence

On fence

Bubble flop

Drips

Intervention on someone else’s wheatpaste.

A 2-letter throw by Scan under Serak, on the abandoned Canada Malting.


Mr Can Do

On the abandoned George General d’Auto Reparation.

Plateau back alley.

Sleeping dogs should check their backs, in Griffintown.

In the upper Plateau.

In an alley off St-Laurent.

Above the LNDMRK offices. Also visible is a diamond by Le Diamantaire.

Another one above the LNDMRK offices.

Rooftop twins in upper Plateau.

Scaner (in red and black) interspersed with graffiti by an unidentified writer on an abandoned warehouse in Hochelaga. This is actually a detail, the wall goes on and on like this.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Off a St-Laurent roof.

In a Petite-Patrie alley.

At the abandoned “Jailspot”.

Inside an abandoned school.

On the abandoned George General d’Auto Reparation.

Worn out piece on the Plateau

Found near the Cabot x Gilmore walls.


wheatpastes and paste-ups

This one was found on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Wheatpastes by Ether and Scaner.

This one was found on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

This one was found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Tag paste-up in Chinatown.

Throwie paste-up in Chinatown.

Throwie paste-up in Chinatown.

Throwie paste-up in Chinatown.

Throwie paste-up in Chinatown. Also visible is a sticker by Ether.


stickers

Sticker tag.

Sticker tag.

Sticker tag.

Sticker throwies on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Kat

Kat, an activist for animal rights, started pasting posters in the streets and alleys of Montreal in 2014, a few years after arriving here from her native France. Her recurring theme of anthropomorphic creatures with animal masks quickly got her noticed by local fans of street art. Her characters are often held captive by chains or strange contraptions, or are placed behind bars – in the image, or literally pasted behind the bars of alley windows and doors. The artist explains her choice of iconography in these words: “On one side we are all hiding behind a mask when we are in society and choosing what we want to show from ourselves to others. Sometimes it’s to protect ourselves from not showing emotions to look stronger or just to keep safe in our secret garden. On the other aspect of the human being, we all have a connection with an animal. It can be a physical or similar personality, an attraction or an aversion, a fear…”

Since the end of 2016 Kat has broaden the range of social issues tackled in her art, but she has also more or less taken a break from working in the streets. The work shown in the gallery below therefore mostly spans the years 2014-2016. For more information on the artist, and to see what she has been up to since 2016, check out www.katstreetart.com as well as her Instagram page.

L’artiste d’origine française Kat s’est mise aux collages dans les rues et ruelles de Montréal en 2014, quelques années après son arrivée à Montréal. Elle s’est immédiatement fait remarquer par les amateurs de street art pour son thème récurrent, des créatures anthropomorphiques portant masques d’animaux. Ses personnages sont souvent prisonniers de chaines ou se trouvent derrière des barreaux (dans l’image ou littéralement derrière de vrais barreaux de fenêtres et portes de ruelles). L’artiste, qui a à coeur la lutte contre la cruauté envers les animaux, explique ainsi ses choix iconographiques (ma traduction): “D’abord, nous portons tous un masque lorsqu’en société. Nous choisissons ainsi quelle facette de notre personnalité nous désirons présenter aux autres. Nous agissons ainsi par protection, pour avoir l’air plus fort, pour se sentir plus sécure. De plus, chacun de nous a une certaine connection avec un animal. Cette connection peut être due à une ressemblance physique ou de personalité, ou le fruit d’une attirance ou répulsion envers l’animal en question.”

Depuis la fin de 2016 Kat a ajouté quelques causes sociales à son art, mais elle a aussi à toutes fins pratiques cessé d’exposer dans la rue. Les oeuvres présentées dans la gallerie ci-dessous datent en conséquence majoritairement de la période 2014-2016. Pour plus d’information sur l’artiste, ou pour voir son travail en studio depuis 2016, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à www.katstreetart.com ainsi qu’à sa page Instagram.


pasted work

Paste-up off the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Paste-up off the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Paste-up off the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

On one of the info boards for the 2019 edition of Mural Festival.

Posters for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. See below for close-ups.

Close-up of one of the posters for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Close-up of one of the posters for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley. Notice the stitch around the mouth, the cuts and the fake blood.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Plateau End.

In Mile End.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Near Clark

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Well hidden at the back of a narrow dead-end alley.

On an abandoned Mile End building.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Near St-Laurent.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In an alley off Mont-Royal. The paste-up on the right is by Swarm.

At the back of the LNDMRK offices.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

On the George General d’Auto Reparation abandoned garage.

On St-Dominique.

On the George General d’Auto Reparation abandoned garage.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In Parc des Amériques. Also visible in the bottom left corner is a paste-up by ROC514 with Cup O’Joe.

Collaboration between Kat (left) and Labrona (right) found in Centre-Sud.

Collaboration between Kat (left) and Labrona (right) found in Centre-Sud.


painted work

Kat’s contribution to the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Unlike most of Kat’s work, this piece was all painted on location.

