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New street art June-July 2015

This post features works which appeared in the streets of Montreal in June and the first week of July 2015 (and that I was lucky enough to catch, of course). Our artists have been very busy and a lot of others were in town for Mural Festival, so this post is another big one! Graffiti was left out, there’s so much of it that it deserves its own separate post.

Cet article présente des oeuvres apparues dans les rues de Montréal en juin et pendant la première semaine de juillet 2015 (ce que j’ai eu la chance de trouver, bien sur). Nos artistes ont été très occupés et plusieurs autres de l’extérieur étaient en ville pour le Festival Mural, cet article est donc très chargé! Les pièces de graffiti seront traitées dans un article séparé.


painted and drawn

Earth Crusher for K6A in St-Henri.

Monk.e for K6A in St-Henri (next to above).

Unidentified artist for K6A in St-Henri (next to above).

Axe for K6A in Old Montreal.

SBU One in Old Montreal (next to above).

Unidentified artist in Old Montreal (next to above).

Unidentified artist in Old Montreal (next to above).

This is a close-up of the piece shown in the image above. Click image to see details of this piece’s incredible texture.

Tava in Little Italy.

Astro on container in a Plateau park (other sides below).

Astro on container in a Plateau park (other sides above and below).

Astro on one end of a container in a Plateau park (other sides above and below).

Astro on one end of a container in a Plateau park (other sides above).

Mono Sourcil in Hochelaga.

Mono Sourcil in the Plateau.

Mono Sourcil in Hochelaga.

The Chris Dyer piece (left) done last month for Chromatic 2015 has since been ‘extended’ with contributions from his brother Peru143 (top right) and MSHL (bottom right).

Around the corner from the above is a contribution by Plus3 (blue character) and Fase 6 (door and letter piece).

Same location as above, George S Blott piece wrapped around an older Lovebot wheatpaste on the building’s chimney.

Benny Wilding with Hsix (Gilles Duceppe – 3 blue face characters) in the Plateau.

New Mathieu Connery piece over an old one from last year’s Mural Festival.

Another new Mathieu Connery piece over an old one from last year’s Mural Festival.

MngeLeKrak on Rachel. Also visible on the door are wheatpastes by Miss Me and Kafka, and lots of stickers.

MSHL near the PSC legal graffiti wall in Pointe St-Charles.

Lovebot (right) and presumably Grominator (left) on St-Marc. The Lovebot portion was vandalised before I could photograph this wall, so I’m showing this photo © PiaMTL.

Mandala piece by Ali on the ground in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Mr Chose is taking over the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen, literally.

Mr Chose on bin at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

El Moot Moot on front of a Plateau house.

Timmy Drift (left) and Swarm (right) on a parked train in Petite Patrie.

Painted sidewalks on de Castelnau.

Painted sidewalks on de Castelnau.

Painted sidewalks on de Castelnau.

Fasi (left) and Naia (right) beneath expressway.

Many new occurrences of the Phantom Cat by Jmoe have popped up here and there in central Montreal.

One more by the Phantom Cat aka Jmoe.

This is actually from slightly earlier than the period covered within this blog post, but I thought it was a one-off joke until I found more. Artist unknown.

More by the above unidentified artist.


wheatpastes

A giant new piece by Stikki Peaches in the fashion district.

Stikki Peaches with Dain from NYC in Plateau/Mile End.

Turtle Caps is back in action. The piece on the left appears to be new, at least for Montreal, while the other one is not. Many other previously seen designs by this artist have been pasted around the Plateau and Mile End in the same week.

Finally some new Miss Me, with Turtle Caps in Mile End.

Poster by Enzo Sarto and Jilly Ballistic in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Le Renard Fou

More from Le Renard Fou that did not make it into my previous post.

Lovebot wheatpaste which has probably been pasted in Toronto, but this was new for Montreal.

A huge poster by Chat Perdu. Sorry, this is hard to do justice in a photo; click on image to view bigger.

Poster by Chat Perdu.

Poster by Madame Gilles.

Large paste-up version of a previously seen sticker by Swarm. Also visible on its left is a new sticker by Loks.

Paste-up by Swarm. Other variations have been found. Also visible in this shot is a slightly older sticker by Clovis.

New ‘dripping’ version of a paste-up by Starkey.

Paste-up by an unidentified artist.


wood-ups, wood cut-outs

Huge wood cut-out created by XRAY for the MTL En Arts event. This piece was interactive as people would mount the skateboard to be photographed as if they were being pulled by the revving ship.

Collective wood-up featuring Starkey‘s Wabbit (top), anonymous (middle left), Waxhead (middle right), Kind (bottom left) and IAmBatman (bottom right)

At the speed rabbits reproduce, it’s no surprise that Starkey‘s Wabbits are evolving.

Another one by Starkey, this one in alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

Unidentified artist over wooden piece.


Garbage Beauty

July 1st is moving day in Montreal, which means a lot of old furniture is left on the sidewalks and a lot more opportunities there are for Garbage Beauty to do their thing. Below is just a small fraction of what they did in our streets in the past few weeks. Their best work does not remain outside very long before it gets picked up and given a new home (or the same home from whence it came!).

