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.

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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.

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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.

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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 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.

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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’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.

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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 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.

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painted / peint

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.

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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.

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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.

Nixon is mostly known and loved for his graffiti which usually includes a lot of figurative elements. He also did a number of murals in Plateau back alleys as well as in a few other places around our city. Check out his Tumblr page for information and photos of his art (including a lot of non-street work on canvas). This abandoned WordPress site also features work produced up to the beginning of 2014.

Nixon est surtout connu et aimé pour ses graffitis qui incluent souvent des éléments figuratifs. Il a aussi produit un certain nombre de murales dans des ruelles du Plateau et ailleurs en ville. Pour plus d’information et des photos de son art sous toutes ses formes (incluant une grande quantité sur canevas), voir sa page Tumblr. Cette page WordPress abandonnée présente aussi son oeuvre produit avant 2014.

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murals and mural pieces/ murales et pièces murales

In the alley between St-Denis and Drolet. This mural replaced the one below.

In the alley between St-Denis and Drolet. This mural was replaced by the one above it in this gallery, and it replaced the one below.

In the alley between St-Denis and Drolet. This mural was replaced by the one above it in this gallery.

In a Plateau alley.

Front of café in Rosemont/Petite-Patrie.

In Hochelaga near the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

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

In Outremont.

In an abandoned Hochelaga lot.

Garage door in a Plateau back alley.

In Pointe St-Charles.

In St-Henri.

On Ste-Catherine, in the Under Pressure Festival zone.

Inside an abandoned building.

At the abandoned “Jailspot”.

At the abandoned “Jailspot”. Also visible above it is a tag by Scaner.

In Petite-Patrie.

On the wall of a school.

In Rosemont.

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graffiti

Nixon (top) and Ewol (ground level) in Rosemont.

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

Nixon (top) and Sober (ground level) for the Scan You Rock jam.

Wall of flops from the Time Is Gold production featuring Nixon amongst many others (bottom row, third from the left, in black and yellow).

In Rosemont.

In Centre-Sud.

In Hochelaga, near legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

In alley between St-Laurent and Clark, near Laurier.

In an abandoned Hochelaga lot.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Town of Mount Royal.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Rosemont.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Griffintown.

In a Plateau back alley.

In Mile End.

In Hochelaga.

In St-Henri.

In St-Henri.

Koal, Nixon, Meor (hidden) and Pask on back of an abandoned building in Ville-Marie.

In a NDG / Côte des Neiges alley.

In a NDG / Côte des Neiges parking space.

At the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In the fashion district.

In Mile End.

In Rosemont.

On a Rosemont/Petite-Patrie rooftop.

On a Plateau rooftop.

On a Plateau rooftop.

On a Plateau rooftop. Piece to the left of Nixon is by Swaz.

Inside an abandoned building in Dorval.

In an abandoned place.

Inside the Omnipac building (now demolished). Photo © Kris Murray 2010.

Inside the Omnipac building (now demolished). Photo © Kris Murray 2010.

At the abandoned “Jailspot”.

In a Plateau back alley.

In the fashion district.

In Ville-Marie.

In Parc-Ex.

In Parc-Ex.

In Parc-Ex.

In Parc-Ex.

In a Plateau alley.

In Ville-Marie.

Nixon on wheels.

Mobile graffiti.

The opposite side to the above truck also seems to be by Nixon.

Nixon, Robe/Fore on truck side.

Another truck side by Nixon.

It takes two to get the complete picture… back of trucks parked in Mile End.

Back of truck.

In the Plateau.

View from train tracks in Mile End.

In Rosemont/Petite-Patrie.

In industrial Verdun.

In Rosemont, part of an unofficial ad.

In Pierrefonds.

In the Plateau.

In an Ahuntsic alley.

Behind a building in Mile End (bottom).

View from train tracks in Little Italy.

In the industrial South West; photo © Guillaume Couture.

Nixon tag over OXLXO stencil over Nixon graffiti in the Champs des Possibles.

In Hochelaga.

In Plateau End.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Griffintown.

In Plateau End.

Messed up piece in a messy Plateau back alley.

Beneath a Plateau roof.

Another Plateau roof edge.

In Rosemont/Villeray.

View from train tracks in Mile End.

In Rosemont/Villeray. Also visible is a tag by Scaner.

With Fomer in the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Pointe St-Charles.

Found inside train tunnel.

Found inside train tunnel.

Found inside train tunnel.

In a Plateau alley.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In a Rosemont alley.

Underneath a balcony in Mile End.

By train tracks in Rosemont.

In a central Montreal alley.

Trackside in Verdun.

In Rosemont.

