This image gallery brings together 200 great pieces of Montreal graffiti from 2018. It is not necessarily the best of the year because taste is a subjective thing and I was obviously not able to photograph everything. The selection was done partly from my own personal favourites but mostly from those of my followers on Instagram. Of course this list was put together from what I was actually able to photograph, so keep in mind that it may lack some great work that just slipped between the cracks.

The pieces are shown here in alphabetical order of artist/crew name. To ensure that the list wasn’t filled with only work from a few popular writers, I have set a maximum of 3 pieces per artist. Collaborations by two or more artists under one common theme count as one entry.

See also:
– Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art
– Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art

Cette galerie-photo présente 200 pièces de graffiti produites en 2018 à Montréal. Cette liste n’a pas la prétention d’être un best of de l’année puisque les goûts sont personnels et je n’ai évidemment pas eu la chance de tout photographier. La sélection s’est faite en partie parmi mes pièces favorites, mais surtout parmi les préférées de mes abonnés Instagram. Cette liste a bien sur été créée à partir de ce que j’ai eu la chance de trouver et de photographier, ce qui signifie que quelques chef d’oeuvres de 2018 pourraient ne pas y figurer.

Les pièces apparaissent ci-dessous en ordre alphabétique de nom d’artiste/crew. Pour que la liste ne soit pas totalement accaparée par quelques graffeurs populaires, j’ai fixé un maximum de 3 pièces par personne. Les collaborations entre deux ou plusieurs artistes sur un même thème ne comptent que pour une entrée.

Voir aussi:
– Retrospective 2018 murales et autre street art peint
– Retrospective 2018 street art collé

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I never single out a piece in my yearly retrospectives, but this huge tribute to Scaner deserves a special mention. As far as I know, nothing of this scale has been done ever before. The piece is the creation of Scaner’s KG crewmates Zek (who wrote the letter outlines) and Stare, it features characters by Harry Bones and Axe Lalime, and is filled with pieces by nearly 100 local and international artists. A special post is dedicated solely to this historical creation, check it out here. Zek, Stare and Axe all have solo pieces in this list, scroll down to see them. Zek and Axe are also featured in the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

Above 3: 123 Klan‘s Scien, Klor and Aiik in their annual Sun Youth production.

Above 3: 123 Klann’s Scien, Klor and Aiik at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

The 123 Klan‘s Scien (letters) and Aiik (figurative part) in Rosemont.

Acek’s part in the N2N crew’s section at the Estival de Canes 2018.

Acek in an abandoned building.

The AG Crew partly redid their classic wall at the Cabot x Gilmore walls.

Above 2 photos: The AG Crew‘s Senck and Snipes in a Côte des Neiges alley.

Algue at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Amon (ground) in Hochelaga. Also visible above is Vazy.

Amon in Hochelaga. He was also involved in the huge CEK crew roller further down this list, scroll down to ‘CEK’.

Off-Mural piece by Pedro Amos in a graffiti alley.

Aner at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Apashe in Rosemont.

Apashe at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Apashe at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Aper under an expressway.

Arek, Shok and Sewk were the first ones to make into the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome‘s main building, one of the best graffiti hotspots of this year.

Arose in an abandoned building.

Arrow in Mercier.

Ason at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Ason on a parked train car. Ason also participated in this year’s edition of Under Pressure, scroll down to ‘Snok’ below to see it.

Awe on truck for the 2018 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop. The background is an earlier one by Fleo with the help of Dodo Osé. The opposite side was done by Rekal, check it out below under his name.

Awe in an abandoned building. Scroll down for more by Awe under ‘Serak’, as well as under ‘K6A’ as he joined those raccoons earlier this past year.

Axe Lalime, in a production put together by Miser for his return home after having spent half a year in Montreal. Scroll up to the Scan You Rock tribute at the top of this list, as well as down under ‘Fokus’ and ‘K6A’, for more by Axe. Axe is also featured in the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

Above 2 shots: Beast (right) and Nor (left) in an abandoned church. Scroll down for more by Nor under his name.

Beast in an abandoned building.

Bibi Una‘s contribution to the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. She is also featured in the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

Boporc‘s contribution to this year’s 123 Klan/Sun Youth prod.

Boporc in Rosemont. Scroll down to ‘Mad Rats’ below for more by this artist.