Le 1er juillet est jour de déménagement à Montréal, donc beaucoup de vieux meubles se retrouvent sur les trottoirs et deviennent des canevas pour Garbage Beauty. Seulement une infime fraction de ce que Garbage Beauty a fait au cours des dernières semaines est présenté ici. Le meilleur de leur travail ne reste pas sur les trottoirs très longtemps avant d’être récupéré par de nouveaux (et parfois les anciens) propriétaires.


stencils

Unidentified artist in St-Henri.

Unidentified artist in St-Henri.


stickers

Futur Lasor Now

Futur Lasor Now

ROC514

G.Knight

Collaboration between Waxhead and El Moot Moot.

As above, different colours.

As above, different colours.

Collaboration between Waxhead and El Moot Moot.

As above, different colours.

As above, different colours.

El Moot Moot

El Moot Moot

El Moot Moot

Loks

Loks

Lovebot

Shifty Cat

Shifty Cat

Shifty Cat

Shifty Cat

Shifty Cat

Shifty Cat

New sticker by WhatIsAdam.

New sticker by WhatIsAdam.

MC Baldassari contributed a wall to the most recent edition of Mural Festival and she also left one of her stickers.

Caratoes also contributed a wall to the most recent edition of Mural Festival and left a sticker.

Many handmade stickers by Free Willy appeared all over central Montreal and beyond. Above and below is a selection of what I found. Free Willy tags have also been spotted.

More Free Willy.

More Free Willy.

More Free Willy.

More Free Willy.

More Free Willy.

More Free Willy.

Night Fairy

Two Sev

Two Sev

Deux Ben

Tits(?)

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

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.


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 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.

Representing Wastoids.


stickers

A sticker tag

New stickers May-June 2015

There has been so much new work in Montreal since my last ‘new works’ installment that I must break this one into differents posts. The gallery below only features new stickers and small paste-ups. For other media, see recents posts about the 2015 edition of Mural Festival, new painted works, new pasted works and new graffiti.

You’ll notice in the image gallery below a lot of stickers by unidentified artists or by unfamiliar names. This is presumably due to the amount of artists from other cities who were in town to check out the Mural Festival.

Il y a eu un tel nombre de créations depuis mon dernier article présentant les nouveautés street art à Montréal que je dois découper celui-ci en sous-articles. La galerie-photo ci-dessous ne présente que les nouveaux autocollants et autres petites pièces collées. Pour les autres nouveautés, voir ces articles récents couvrant l’édition 2015 du Festival Mural, les nouveautés peintes, les nouveaux collages et les nouveaux graffitis.

La galerie-photo ci-dessous inclut un grand nombre d’autocollants d’origine inconnue ou signés de noms qui ne sont pas familiers. Ceci est probablement dû au fait que plusieurs artistes étrangers étaient en ville au début de juin dans le cadre du Festival Mural.


Futur Lasor Now on a Beatles theme.

One more by Futur Lasor Now on a Beatles theme.

Futur Lasor Now

Futur Lasor Now

Waxhead

Waxhead

Waxhead

El Moot Moot

El Moot Moot

El Moot Moot

Earth Crusher

Dré aka Earth Crusher

More from G.Knight‘s currency series. A wheatpaste version is also out there.

Il Flatcha

Il Flatcha

Il Flatcha

Il Flatcha

Il Flatcha

Il Flatcha

Il Flatcha

Il Flatcha, presumably.

Il Flatcha

Il Flatcha

Enzo Sarto

Enzo Sarto

Enzo Sarto

Enzo Sarto

Enzo Sarto

Enzo Sarto

Enzo Sarto

Enzo Sarto

Kafka

Kafka

Stela in collaboration with Zu.

Stela in collaboration with Naps.

Amanda Valdes

Lulu107

Didi aka Diana Contreras.

Didi aka Diana Contreras.

Didi aka Diana Contreras.

Bruno Smoky for Clandestinos.

Bruno Smoky from the Clandestinos.

Shalak from the Clandestinos.

Turtle Caps

Lovebot

Lovebot

Lovebot

Ella & Pitr

Ella & Pitr

Ella & Pitr

Mateo

Instagrafite

Tag on sticker by Scaner.

Tag on sticker by Scaner.

Sticker-throwies by Scaner.

Shifty Cat

Shifty Cat

Naia

Naia

Naia

Naia

Naia

Naia

Naia

Naia and Homsik (pencil).

Minimalist mini-sticker by Homsik.

Minimalist mini-sticker by Homsik.

Homsik

ROC514

ROC514 collaboration with Zombiac.

ROC514, Def and Nustwo.

Nustwo and Last.

Nustwo and Last.

Nustwo and Pink.

Nustwo and Pink (top), Pink (bottom).

Pink.

One more by Pink, many variations have been spotted.

Beck

Uber5000

It’s OK Project

It’s OK Project

Sandra Chevrier

Sandra Chevrier

Swarm

Grim aka Grimjob69 aka Michael Shantz

Human Kind

Blob Head

Om

The Krah (?)