Official work on St-Laurent. See below for a different angle.

Official work on St-Laurent. See above it for a different angle.

More from the above official project on St-Laurent.


installation

Kat created a selfie booth/installation for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival with the aim of bringing awareness to animal rights.

Pour l’édition 2016 du Festival Mural Kat a créé une installation dans le but de sensibiliser les visiteurs au sort des animaux en captivité.

Lily Luciole

Lily Luciole is a Parisian artist who was quite active in Montreal until she returned to Paris in the middle of 2016. Her main medium was wheatpasting. She is a socially and politically conscious artist who has pasted for OffmuralEs and alongside other socio-politically involved artists and collectives such as Swarm, Zola and the Decolonizing Street Art movement.

For more information on the artist, and for many more photos than what is found in the image gallery below, check out Lilyluciole.com as well as her Facebook, Flickr and Tumblr pages.

Lily Luciole est une artiste Parisienne ayant été très active dans les rues de Montréal jusqu’à son retour en France en 2016. Elle s’est exprimée dans les rues de notre ville principalement via ses collages. Elle est très engagée socialement et politiquement, ayant collé pour OffmuralEs ou aux côtés d’autres artistes et collectifs engagés tels que Swarm, Zola et le mouvement Decolonizing Street Art.

Pour plus d’information sur cette artiste, et pour beaucoup plus de photos que ce qui est présenté dans la galerie ci-dessous, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à Lilyluciole.com ou à ses pages Facebook, Flickr et Tumblr.


A wheatpaste with wool from 2019.

A wheatpaste with wool from 2019.

Contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery.

Poster in Mile End.

Poster in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Poster in Mile End.

Poster in Mile End.

Large poster in Mile End.

Wheatpaste found on Clark. Also partly visible: Mimi for OffmuralEs (bottom left) and Baubô (right).

Wheatpaste found on one of St-Laurent’s many abandoned businesses. Stickers centre right to bottom right are by someone representing Decolonizing Street Art, Waxhead and ROC514.

Wheatpastes and posters by Lily Luciole (left), Decolonizing Street Art (flag) and 2U4U ByU (right).

Turtle Caps (painted) and Lily Luciole (pasted birds) in abandoned church; photo © Lily Luciole.

Collaboration with Swarm in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Collaboration with Swarm in Petite-Patrie.

This wheatpaste was found on De Gaspé.

Lily Luciole and Swarm collaboration wheatpaste for OffmuralEs.

This wheatpaste was found on Duluth.

Poster found in Hochelaga.

Poster found in Hochelaga.

What’s left of this wheatpaste was found on Laurier.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark. Stickers top left are by Tik Tok and Cif.

This was found on St-Denis but other copies were found elsewhere.

On St-Laurent door. The background is wallpaper created by Turtle Caps.

Another door on St-Laurent. This one has paste-ups by Swarm (and a lot of tags) over it. Paste-up in bottom right corner is by ROC514.

Nature is taking over this one found in a Mile End alley.

Alex Produkt

Alex Produkt’s main means of expression on the streets of Montreal is painting and drawing. He’s also pasted some of his work, but I’ve unfortunately never been able to photograph any of it. There are therefore no wheatpastes in the gallery below. He shines on canvas even more than he does on city walls, a rare thing among our street artists in my opinion. Actually, I love his studio work so much, I can only imagine what he could come up with if he was given a big wall and enough time to cover it with scenes and characters from his crazy imagination. Meanwhile, learn more on the artist and check out his studio work on his Facebook, Instagram (Alex Produkt) and Instagram (Ricky Tuesday) pages. See him at work in “End Orphans”, a 10-minute short film directed in 2014 by Ian lagarde.

Dans les rues et ruelles de Montréal, Alex Produkt crée surtout des pièces murales et des dessins. Il a aussi pratiqué le collage, mais je n’ai pas encore eu la chance de prendre une de ses oeuvres collées en photo, ce qui explique l’absence de collage dans la galerie ci-dessous. Il brille encore plus sur canevas que sur les murs de notre ville, un phénomène rare parmi nos artistes street selon moi. En fait, son travail en studio me fascine tellement que je ne peux qu’imaginer ce qu’il en serait si on lui donnait un grand mur et assez de temps pour le couvrir de scènes et personnages issus de son imagination. D’ici là, vous pouvez en apprendre un peu sur l’artiste et voir de quoi il est capable sur toile en visitant ses pages Facebook, Instagram (Alex Produkt) et Instagram (Ricky Tuesday). Vous pouvez aussi le voir à l’oeuvre dans “End Orphans”, un cours film réalisé par Ian Lagarde en 2014.


In Mile End.

Contribution to the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

On a Mile End alley door.

For the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

On a Plateau End alley door.

In a Mile End alley.

Semi-official contribution to the 2014 edition of Mural Festival, in narrow alley behind Duluth. Unfortunately this piece was painted over by the owner of the wall within a month or two of its creation.