In the Plateau.

At the Jean-Talon market.

Near the Jean-Talon market.

In a Villeray alley.

In the upper Plateau.

In Petite-Patrie.

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throws and tags

In Côte St-Paul.

In the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Rosemont.

In the Plateau.

In Petite-Patrie.

Another hollow one in Rosemont.

In the Plateau.

Fonki started off doing mostly graffiti with figurative elements and has grown to give Montreal some of its best figurative murals. He actually shines the most when he brings together these two aspects of urban art within his work. He has contributed to many festivals such as Mural Festival, Under Pressure and Elementakiza and has worked for Ashop. He now lives in Cambodia. You can see more of his work on his personal, Instagram and Facebook pages. Essential viewing for fans of Fonki are 2 documentaries on him and his art: The Roots Remain and Fonkiworld.

Fonki a commencé par faire du graffiti avec des éléments figuratifs et en est venu à créer des murales figuratives se classant parmi les plus aimées à Montréal. En fait, il est à son meilleur lorsqu’il combine ces deux aspects de l’art urbain dans ses oeuvres. Il a contribué à plusieurs festivals tels que le Festival Mural, Under Pressure et Elementakiza et travaille à l’occasion pour Ashop. Il vit maintenant au Cambodge, vous pouvez voir ces oeuvres hors-Montréal sur ses pages personelle, Instagram et Facebook. Les fans de Fonki se doivent de voir deux documentaires sur Fonki et son art: Retour Aux Sources (The Roots Remain) et Fonkiworld.

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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 que j’ai eu la chance de photographier.

Fonki and Bryan Beyung collaboration in Côte des Neiges commemorating 50 years since the Cambodian genocide and the arrival of Khmer, Laotian and Vietnamese communities in Montreal.

Collaboration between MC Baldassari and Fonki for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

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

Fonki (left) and Ms Teri (right) collaboration for Ashop‘s Hip Hop You Don’t Stop project on the walls of a NDG garage.

The back of this truck was done by Fonki during the 2016 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Mural on Décarie commissioned by dog owners in memory of their dogs who have gone to puppy heaven.

Contribution to the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

See a brief making of video of the above piece by Greg Pistol.

Painting on board during the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

The FT crew‘s 10th anniversary wall for Under Pressure’s 20th anniversary (2015). By Fonki, Ms Teri, Imp, Sawb and Aliss.

Work-in-progress during the 2015 edition of Mural Festival.

Collaboration with Bonar and Les Hommes De Lettres.

Opposite side of the above.

With other artists such as Ms Teri for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

For Ashop in Rosemont.

In a Mile End alley.

In a Mile End alley.

Central character, with many graffiti writers for the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Roy alley near St-Laurent, during the 2013 edition of Mural Festival.

Behind the Cabot x Gilmore walls.

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graffiti and other 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.

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

Off-Mural piece.

Tribute to Scaner by Fonki, Smak and Serak under J.Shantz’s wall for the 2018 edition of Mural Festival
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Letters piece in Rosemont.

Fonki and 1BL3 representing FT under an expressway.

Quick throw.

In a Hochelaga alley for Ashop. Also visible top left is a wood-up by Starkey.

At the Cabane à sucre secret gallery

Graffiti in Rosemont. Photo © Fonki.

For Ashop in a Petite-Patrie alley.

With Sceak, in a Mile End alley.

A very old one from 2011 found in Ahuntsic.

With Samo, in an abandoned tunnel.

An old throw found in an abandoned tunnel.

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tags

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stickers

Sticker promoting the “Fonki World” documentary.

Vilx in a French artist who spent some time in Montreal until late 2014 or early 2015 when he returned to France. During his time here he was commissioned for a number of murals but, as can be seen in the photo gallery below, he also did a bit of graffiti and unofficial figurative/graff pieces.

To view more of his art than what is featured here (including a lot of studio work), check out his Facebook and Instagram pages. To learn a bit more about the artist, see this interview published in 2013 on Vandalog. Vilx’s art is sold on Big Cartel.

Vilx est un artiste français ayant passé quelques années à Montréal jusqu’à son retour en France vers la fin de 2014 ou le début de 2015. Pendant son séjour à Montréal il a produit un bon nombre de murales et, tel que vu dans la galerie-photo ci-dessous, un peu de graffiti et des pièces figuratives non-officielles.

Pour en voir plus que ce qui est présenté dans la galerie-photo ci-dessous (incluant son travail en studio), voir ses pages Facebook et Instagram. Pour en apprendre un peu sur l’artiste, voyez cet entrevue publiée en 2013 sur Vandalog. L’art de Vilx est vendu sur Big Cartel.

