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Mural Festival 2013

This post covers the 2013 edition of Mural Festival. For subsequent editions, check out the latter link. 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 oeuvres produites dans le cadre de l’édition 2013 du Festival Mural. Pour les autres éditions, cliquez sur ce dernier lien. 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.


En Masse‘s contribution featuring Dan Buller (tennis player), Five Eight (central letters), Scaner (top letters), Waxhead (head on the left), Beeforeo (below Five) and Nixon (bottom, top and far right). Photo © Infant Wisdom.

Gaia from the USA. Photo © Gaia.

Jason Botkin. Car by Jeremy Shantz. Photo © Street Art News.

LNY from the USA.

Bonar

Escif from Spain.

Chris Dyer

Ashop featuring Fluke, Zek, Axe and Apashe.

Other

Paria Crew featuring mainly Astro.

Labrona.

This huge mural is by Pixel Pancho from Italy.

Stare and Tchug.

A Squid Called Sebastian from Belgium.

Roa from Belgium.

Ricardo Cavolo from Spain.

Phlegm from England. This photo was taken in 2014 after the bottom was redone to remove graffiti (which of course reappeared soon after).

Phlegm actually did two pieces, this is the other one.

Wzrds Gng (side view).

Wzrds Gng (back view also showing work by Stela). Photo © Vitrolaeletrica.

Omen with letters by himself and Five Eight at the bottom.

Fin DAC and Christina Angelina. Photo © Fin DAC.

This mural is by Reka One from Australia.


Mathieu Connery’s sidewalk pieces

For the 2013 edition of the festival, Montreal artist Mathieu Connery painted three pieces in his own abstract and somewhat geometrical style on the sidewalks of St-Laurent. The three photos in the gallery below are © Vandalog.

Dans le cadre de l’édition 2013 du festival, l’artiste montréalais Mathieu Connery a peint sur les trottoirs de la rue St-Laurent trois différentes pièces dans son style abstrait et géométrique. Les 3 photos dans la galerie ci-dessous sont © Vandalog.

On Milton corner St-Laurent.

Between Milton and Prince-Arthur.

Between Rachel and Marie-Anne.

Mural Festival

Mural Festival promotional sticker
Mural Festival promotional sticker
The Mural Festival came to life in 2013 and was an instant success. It draws huge crowds every year and has won great praise and awards. The Festival has since changed the landscape of the St-Laurent axis between Maisonneuve and St-Joseph. Montreal had a great reputation regarding its street art, but now our city is gradually making its place amongst the best destinations in the world for fans of this art form.

You may want to check out this walking tour map connecting most Mural Festival creations and other major murals in the area. See also: Google’s Street Art Project feature on the Mural Festival.

Le Festival Mural a vu le jour en 2013 et a connu un succès instantané. Il attire chaque année des foules immenses et a remporté de nombreux éloges et récompenses. Le Festival a depuis changé le paysage de l’axe Saint-Laurent entre les rues de Maisonneuve et St-Joseph. Montréal avait une grande réputation en matière d’art urbain, mais aujourd’hui notre ville se taille une place parmi les destinations incontournables pour les amateurs de cette forme d’art.

Vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à cet itinéraire pédestre reliant toutes les murales produites dans le cadre du Festival ainsi que les autres créations majeures dans le même quartier. A voir aussi: expo sur le Festival Mural par le Google Street Art Project.


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Fonki

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.


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.


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.


tags


stickers

Sticker promoting the “Fonki World” documentary.

Vilx

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.


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.

De Rouen legal graffiti tunnel 2015 part 1

Here is a photo gallery of graffiti pieces found at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel in Hochelaga between January and June 2015. Separate posts cover the periods
August-December 2014
July-December 2015
January-June 2016
For information about this Montreal open air gallery, see the tunnel’s welcome/information page.

Help with the identification of some uncredited artists displayed in the image gallery below is welcome.

Voici une galerie-photo des pièces de graffiti trouvées au mur légal sur de Rouen dans Hochelaga de janvier à juin 2015. Des articles à part couvrent les périodes
août-décembre 2014
juillet-décembre 2015
janvier-juin 2016
Pour plus d’information au sujet de cette galerie à ciel ouvert, voir la page d’accueil et d’information du tunnel.

Si vous reconnaissez les artistes responsables de certaines pièces non-créditées dans la galerie-photo ci-dessous, vous êtes invités à m’en faire part.


Northern wall / mur nord

Photos in this image gallery are displayed from the left end to the right end of the wall, then in chronological order within the same spot.

Les photos de la galerie ci-dessous sont présentées de l’extrémité gauche à l’extrémité droite du mur, et ensuite en ordre chronologique pour un même endroit.