Slave

Night Fairy

Clovis

Waktr

Asik One

Zukies

Timmy Drift

Vile Child

Unidentified artist, colour variations exist.

Same unidentified artist as above.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

“]Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

New pasted works May-June 2015

There has been so much new work since my last ‘new works’ installment that I must break this one into differents posts. The gallery below only features wheatpastes and larger paste-ups. Coming up very soon is a post presenting new stickers. Already published are posts about the 2015 edition of Mural Festival, new painted works and new graffiti.

Il y a eu un tel nombre de créations depuis mon dernier article présentant les nouveautés street art à Montréal que je dois découper celui-ci en sous-articles. La galerie-photo ci-dessous ne présente que les grand collages, que ce soit sous forme de wheatpaste, poster, etc. Les nouveaux autocollants feront l’objet d’un article à part d’ici quelques jours. Pour les autres nouveautés, voir ces articles récents couvrant l’édition 2015 du Festival Mural, les nouveautés peintes et les nouveaux graffitis.


Wheatpaste version of a previously seen sticker by G.Knight.

Another currency wheatpaste by G.Knight.

Another currency wheatpaste by G.Knight. Sticker version exists (see upcoming post on new stickers).

G.Knight on a mock-stamp wheatpaste.

Fake movie poster by G.Knight.

Wheatpaste by Enzo Sarto.

Wheatpaste by Enzo Sarto on the corner door of the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Another Enzo Sarto wheatpaste.

Enzo Sarto wheatpaste again, but the googly eyes were very likely added by someone else.

Poster by Kafka.

Poster by Kafka.

Poster by Kafka.

Poster by Kafka.

Kafka paste-up.

Kafka paste-up.

Kafka paste-up.

Lily Luciole poster.

Lily Luciole poster.

Zola wheatpaste.

Cousin_It wheatpaste.

Cousin_It wheatpaste.

Cousin_It wheatpaste.

Cousin_It wheatpaste.

Cousin_It again, but these are plastic letters pasted on a tree (for the full message, see previous image).

Le Renard Fou est back in town indeed.

Le Renard Fou wheatpaste.

Le Renard Fou wheatpaste; sorry I got to this one after it was slightly damaged…

Le Renard Fou wheatpastes.

Le Renard Fou wheatpaste.

Le Renard Fou wheatpastes.

Le Renard Fou poster.

Le Renard Fou poster.

Lovebot wheatpaste in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

The Grominator wheatpaste on St-Laurent.

Wheatpaste by an unidentified artist in an alley off Duluth.

Madame Gilles poster.

Mono Sourcil paste-up.

Mono Sourcil paste-up.

Mono Sourcil paste-up.

Mono Sourcil paste-up.

Mono Sourcil paste-up.

Mono Sourcil paste-up.

Stela paste-up.

Stela paste-up.

Stela paste-up.

Stela paste-up.

Stela paste-up.

Stela paste-up.

Il Flatcha.

Pasted flower print by an unidentified artist.

More National Zombi from last month’s slapping campaign.

National Zombi paste-up.

Another National Zombi paste-up.

A large paste-up by Futur Lasor Now on St-Laurent.

A paste-up by Fasi. Many other similar variations have been found.

It’s OK Project pasted on a wooden support.

It’s OK Project mini-poster.

It’s OK Project mini-poster on wooden support in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Starkey known for his ‘wabbit’ wood-ups has also been pasting.

Chat Perdu

Paste-ups by an unidentified artist.

New painted works May-June 2015

There has been so much new work since my last ‘new works’ installment that I must break this one into differents posts. The gallery below only features murals, smaller painted pieces and stencil pieces. Coming up very soon is a post presenting new stickers and small paste-ups. Already published are posts about the 2015 edition of Mural Festival, new pasted works and new graffiti.

Il y a eu un tel nombre de créations depuis mon dernier article présentant les nouveautés street art à Montréal que je dois découper celui-ci en sous-articles. La galerie-photo ci-dessous ne présente que les oeuvres peintes, que ce soit sous forme de murale, petite pièce ou pochoir. Les nouveaux autocollants feront l’objet d’un article d’ici quelques jours. Pour les autres nouveautés, voir ces articles récents couvrant l’édition 2015 du Festival Mural, les nouveaux collages et les nouveaux graffitis.


Chris Dyer for the Chromatic block party.

Alex Produkt for the Chromatic block party.

Waxhead for the Chromatic block party.

Waxhead (top) and El Moot Moot (bottom) for the Chromatic block party.

Bonar and Opire for the Chromatic block party.

Jason Botkin for the Chromatic block party.

MC Baldassari for the Chromatic block party.

Earth Crusher for the Chromatic block party.

Barrels painted to look like Pabst beer cans by Earth Crusher for the Chromatic block party.

WhatIsAdam aka WIA for the Chromatic block party.

The return of Tava, with Detto, in Little Italy. See the bottom of this post for much more by Tava.