Contribution to a Chromatic block party.

In St-Henri.

Contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery (sorry, I didn’t manage to get a great shot of this). Also visible top left: Citizan.

Produkt (left) and Tyler K Rauman (right) for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

From left to right: Mono Sourcil, Labrona, Turtle Caps, Produkt. For the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Contribution to the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Labrona (top and bottom centre), Gawd (bottom right) and Produkt (bottom left) in alley off St-Denis. See close-up of Produkt’s contribution next.

Detail of above mural showing Produkt’s contribution.

In alley between St-Laurent and Clark, near Fairmount. Blue paste-up in the top right corner is by Pnda.

Produkt (white bovine head in top half), Rage5 (bottom right wheatpaste), Waxhead (bottom left drawing) as well as piece by unknown artist (centre left) and lots of tags. In alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Produkt (top half), Labrona (bottom half) and a quickie by Snail from the WC Crew in the top left corner.

Produkt (left) and Labrona (right).

Produkt’s contributions (in white/blue) to this door are surrounded by pieces from Labrona (bottom), Other (top right), Gawd (centre left) and unidentified artist (top left).

Produkt (centre creature plus text) and Meat (little pink worm).

Produkt (top half) with Cryote (bottom left) and, presumably, Waxhead (bottom right).

In alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Produkt (main piece in white/blue) and unidentified artist (bottom right) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In a Mile End alley.

Produkt (in white/blue plus text above) and unidentified artist (all white) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Back of information panel for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival.

Back of information panel for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

For the 2017 edition of MTL En Arts.

In Mile End.

In Mile-Ex.

Echoes of what once was, on Beaubien.

Zola

Zola is one of Montreal’s most politically and socially involved artists. She describes her art as “Anti-oppressive street art”. She has been involved in the Decolonizing Street Art convergence of artists and in OffmuralEs, a collective aiming to offer a non-corporate alternative to the Mural Festival. She was voted by Complex as one of the 15 Emerging Street Artists to Watch in 2015 (that’s not just in Montreal but internationally).

For more information on Zola, see this interview given to Complex (in English) and this interview published in La Presse (in French), or visit her Facebook and Tumblr pages. Photos of her work, including a lot of off-street creations, are up on Instagram. She sells stickers, patches, posters, zines, t-shirts, etc through Storenvy.

Zola est une des artistes les plus politiquement et socialement engagé.e.s à Montréal. Elle décrit son art comme étant du “street art anti-oppression”. Elle est impliquée dans la convergence d’artistes Decolonizing Street Art ainsi que dans OffmuralEs qui propose une alternative non-commerciale au Festival Mural. Elle a été votée parmi les 15 artistes émergents à surveiller en 2015 par Complex (pas seulement à Montréal, mais internationalement).

Pour plus d’information sur Zola, lire cette entrevue (en français) publiée dans La Presse et cette entrevue (en anglais) donnée à Complex, ou visitez ses pages Facebook et Tumblr. Des photos de son art, incluant beaucoup de créations off-street sont disponibles sur Instagram. Zola vend des autocollants, patches, affiches, zines, t-shirts, etc via Storenvy.


painted / peint

For the 2026 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

For the 2025 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Zola and friends for the 2023 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

For the 2022 edition of Canettes de Ruelle, with a piece by Collages Féminicides Montréal on the door.

For the 2021 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

For the 2020 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.


wheatpastes / collages

Tribute to Auntie Janet in Hochelaga.

A smaller version of the above.

After contributing this garage door to the 2020 edition of Canettes de Ruelle (see pre-vandalism shot at the bottom of this page), someone who disapproved with her anti-police message vandalised it, calling her a ‘cretin’. Instead of ‘fixing’ the work, Zola retaliated by wheatpasting over the vandalism and hijacking the vandal’s work to her benefit.

For the 2020 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

With Swarm on the left.

Collaboration with Swarm.

A cheeky one…

Probably Zola’s smallest wheatpaste!

This photo © Zola

Skull on the right is by Rey Midax.

Collaboration between Swarm (portal) and Zola (person).

Another collaboration with Swarm (slightly damaged in this shot). A sticker variation of this piece also exists, scroll down to the stickers section.

Also visible top right: Stela

Also visible bottom left: Stela; this photo © Zola

Underneath balcony of industrial office building.

This photo © Zola

Also visible, stickers for Decolonizing Street Art and by Waxhead, Stela, Tik Tok, ROC514

In alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Also visible, paste-ups by Red Bandit (beneath Zola) and Meat (bottom).

This photo © Zola

This photo © Zola

This photo © Zola

This photo © Zola

Zola for OffmuralEs.


stickers / autocollants

This one’s a holographic sticker.

Collaboration with Swarm.

Collaboration with Swarm. This design originally existed as a wheatpaste (scroll up this gallery to view).

This one is presumed to be from Zola.

Zola, Riot Apologist.

Decolonizing Street Art stickers distributed by Zola.