Bosny at the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

Bosny trackside.

Bros in Rosemont.

A huge CEK roller in eastern Montreal. Pieces at ground level are (from right to left) by Bhar, Boes, Jher, Rcap, Amon, Resno, Police. Amon also made this list with solo pieces, scroll up to view.

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

Cemz on Ashop’s wall in Hochelaga.

Cemz in the Plateau. Cemz is also featured in the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art under ‘Benny Wilding’.

Truckside Colfer. The opposide side of this truck also made this list, scroll down to ‘Haks’ to view.

Colfer at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Cosy at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Crane at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll down for more by Crane under ‘Korb’. He is also featured in the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art in a collaboration with ‘Royal’.

Dales behind an industrial building in the South West.

Dales in Rosemont.

Dars in a Hochelaga alley.

Deep hitching a ride out of the FMR temporary pop-up social space. I believe he was also involved in the CEK roller featured above.

Demsky (letters) and Smithe (character) at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Both artists made murals for this year’s edition of Mural Festival, check out the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art to view.

A great alley mural by Dfek in Mile End.

Dfek in Rosemont.

Above 2: Dfek/Enter in Rosemont.

EK Sept in Rosemont.

This unofficial cellograff by EK Sept was done in plain view of everyone during Mural Festival and remained in place for at least a week until the Festival was over.

One of many pieces by Ekes at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Ekes on an abandoned warehouse in the East.

Off-Mural alley piece by Ekes. He was also involved in two 203 Crew murals featured in the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

A fascinating piece by Eko at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Eskro going tubular at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Eskro (right), Resok (left) and Apok (top) representing YU8/TFS for the Canettes de Ruelle production. Scroll down for some solo work by Resok. There’s also more by Eskro below under ‘Myrage’.

Esprit‘s part in this year’s 123 Klan Sun Youth production. Scroll up for more by Esprit under ‘Cemz’.

Five Eight and Dré for the Estival de Canes 2018. Five Eight has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art, and Dré’s alter ego Earth Crusher has made it into the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

Fleo‘s part in the Estival de Canes 2018.

A great off-Mural collaboration of Fleo (top letters), Frank Bo (left character), Snikr (right character) and Chizo (ground letters). The Awe piece bottom right was salvaged from last year. Scroll down for more Frank Bo, Snikr and Chizo below under ‘Rekal’. Fleo, Snikr and Rekal also contributed to the K6A wall featured below under ‘K6A’. Snikr and Rekal also collaborated on a mural featured in the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

Fluke‘s part in a K6A production in the South West. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art for a huge mural of his.

Fokus in an abandoned building.

Fokus in Rosemont.

Fokus (letters) and Axe Lalime (basketballers) on a wall piece announcing the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Scroll up for a solo letters piece by Axe (under his name) and his collaboration on the huge Scan You Rock tribute wall at the top of this list, and down to the K6A wall for Under Pressure.

Tribute to Scaner by Fonki and Smak (and perhaps others?) under J.Shantz‘s wall for the 2018 edition of Mural Festival. Scroll down for more by Smak.

Fuser in Rosemont.

Gaulois in Rosemont. Scroll down to ‘Mad Rats’ below for more by this artist.

Grils at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Habit in Rosemont.

Above 3: “East To West Connection” wall at the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, featuring Habit and Acro (top shot), Imp and Rask (middle shot) and Montreal’s Hoar (above). Scroll down for more by Hoar under his own name.

Truckside by Haks. Scroll up to ‘Colfer’ to view the opposite side of this truck.

A big solo wall by Haks. Haks has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art, under ‘Haks’ and under ‘Monk.e’.

Heks aka Macadam Monkey at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

One of two flaming chromes done by Hest in a Plateau alley in 2018.

Hest in a Laval park.

Wild Child Hest at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Hoar in Rosemont. Scroll up for more by Hoar under ‘Habit’.

A sick letter piece by Hsix beneath Mono Sourcil‘s piece at the Estival de Canes 2018.

Jaker‘s part in a big BTH production in Dorval.

It’s always a thrill to catch some autorack piece by Jaker.

More autorack work by Jaker.

Janek‘s truck side for the 2018 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop. Scroll down to ‘Snok’ to see the opposite side of this truck.

Johste on a parked autorack.