This one, also by Tava and Detto, is found in the Plateau. See the bottom of this post for much more by Tava.

Off-Mural Festival 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.

Another group piece, this one featuring Waxhead (left and barely visible in bottom corner), Turtle Caps (above ladder), Futur Lasor Now (above door), Deadliest Rosa (middle bottom), Loks (right) and El Moot Moot (right wall). In the graffiti alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

El Moot Moot in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

El Moot Moot (left) and Waxhead (right) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Off-Mural Festival work by Waxhead on St-Laurent.

Waxhead (top) and Lyfer (bottom) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Off-Mural Festival work by Labrona (bottom) and Gawd (top) on St-Laurent.

Monk.e near St-Laurent.

Off-Mural Festival work by Stela (top right and recess inner wall), Lulu107 (top left), Amanda Valdes (bottom left) and Didi aka Diana Contreras (bottom right).

The door recess at the above spot also features this extra piece by Lulu107.

Earth Crusher on the lateral wall of a new café in the Plateau.

Ella & Pitr in St-Henri; photo © Ella & Pitr. The smaller two pieces are on roofs, the bigger one is on a parking space.

Clandestinos did a new wall on Rachel over an older one of theirs from last summer.

Cens (left) and Bruno Smoky from Clandestinos (right) in a back alley of the Plateau.

Finally some official work for Kat, in a door recess on St-Laurent.

More by Kat on St-Laurent.

Cryote, at the time representing the Wzrds Gng in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

Gives and Cryote representing the Wzrds Gng in a lower Plateau back alley.

Maliciouz in Parc Lhasa de Sela.

Maliciouz, same place as above, opposite angle.

“Le sage et la muse” by Ashop for the Bibliothèque et Maison de la Culture Mercier. Photo © Ashop.

Riode in an abandoned industrial building.

Riode in an abandoned industrial building.

Riode in an abandoned industrial building.

Loks (left) and Riode (right) in an abandoned industrial building.

Saten in a Plateau back alley.

Zoofest ad mural on Ontario by Rouks, Crane, LP Montoya and Wonez.

Cyndie Belhumeur for Mu on St-Denis.

Homage to Beau Dommage’s landmark debut album, by Jerome Poirier in alley off St-Zotique.

Ktvert in a Plateau back alley.

Waxhead on a barrel found in a Plateau alley.

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

Scaner reserving a spot in an alley off St-Laurent.

Off-Mural Festival work by Didi aka Diana Contreras on a St-Laurent business storefront. See also next (same business).

Off-Mural Festival work by Amanda Valdes on a St-Laurent business storefront. See also previous (same business).

Lulu107 piece in a back alley of St-Laurent.

Stela representing the Witch Gang in a back alley of St-Laurent.

Small piece by Homsik in a Plateau back alley.

El Moot Moot by train tracks in upper Plateau.

El Moot Moot by train tracks in upper Plateau.

El Moot Moot by train tracks in upper Plateau.

El Moot Moot by train tracks in upper Plateau.

El Moot Moot by a bike path in upper Plateau.

Unknown artist in Hochelaga.

Unknown artist on a bin at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Concrete block painted by Porto near the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.


wood-ups

Waxhead and Starkey collaboration in Mile End.

Starkey in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Starkey in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Starkey in Plateau End.

Fake doorbell by Starkey on St-Laurent.

City Kitty in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark


stencils

G.Knight (formerly known as Graffiti Knight) has been stencilling his shortened moniker on the walls, streets and sidewalks of the Plateau and Mile End. Three examples are shown below, but there are many others to be found.

G.Knight (anciennement Graffiti Knight) a imprimé au pochoir son nouveau nom raccourci sur les murs, trottoirs et rues du Plateau et de Mile End. Trois exemples sont présentés ci-dessous, mais il y a en a plusieurs dizaines d’autres.


Tava’s Buck 15 Espresso tunnel

Tava was commissionned to paint the walls of the tunnel next to Buck 15 Espresso in Griffintown. The tunnel is quite narrow, which makes it rather difficult to take good photos.

Tava a reçu comme commande la décoration des murs du tunnel à coté du café Buck 15 Espresso dans Griffintown. Le tunnel en question est plutôt étroit, ce qui rend difficile la prise de bonnes photos.

New graffiti May-June 2015

This post presents burners and a few throw-ups done mostly in June or late May in Montreal.

Cet article présente les nouvelles pièces de graffiti produites à Montréal principalement en juin ou fin-mai.


Scaner at the Chromatic block party.

Scaner on Mont-Royal, off Mural Festival.

Scaner above the LNDMRK offices.

123Klan‘s Scien in Ville-Marie.

123Klan‘s Klor in Ville-Marie.

Nychos unofficial piece in Ville-Marie while in town for the Mural Festival.

Zek in Ville-Marie.

Lyfer in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark, beneath a new piece by Waxhead.

Bosny in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Cons in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Deep in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Deep in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Acek on an abandoned warehouse between Hochelaga and Mercier.

Apashe in Rosemont.

Blek in Rosemont.