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Vilx’s contribution to the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

Commissioned work for the Rosemont-Petite-Patrie borough.

In a Hochelaga alley.

Next to Lhasa De Sela park in Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In a Mile End alley.

In Pointe St-Charles.

Collaboration between Vilx (left), Mathieu Connery (tree) and Nelio (rest). The left half of the Vilx piece (beneath the fence) is now unfortunately painted over in white. Photo © Vilx.

At the back of an industrial building in Rosemont.

At the back of an industrial building in Rosemont.

In a Plateau End alley. I didn’t expect this to be by Vilx, but it is featured on his webpages. It was presumably commissioned by the kids’ store whose wall this is.

Another angle of the piece above.

On train.

On a back wall of a school.

Graffiti behind abandoned building in Ville-Marie.

Kevin Ledo is more active in the studio than he is in the streets of Montreal. However, the quality and size of his murals in this city makes up for the small number of pieces offered. He has also become one of Montreal’s street art ambassadors by producing murals all over the world. You can view these other murals as well as his studio work at Ledo’s personal webpage and his Instagram and Facebook pages.

Kevin Ledo produit plus en studio que sur les murs de Montreal, mais la qualité et la taille des murales qu’il a produites ici compensent largement pour leur faible nombre. Il est un ambassadeur de Montréal sur la scène internationale du street art, ayant produit des murales un peu partout autour de la planète. Ces dernières ainsi que son travail en studio peuvent être vus sur son site web personnel ainsi que ses pages Instagram et Facebook.

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Murals and other pieces below are shown in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Les murales et autres pièces ci-dessous sont présentées en ordre chronologique inverse approximatif, de la plus récente à la plus vieille.

In the Plateau.

Above 2 photos: mural of Azulejo tiles in the Plateau. The second shot shows the work in the forefront with his iconic Leonard Cohen mural in the background.

Tribute to René Lévesque in Villeray, for Mu.

In Hochelaga, for Kolab.

Above 2 photos: tribute to Le Chainon founder Yvette Maisonneuve.

In the Plateau.

Painting his young son on Plaza St-Hubert.

In the Plateau.

Collaboration with Labrona in a Plateau alley.

Collaboration with Labrona on the right, in a Plateau alley.

In Wynwood Miami for the 2019 edition of Art Basel.

In Hochelaga, for Kolab.

For the 2018 edition of Art Basel in Miami.

Mural in Little Burgundy honouring Daisy Peterson Sweeney, for Mu.

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

Kevin on portrait of the departed Akira, with Chris Dyer on the right.

Plateau alley piece about the pain and anguish brought on by the increase of hatred and intolerance in today’s society.

24 days in the making, Kevin’s mural for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival is among the biggest in Montreal.

For the 2016 edition of Art Basel in Miami.

Tribute to actress Janine Sutto in Centre-Sud.

Huge mural on Décarie in Côte-des-Neiges.

Contribution to the 2015 VHS – Van Horne Station event.

In the Plateau.

2015 group ‘autoportrait’ by:
top row: Shalak from Clandestinos, Jason Botkin, Kevin Ledo, Chris Dyer, Bruno Smoky from Clandestinos
bottom row: Lovebot, Turtle Caps, Linsey Levendall, Marina Capdevila, Labrona, Waxhead, Dave Todaro

In Miami’s Little Haiti.

Contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery.

Collaboration with Zoltan V in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet. Ledo painted the woman on the right.

Contribution to the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

In a covered parking space in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

On the side of a Plateau business.

ROC514 is mostly recognised for a cute round bird which can be found pasted all over Montreal. This bird has been seen in a variety of colours and patterns. The bigger varieties are usually made of pasted paper while the smaller ones come as stickers. Some have also been found painted and drawn. The artist often collaborates with other street artists and graffiti writers, a section of the photo gallery below features these collaborations.

ROC514 left Montreal for BC in 2017, but many specimens of her work are still found in the streets and alleys of Montreal. I expect she will keep a presence in our city through visits as well as the collaboration of many artists/friends who will put up her stickers. She did keep the ‘514’ in her name after all!

For more on ROC514, have a look at her Facebook and Instagram pages. You can buy ROC514 art and sticker packs at Storenvy.

ROC514 est surtout connue pour un petit oiseau dodu collé un peu partout dans plusieurs quartiers de Montréal. L’oiseau en question existe en de nombreuses couleurs et textures. Les plus grands spécimens sont sous forme de collages tandis que les plus petits se trouvent sous forme d’autocollants. Des spécimens ont aussi été aperçus peints ou dessinés. L’artiste aime aussi collaborer avec d’autres artistes et graffeurs, une section de la galerie-photo ci-dessous présente le fruit de ces collaborations.