The huge and impossibly difficult to photograph K6A wall for the 2018 edition of Under Pressure featuring Monk.e, Ankh One, Axe Lalime, Fleo, Serak, Otak, Awe, Snikr, Royal, Rekal and Saer. Check out the Under Pressure link above for close-ups. Scroll up and down this page for more solo and collaboration work by Monk.e, Axe, Fleo, Serak, Snikr, Royal and Rekal. Monk.e, Ankh One, Axe, Snikr, Royal and Rekal have also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

Kbron in Rosemont.

Tribute to Scaner by Kbron, Micer and Fault. Scroll down for some solo work by Micer.

Keos‘ truck side for the 2018 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop. Scroll down to ‘Meor’ to see the opposite side of this truck.

Keos in a Hochelaga alley.

Killa EF‘s part in a big BTH production in Dorval.

Koal on frozen metal.

Korb and Crane‘s awesome collaboration for the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Scroll up for more by Crane under his name.

Korb at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Korb had one of the prime spots for photogenic shots at the Estival de Canes 2018. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art for more by Korb.

A quick but great tribute to Scaner by Kwest, bonus material to his part on the huge Scan You Rock tribute wall at the top of this page.

Kwun‘s part in a big BTH production in Dorval.

Legal‘s part in a big BTH production in Dorval.

Legal in Rosemont.

One of many pieces by Legal on this parked autorack.

Above 2: Liza (top) and Peyo (bottom) at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll down for one more by Peyo.

Lobsta in an abandoned church.

Lobsta‘s part in a big BTH production in Dorval.

A letter piece by LSNR at the Papineau legal graffiti wall. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art for great figurative creations by this artist. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 pasted street art.

Lyfer in an abandoned building.

Lyfer in an abandoned building.

Lyfer in the Plateau. He was also involved in two 203 Crew murals featured in the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

Mad Rats Gaulois and Boporc’s contribution to the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Click on the latter link for close-ups of each individual piece. Scroll up to ‘Boporc’ and ‘Gaulois’ for some solo work by each of these artists. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art for some of this duo’s ‘abstract’ work.

Meor‘s truck side for the 2018 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop. Scroll up to ‘Keos’ to see the opposite side of this truck.

Micer on an abandoned warehouse in Hochelaga.

Micer in Rosemont. Scroll up to ‘Kbron’ for more involving Micer.

Monk.e‘s part in a K6A and friends production in the South West.

Monk.e in Rosemont. Scroll up to ‘K6A’ for more by Monk.e. This multi-talented artist is also heavily featured in the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art.

Moxe at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

A striking tribute to Scaner by Myrage and Eskro in an abandoned church. Scroll up for more by Eskro under his name.

Myrage in an abandoned building.

Naimo at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Naimo in Hochelaga. The making of this piece was filmed by Graff Funk (view here).

Naimo in a Hochelaga alley. Check out the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art under MSHL for more by Naimo.

Narc‘s part in a SIK crew alley production. Characters are by Skor who has his own letter pieces in this list (scroll down to his name).

Nemo at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Nemo has also made it into the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art under ‘Haks’.

Noce‘s truck side for the 2018 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop. Scroll down to ‘Sapoe’ to view opposite side of this truck.

Noper in the dark basement of an abandoned building.

Nor in an abandoned building in Ville St-Laurent.

Nor‘s part in a K6A production in the South West. Scroll up for more by Nor under ‘Beast’.

Nybar at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Pane at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Pask at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Pask, in a production put together by Miser for his return home after having spent half a year in Montreal.

Peace‘s part in a big BTH production in Dorval.

Peack at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Peyo in Rosemont. Scroll up to ‘Liza’ for more by this artist.

Pito and Guko in a Mile End alley. Pito also participated in this year’s edition of Under Pressure, scroll down to ‘Snok’ below to see it.

Quote‘s part in a big BTH production in Dorval.

Raes in Rosemont.

Raes in Rosemont.

Raes at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Above 2 photos: Rekal (green letters), Frank Bo (character) and Chizo (turquoise letters) in a Plateau production curated by Snikr. Scroll up for more by Chizo and Frank Bo under ‘Fleo’. Rekal also contributed to a K6A wall featured above.

Rekal (letters) and Snikr (character) on a Ahuntsic roof. They have also made it together into the Retrospective of 2018 murals and other painted street art, under ‘Snikr’.