Crane at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Wonez at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Deko in Rosemont.

Deko in Rosemont.

EK Sept and Serum in Hochelaga (very long wall, hence the photo curve).

Eksel in abandoned Mile End shed.

Commissioned HSP crew piece on the side wall of a Rosemont dépanneur. This first section is by F.One.

Commissioned HSP crew piece on the side wall of a Rosemont dépanneur. This second section is by Sewer.

Commissioned HSP crew piece on the side wall of a Rosemont dépanneur. This third section is by Ewol.

Hitem in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Kzam in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Jaws in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Kelen in Hochelaga.

Kelen and Kube on an abandoned warehouse in Eastern Montreal.

Klon ESP on an abandoned warehouse in Eastern Montreal.

Blek in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

One more by Blek in the graffiti alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Kruz in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Kwun in abandoned lot East of Hochelaga.

Legal and Kwun in Hochelaga.

Lison(?) in Hochelaga.

A quickie by Lyfer in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Lyfer(?) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

An unidentified writer in Hochelaga.

Noper at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Noper at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Noper near the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Noper on train.

One Ton at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Pwel in Hochelaga.

Rouks at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Rouks (left), someone from Orgzm (right) at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Rouks at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Drif in Rosemont.

Rusto in Rosemont.

Niel in Rosemont.

Dare(?) in Rosemont.

Big YU8 (crew) piece, probably by Resok, on an abandoned Hochelaga warehouse, beneath something older by Obes.

Beek(?) and Criswp at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Crane and Royal at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Nems (left) and Akym (right) at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Nese at legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Skor (bottom) and Mr Chose (pink cat) at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Saner (letters) and Koni (characters) at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen beneath older pieces by Saner and Skope.

Wesco at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen beneath older pieces by Reabs and others.

Anus in an abandoned Mile End shed.

War in an abandoned Mile End shed.

Mural Festival 2015

This article features the new murals created during the 2015 edition of Mural Festival as well as the other temporary art found on the site (St-Laurent between Sherbrooke and Mont-Royal) while it was closed to traffic. Missing is the mural planned by XRAY which was cancelled because of miscommunications with the owner of the wall originally assigned to the artist.

Only four earlier Festival murals have been replaced with new ones this year. These are the sponsored one by Kashink and the 123Klan mural from the 2014 edition, as well as the Omen and Caron murals from the 2013 edition. Last year’s RR & DB wheatpaste mural has since been destroyed by rain and winter; the space was therefore already ready for something new. The Cyrcle mural from 2014 is also gone, that wall had to be rebuilt and it was not yet ready to be covered with a new mural.

You may want to check out this walking tour which I have put together: starting from ‘mural central’ behind the LNDMRK offices, up St-Dominique and the eastern side of St-Laurent then down Clark and the western side of St-Laurent.

See also: Google’s Street Art Project feature on the Mural Festival.

Cet article présente les nouvelles murales créées dans le cadre de l’édition 2015 du Festival Mural ainsi que les oeuvres temporaires trouvées sur le site (St-Laurent entre Sherbrooke et Mont-Royal). Il ne manque que la murale de XRAY qui n’a pas été produite suite à une confusion concernant la disponibilité du mur réservé pour cet artiste.

Seulement 4 murales ont été remplacées par de nouvelles cette année: celles de Kashink et du 123 Klan produites dans le cadre de l’édition 2014 ainsi que celles d’Omen et de Caron datant de l’édition 2013. La murale avec collage par RR & DB datant de l’an dernier était déjà détruite par la pluie et l’hiver. Cet espace était donc déjà disponible pour recevoir une nouvelle oeuvre. La murale de Cyrcle produite l’année dernière est aussi disparue, mais elle n’a pas été remplacée, le mur étant en cours de réparation.

Vous pourriez être intéressé par ce tour pédestre que j’ai créé: débutant à la ‘place des murales’ derrière les bureaux de LNDMRK, ensuite vers le nord le long de St-Dominique et le côté est de St-Laurent, puis vers le sud le long de Clark et le côté ouest de St-Laurent.

A voir aussi: expo sur le Festival Mural par le Google Street Art Project.


The walls / les murs

Bicicleta Sem Freio

Nychos

2Alas

Monk.e

Axel Void

Astro (wall 1/2).

Astro (wall 2/2).

Benny Wilding

Jaz

Melissa Del Pinto

Earth Crusher for Ashop

MC Baldassari

Opire and Bonar

Elian

Curiot

Eric Clément

4-Tin

Faith47

Jarus; visible at the bottom are throw-ups by Hirok and House, done with the blessing of the artist to remind people of the roots of street art as well as to prevent taggers from using that space.

A wheatpaste by C-215.

A wheatpaste by C-215; photo © PiaMTL.

Caratoes (semi-official contribution) behind the LNDMRK offices.


Mathieu Connery sidewalk pieces

Mathieu Connery has been painting his abstract pieces on the sidewalks of St-Laurent since the first edition of Mural Festival. This year he came up with two new pieces and restored a few of the ones from last year which had faded. Then, over the weeks following the end of the festival, he transformed a few of the fading 2014 creations.