ROC514 a quitté Montréal en 2017 lorsqu’elle est déménagée en Colombie Britannique, mais de nombreux specimens de sa création sont toujours présents dans nos rues et ruelles. On peut s’attendre à une présence maintenue via des visites régulières et la collaboration d’artistes et d’amis d’ici qui continueront à distribuer ses autocollants. Elle a tout de même conservé le ‘514’ dans son nom après tout!

Pour en voir plus par ROC514, voir ses pages Facebook et Instagram. Il est possible d’acheter des créations de ROC514 via Storenvy.

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paste-ups and stickers

the basic original design

Larger paste-up.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker variation.

Larger paste-up.

Sticker version of the above.

Wheatpastes by Miss Me (left), Enzo & Nio (centre) and ROC514 (right).

Wheatpaste (with what’s left of Turtle Caps top right).

Larger paste-up.

Sticker version of the above.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste (with what’s left of Turtle Caps at the top).

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Large sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

fill designs

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste.

Large paste-up variation on the above. Also visible is a Waxhead sticker.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker version of the above.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Stickers by 52Hz (left), ROC514 (centre) and Swarm (right) on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Sticker.

Alternate version of the above sticker.

Sticker.

Variation on the above sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

in context / with backgrounds designs

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker, with shout outs to DEF, Shifty Cat, NusTwo and Flavor.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker, aged but still presentable…

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

in character designs

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker from a Canadian themed series.

Sticker from a Canadian themed series.

Sticker from a Canadian themed series.

Sticker from a Canadian themed series.

Sticker from a Canadian themed series.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up version of the above sticker, plus 2 other designs.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-ups.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker tribute to Stranger Things.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

With Flavor (bottom) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Sticker version of the above.

Sticker; a mauve variation has also been spotted.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker; this one has also been seen as a large paste-up.

Sticker.

Stickers.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Coloured version of the above paste-up; on the left is a poster from Shifty Cat.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above, next to Flavor, in the Plateau.

Next to Flavor in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Small paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Variation on the above sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

paste-up

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

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older designs

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Sticker.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

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collaboration stickers and paste-ups

Paste-up collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e.

Sticker version of the above collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e.

Sticker collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e.

Paste-up collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e and Pua69.

Sticker collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e and Pua69.

Sticker collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e and Def. Scroll down for collaborations with Def only.

Sticker collaboration with Adida Fallen Angel.

Collaboration sticker with Arson.

Collaboration sticker with Boe.

Collaboration wheatpaste with CSRK.

Large paste-up collaboration with CSRK; sticker version also exists.

Sticker collaboration with CSRK.

Larger paste-up collaboration with Cup O’Joe. Also visible are paste-ups and stickers by Swarm (centre), 69 aka 6ara9e and TD (top left) and Beck (bottom left).

Sticker version of the above Cup O’Joe collaboration. Scroll down to Purplesmoke for more involving this collaboration.

collaboration with Andy Dass.

Collaboration with Def.

Collaboration with Def and Nustwo.

Another collaboration with Def and Nustwo. Scroll down for more collaborations with Nustwo.

Def (left) and ROC514 (right) both from the KLC crew.

Def and ROC514 representing DEP.

DEP gang sticker featuring Moen and ROC514.

DEP gang sticker featuring ROC514, Nustwo and Moen.

Collaboration sticker with D-Evil.

Another collaboration sticker with D-Evil.

Collaboration sticker with EightyADay.

Collaboration sticker with Ekro.

STicker with Flavor.

Collaboration sticker with Fletcher aka Il Flatcha.

Collaboration sticker with the Forge Fury (right), next to a piece by Duchess.

Collaboration sticker with the Forge Fury.

Another collaboration sticker with the Forge Fury.

Sticker with Frolk.

Collaboration sticker with Germ Dee.

Pink variation of the above collaboration sticker with Germ Dee.

Blue variation of the above collaboration sticker with Germ Dee.

Collaboration sticker with HoarKor aka HRKR.

Collaboration sticker with HoarKor aka HRKR.

Collaboration sticker with Kone.

Collaboration sticker with Kone.

Collaboration sticker with Kone.

Collaboration sticker with Kone.

Collaboration sticker with Lites.

Collaboration sticker with Lost Claws.

Collaboration sticker with Makenoize.

Collaboration paste-up with Makenoize.

Sticker collaboration with Marx One.

Another sticker collaboration with Marx One.

Paste-up collaboration with Mr Chose.

Sticker version of the above collaboration with Mr Chose.

Collaboration sticker with National Zombi.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Nustwo. Scroll up to Def for more collaborations involving Nustwo.

Collaboration sticker with Patata.

Collaboration sticker with Pink.

Collaboration sticker with Pink.

Collaboration sticker with Pink.

Collaboration sticker with Pink.

Another of many sticker variations with Pink.

Another sticker with Pink.

Sticker with Pink (centre) and DMT (right).

Sticker with Pink (centre) and Moen (right).

Sticker with Pink (left), Moen (third) and DMT (right).

From left to right: DMT, Pink, ROC514 and Moen.

Sticker with Moen (left) and Pink (centre) representing DEP.

Large paste-up collaboration with Purplesmoke17 (Sleepy Bunny) and Cup O’Joe (cup).

Pale brown version of the above paste-up collaboration with Purplesmoke17 (Sleepy Bunny) and Cup O’Joe (cup).

Sticker version of the above collaboration with Purplesmoke17 (Sleepy Bunny) and Cup O’Joe (cup). Scroll up to Cup O’Joe for more collaborations involving the latter artist.

Collaboration paste-up with Purplesmoke17.

Sticker with Purplesmoke17 and David Icon representing the Tokyo Tag Team.

Collaboration sticker with Qoin.

Collaboration sticker with Rey Midax.

Another collaboration sticker with Rey Midax.

This one is presumed to also have been done with Rey Midax.

Collaboration paste-up with Shifty Cat.

Collaboration sticker with Shifty Cat.

Sticker collaboration with Sien514.

Paste-up version of the above collaboration with Sien514.

With Sketchrat.

Collaboration sticker with Sleepisfamous.

Sticker with Smile.

With Spookbomb.

Collaboration sticker with Starkey.

Paste-up version of the above collaboration with Starkey.

Differently coloured variation on the above paste-up with Starkey.

Other design in collaboration with Starkey.

Collaboration paste-up with TBonez.

Collaboration with Urban Ninja and the Forge Fury.

Wheatpaste collaboration with Waxhead.

Sticker version of the above collaboration with Waxhead.

Another collaboration sticker with Waxhead.

Collaboration sticker with Waxhead.

Sticker collaboration with Wistipouf.

Small paste-up with XRAY.

Sticker with XRAY.

Sticker with XRAY.

Sticker with XRAY.

Sticker with XRAY.

Collaboration sticker with Zero Productivity.

Collaboration sticker with Zero Productivity.

Collaboration sticker with Zodiak.

Collaboration sticker with Zodiak.

Collaboration sticker with Zodiak.

Collaboration sticker with Zombiac.

Variation on the above sticker collaboration with Zombiac.

Collaboration sticker with Zombie Art Squad.

Differently coloured version of the above collaboration sticker with Zombie Art Squad.

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other sticker/paste-up designs

A small paste-up.

A small paste-up.

Paste-up with Flavor.

For the Tokyo Tag Team.

The KLC crew featuring ROC514.

The KLC crew featuring ROC514.

The KLC crew featuring ROC514.

The DEP crew featuring ROC514.

The DEP crew featuring Pink, ROC514 and Moen sticker.

The Guaw crew featuring ROC514.

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painted pieces

ROC514 and Flavor collaboration for the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Collaboration with Flavor for the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

A ‘Your Face Here’ board done for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Opposite side of the above ‘Your Face Here’ board done for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

This one was found in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

In the Plateau.

Over a piece by IAmBatman in Old Montreal.

Found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Found in the alley between St-Urbain and Clark.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Near Lachine canal.

Flavor (left), Starkey (middle) and ROC514 (right) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

In Montreal West.

In Montreal West.

In Lachine, flanked by two from Def.

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drawn pieces

In Old Montreal.

In a Plateau alley.

In the Plateau.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End, with small drawing from Cryote, a small sticker from Swarm (red) and a pasted doilie from Stela.

In alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

On Mont-Royal.

On St-Laurent near Sherbrooke, with Turtle Caps and Free5 collaboration sticker.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

On St-Laurent near Bagg, with tag by Down and a commercial sticker.

In the old port.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Representing the KLC crew.

Representing the KLC crew in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark. Also visible on the right is an earlier stencil by Dookie.

Found in Verdun.

Another one in Verdun.

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other media

A wood-up.

Vinyl record covered with paste-up and stickers, found on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Bead paste-up. A handful of these were made in various colour schemes and velcroed here and there by the artist for people to take.

Collaboration wood-ups between Starkey and ROC514.

One more wood-up by Starkey featuring ROC514.

Collaboration wood-up with Flavor.