Mathieu Connery a peint un certain nombre de pièces abstraites sur les trottoirs de St-Laurent pour chaque édition du Festival Mural. Cette année il a créé deux nouvelles pièces et rafraichit certaines de l’an dernier qui étaient en voie de disparaitre. Dans les semaines qui ont suivi la tenue du festival, il a adapté quelques pièces de 2014 qui étaient en voie de disparaître.

2015 creation

2015 creation

2015 re-interpretation of a fading 2014 creation.

2015 re-interpretation of a fading 2014 creation.


Information boards / panneaux info

A number of (mostly) local artists covered the backs of the festival’s information boards with their art. These information boards were found interspersed at regular intervals between Mont-Royal and Sherbrooke.

Des artistes en grande majorité de Montréal ont recouvert le revers des panneaux d’information du festival avec leur art. Ces panneaux étaient positionnés ici et là le long du site, entre Mont-Royal et Sherbrooke.

Waxhead

Alex Produkt

Stela

Lulu107

Didi aka Diana Contreras

Amanda Valdes

Cryote, at the time representing the Wzrds Gng.

Gives

WZRDS GNG

WZRDS GNG

Grimjob69 aka Michael Shantz

Someone from the WZRDS GNG.

Vicky Filiault

Sake

Stadium Art Movement aka Jonathan Himsworth.


Installations, etc.

The rest area this year was painted by Beeforeo aka Bfour.

Waxhead, angle 1/3.

Waxhead, angle 2/3.

Waxhead, angle 3/3.

Oram 79

Isaac Holland side 1/2.

Isaac Holland side 2/2.

IAmBatman

IAmBatman

IAmBatman

IAmBatman

IAmBatman

IAmBatman

IAmBatman

IAmBatman

A work-in-progress by Fonki.

A work-in-progress by Chris Dyer.

A hand-painted horse by Chris Dyer.

Bus painted by Bryan Beyung and Five Eight (side 1/2).

Bus painted by Bryan Beyung and Five Eight (side 2/2).

Truck 2 truck MTL – graffiti on wheels

This image gallery features a collection of graffiti (and a few figurative) pieces found on the sides and/or backs of trucks spotted in Montreal. Most of the work shown here was commissioned. I apologize for the quality of some of the images: the trucks are sometimes filthy and in some cases it was difficult to get a good angle between parked vehicles.

La galerie-photo ci-dessous présente des pièces de graffiti (et quelques figuratives) découvertes sur les cotés et derrières de camions à Montréal. La majorité de ces créations ont été commandées. Je dois m’excuser de la piètre qualité de certaines de ces photos. Les camions ne sont pas toujours très propres et il est parfois difficile de trouver un bon angle entre les véhicules stationnés.


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

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

Truck side by Scribe.

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Opposite side of the above truck by Scribe.

Bacer and Shok.

Opposite side of the above by Case and Some.

2020 update of this truck side by Haks. Scroll down for an earlier version on the same vehicle.

Serak

Opposide side by Monk.e.

Back by Monk.e.

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

Opposite side of the above by Janek.

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

Opposite side of the above by Fleo.

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

Opposite side of the above by Deep.

Back of the above by Killa EF.

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

Arose on the opposite side of the above

Rouks on the back of the above.

Monk.e for the 2019 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Opposite side to the above by Fleo.

Snok

Arose on the opposite side of the above.

Bosny on the back of the above.

Haks

Opposite side of the above by Nemo.

Yekso on the back of the above.

Haks

Opposite side of the above by Colfer.

Keos for the 2018 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Opposite side of the above by Meor.

Snok for the 2018 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Opposite side of the above by Janek.

Awe, with an older background by Fleo and Dodo Osé, for the 2018 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

The opposite side of the above is by Rekal.

Noce for the 2018 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

The opposite side of the above truck is by Sapoe.

MSHL, SBU One and Naimo collaboration during the 2018 edition of Mural.

Opposite side of the above off-Mural collaboration between MSHL, SBU One and Naimo.

Keos

Keos

Keos

Tribute to Scaner by Fleo for the 2017 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

The opposite side of the above is also a tribute to Scaner, this time by Monk.e.

The ack of the above truck is by Earth Crusher.

Tribute to Scaner by Korb for the 2017 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

The reverse of the above is another tribute to Scaner, this one by Narc.

The back door of the above is by Fezat.

Kers.

Back of the above by Her.

Listen

Elfu

EK Sept on the reverse of the above.

Peace representing BTH.

Mos on the opposite side of the above BTH truck.

Mos is also on back of the above.

Pask

Keos on the opposite side of the above.

Stare

Scaner on the opposite side of the above.

Zek on the side. The back is by Zek and Shadow. This was done for the 2016 edition of Hip Hop You don’t Stop.

Shadow on the opposite side to the above.

Lyfer (letters) and Awe (back) for the 2016 edition of the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop festival.

Peace (letters) and Mos (back) for the 2016 edition of the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop festival.

Jaker is on the opposite side of the above.

Monk.e, for the 2016 edition of the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop Festival.

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

Killa EF

This K-way truck was redone by Scaner (sides) and Dodo Osé (back; view below) for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

The back end of the above truck was done by Dodo Osé for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

The opposite side of the above truck was done by Scaner writing the name of Dodo Osé.

Chris Dyer on truck side for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival. See below for back.

Chris Dyer on back of truck for the 2016 edition of Mural Festival. See above for side.

Grems

Other side of the above truck by Grems.

Axe Lalime

Opposite side is by Saer.

Arose

Shok

Mersh on the opposite side of the above.

Skor on the back of the above truck.

Stare

Scaner on the opposite side of the above.

Stare and Scaner throwies on the back of the above.

A few months later Axe added this piece over the Stare and Scaner throws on the back of the above truck.

Stare for KG on the front of the above truck.

Lyfer and Bosny. This was done during the 2015 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Opposite side of the above, showing Awe (letters) between Opire on the left and Bosny on the right.

The back of the above truck is by Opire.

The front of the above truck shows a throwie by Zek.

K6A‘s Fleo on letters and Dodo Osé on background. This was done during the 2015 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

Monk.e and Mastrocola did the other side of the above truck.

Ms Teri did the back of the above truck.

Peru143

Opposite side to the above.

Back of truck by Fonki. I was unfortunately unable to get good shots of the sides.

Acek

Opposite side of the above by Arose.

Taike

Taike is also on the opposite side of the above.

Bonar, Les Hommes De Lettres and Fonki.

Opposite side of the above.

Chris Dyer

Pask

Pask again.

One more by Pask, photo © Guillaume Couture.

Scaner

Opposite side to the above is by Ether.

Axe (letters) and Tchug (figurative).

Jaber (letters) and Tchug (back creature) on the opposite and back sides of the above.

Nixon

Monk.e on the opposite side of the above.

Fleo for K6A on the back end of the above.

Dodo Osé on the side and Bryan Beyung on the back.

The opposite side of the above is by Dré aka Earth Crusher.

Letters by Koal and birds by Astro.

Opposite side to the above, letters by Pask and characters by Astro.

Otek

Ashop‘s van.

Ashop‘s van, back and opposite side.

Saer and perhaps others for K6A.

Opposite side of the above by Arose.

Keos

Another piece by Keos.

Plus

By Peams.

By someone from CSX, opposite side to the above.

Chris Dyer

Chris Dyer, back and opposite side of the above.

Stare. The throw on the front part is by Zek.

Scaner on the opposite side of the above and Bryan Beyung on the back.

Pito (side) and Some (back).

Opposite side of the above by Killa EF.

Nixon

F.One representing the HSP Crew on the opposite side of the above.

Sewer from the HSP crew on the back of the above.

Waxhead

Back side to the above by Sam Kaston (cat and birds). Tag by Aper.

Nixon (top), Robe/Fore (bottom).

Fost.

123Klan

Bates on the opposite side of the above.

Serak representing K6A.

Saer from K6A on the opposite side of the above.

Insa – right side.

Insa – left side.

Nixon

Nixon (to be confirmed) on the opposite side of the above.

Nixon, split over two backs of parked vans.

Another back end by Nixon.

Zek and perhaps others, from 2010.

Someone from KG (Zek again?) on the other side of the above.

New graffiti May 2015

Scaner in Rosemont.

Grab in Rosemont.

Grab again, this time in Hochelaga.

Debza in Rosemont.

Debza in Rosemont.

Scribe in Rosemont.

Arnold (left) and Naimo (right) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Naimo representing Underdogs in NDG.

Gsup representing the 203 crew in NDG.

Hitem writing OBJET in NDG.

Naimo representing Underdogs in NDG.

Hitem writing OBJET in NDG.

Jaber in Rosemont.

Astro in Rosemont.

Nybar in Rosemont.

Apashe in Rosemont.

Skor in Rosemont.

Skor in Hochelaga.

Skor in Hochelaga.

Loker and Skor at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Havok representing Crazy Apes in Rosemont.

Nask also representing Crazy Apes in Rosemont..

Nask (letters) and Rouks (woman) at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Korb at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Lith at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Lith in Rosemont.

Kwun in Rosemont.

Kwun in Hochelaga.

Morz in Rosemont.

Ecler in Rosemont.

Shrek in Rosemont.

Sino in Rosemont.

Veak in Rosemont.

Crane (middle, not so new), Hitem (bottom left) and Lyfer (bottom right) in Pointe St-Charles.

Gsup from the 203 crew at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Kemt in Hochelaga.

Figurative piece on the left by Fezat and the letters by Egor aka The New Yen, both from Crazy Apes. In Rosemont.

Nems at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Sec (top), Dré aka Earth Crusher (bottom left), Nems (bottom right) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Nems (left) and Rouks (right) at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Royal at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Wonez (left) and Rouks (right) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Serum at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Opek (bottom left) and Nese (bottom right) at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Mokyt in and abandoned lot in Hochelaga.

Block in Hochelaga.

Penar in Hochelaga.

Smak at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Ben J. in Rosemont.

Trak at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

G-ser(?) in Rosemont.

Kred in Rosemont.

Akym at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Unidentified writer in an abandoned industrial shed.

Balis in an alley behind St-Laurent.

Arcel in an alley behind St-Laurent. Also visible are wheatpastes by Scaner and Ether.

New street art April-May 2015

Here’s a rundown of new street art having appeared on our streets in the past few weeks. This post covers painted murals and other painted pieces, wheatpastes, stickers, stencils and wood-ups. A post dedicated to recent graffiti pieces should be published here within a few days.

Voici une galerie-photo présentant les nouveautés sous forme de murales et petites pièces peintes, collages, autocollants, pochoirs, etc apparues dans nos rues au cours des dernières semaines. Un article à part couvrant les pièces de graffiti sera publié d’ici quelques jours.


murals and smaller painted pieces

Waxhead on St-Laurent, one step ahead of the upcoming Mural Festival.

Graffiti mural by Stare on St-Dominique.

Gives and Cryote representing the Wzrds Gng in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

Mastrocola and Mijares on Laval.

Monk.e at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen. Also visible at the top is an old wheatpaste by Lovebot.

The first of Mathieu Connery‘s nine sidewalk pieces for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival.

Lovebot in Rosemont.

The Grominator.

The Grominator near St-Laurent.

We’ve had stickers and small pieces by El Moot Moot, but this is a small ‘mural’.

Another mural piece from El Moot Moot, this one found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Nixon in Rosemont.

Rouks (left) and Crane (right) at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

Rouks (bottom) at the legal graffiti tunnel on de Rouen.

SBU One at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Biko in Hochelaga.

Jest in Hochelaga.

Unidentified artist in an abandoned shed in Mile End.

Zen or Ben in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

Small Morz piece in Rosemont.


wood-ups

Waxhead and Starkey in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Waxhead and Starkey in St-Henri.

Starkey ‘Wabbit’ in Hochelaga.

It’s OK Project, found on the des Carrières bike path.


wheatpastes and larger paste-ups

Kat in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Zola in Mile End/Mile Ex.

Zola in Mile End/Mile Ex.

Mimi in Centre-Sud.

Pony in Cité du Multimédia.

Pony in Cité du Multimédia.

Futur Lasor Now in Plateau End.

Futur Lasor Now in Plateau End.

Futur Lasor Now in Plateau End.

Lovebot in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark. This is the new 2015 design, slightly different to the ones from last year.

Lovebot spells it out near St-Laurent.

Manyoly in Mile End. Many other wheatpastes by the same artist were featured in this earlier post.

Madame Gilles in the Plateau.

Madame Gilles in the Plateau.

Madame Gilles in the Plateau.

Madame Gilles in the Plateau.

Madame Gilles in the Plateau.

Madame Gilles in the Plateau.

Paste-up by the Edgy Way.

Another paste-up by the Edgy Way, this one in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Unidentified artist in Cité du Multimédia.

Unidentified artist in Cité du Multimédia.


stickers and smaller paste-ups

Waxhead

Sticker party featuring Il Flatcha (new-ish top left), Swarm (new-ish), Waxhead (new), Miel (bottom left) and Fasi (right)

Waxhead

Waxhead

Zola

KLC crew featuring ROC514 and others.

KLC crew featuring ROC514 and others.

ROC514, new and armed.

ROC514, new and armed.

Collaboration between ROC514 and Pink.

Variation on a new Futur Lasor Now design.

Variation on a new Futur Lasor Now design.

New variation on an earlier design by Futur Lasor Now.

National Zombi

National Zombi

National Zombi

National Zombi

More National Zombi.

More National Zombi.

More National Zombi.

More National Zombi.

Even more National Zombi.

Even more National Zombi.

More, more and more National Zombi.

More, more and more National Zombi.

Aaah, it’s a National Zombi invasion!

Aaah, it’s a National Zombi invasion!

Stela

Stela

Stela

Stela (top left) and Zu.

Collaboration between Purplesmoke17 and Sien514.

New Lovebot stickers, different to the ones from last year.

One more new sticker by Lovebot.

Lovebot sticker which may not be new, but it is new for Montreal.

Another Lovebot sticker which may not be new in Toronto but it is in Montreal.

Paste-up by Maliciouz.

Unidentified artist.

Yak

Yak

New sticker by Nustwo. What is not black actually has a mirror finish; what looks green are actually tree leaves above being reflected.

New sticker by Nustwo. What is not black actually has a mirror finish; what looks green are actually tree leaves above being reflected.

Def

Jaj

El Moot Moot

El Moot Moot

Cures

Cures

Cures?

Cures?

Small paste-up signed Amir.

Jraff

Klon ESP


stencils

Dookie in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark. More of the same have been found in the neighbourhood.

Unidentified artist on the PSC legal graffiti wall.


tag

Looks like Scaner is applying for a job with Garbage Beauty!