Crane (middle and bottom), Lovebot (top wheatpaste), etc.

Debza (bottom left), Sewer (bottom right), Crane (middle), Lovebot (top wheatpaste), etc.

Noper

Hornok aka Horeo and Noks (bottom), Crane (middle), Lovebot (top wheatpaste), Waxhead (far right middle, sideways; scroll down for close-up), etc.

Monk.e (bottom), Lovebot (top wheatpaste), etc.


Waxhead on the narrow edge.


Porto (bottom right), Arose (middle), someone representing VHS (top), etc.

Rouks (bottom with other piece over the left part), Arose (middle), someone representing VHS (top), Kaner (work-in-progress bottom right).

Morz (bottom left), Piba (bottom right), Arose (middle), someone representing VHS (top), etc.

Debza

Rouks, work-in-progress.

unidentified artist (bottom), Hoper (middle), someone representing VHS (top), etc.

Work-in-progress by Rouks.

Rouks (bottom left), LP Montoya (bottom right), Hoper (top).


Rouks

Kaner (work-in-progress bottom left), Skope (bottom right), Crane (middle), etc.

Nese (centre letters), Elfu (characters left and right).

Wonez (bottom left) and Crane (middle and bottom right) , etc.

Opek (bottom left), Nese (bottom right), etc.

Nems (left), Akym (right), Crane (top), etc.

Unidentified artist.


Skor (bottom, over what’s left of Max), Acro (top), etc.

Orgzm (bottom), Acro (top), etc.

Ratek (bottom left), Penar (throwie bottom right), Acro, etc.

F.One from the HSP crew.

Ogen (bottom letters), Max (bottom ends), Acro (top).

Korb from the Crazy Apes.

Skor (bottom), Mr Chose (pink cat), etc.

Crane and Royal (bottom), Reabs (middle), Mr Chose (pink cat), etc.

Akym (bottom left), Rouks (bottom right), Reabs (top left), etc.


Max (bottom), Dock tribute (middle), etc.

Ratek (bottom), Rave (top), etc.

Zek (bottom), Rave (middle), etc.

Max (bottom left), Aner (bottom right), Rave (middle), etc.

Fokus aka Ofusk and Empty.


Southern wall / mur sud

Photos in this image gallery are displayed from the left end to the right end of the wall, then in chronological order within the same spot.

Les photos de la galerie ci-dessous sont présentées de l’extrémité gauche à l’extrémité droite du mur, et ensuite en ordre chronologique pour un même endroit.

Debza (bottom left), Apashe (middle), Saner (top), etc.

Maliciouz (bottom left) and Gsup (bottom right), Hers (middle), Saner (top), etc.

Maliciouz (bottom left) and Volpe (bottom right), Hers (middle), Saner (top).

Saner (top and bottom centre), Koni (bottom ends), Skope (middle), Saner (top), etc.

Pask (bottom left), Meor (bottom right), Skope (middle), Saner (top), etc.


Naimo

Wonez (bottom left), Crane (bottom right), Veak (top), etc.

Max (bottom left), Veak (top), etc.

Secs (bottom), etc.

Chef (bottom left), Skope (bottom right), etc.

Rouks (bottom), etc.

Royal (bottom), etc.

Lith from the Crazy Apes.

Nese, etc.

Noper, etc.


Aces (bottom left), Serum (bottom right), etc.

Kapten (bottom left), Desk (bottom right), etc.

Thief! (top right) and Lilie Lavie (bottom).

Crane

Serum

Serum

Wonez (left), Rouks (right), etc.

Nask (bottom writing), Rouks (woman), etc.


Noper (bottom left), Wonez (bottom right), Serum (middle left), Aces (middle right), Kelen (top), etc.

Crane (bottom left), Rouks (figure), Noper (bottom right), Serum (middle left), Aces (middle right), Kelen (top), etc.

Jinx (bottom left), Elfu (bottom right), Serum (middle left), Aces (middle right), Kelen (top), etc.

Serum (bottom and middle left), EK Sept (bottom right), Aces (middle right), Kelen (top), etc.

Koni from HTU (bottom left) and Oser aka Dodo Osé from K6A (bottom right)

Elfu (left), EK Sept (right), etc.

Eskro (bottom), Aces (top), etc.

Paste-up by unidentified artist.

Two pasted posters by unidentified artist.

Rouks (left), Crane? (right), etc.

Nems (left), Rouks (right), etc.

Korb from Crazy Apes.

Rouks (left), someone from Orgzm (right), etc.

Rouks, etc.

Rouks, etc.


Zaz and Soze (bottom, over an older Debza), Lyfer (middle), Soma (middle), etc.

Empty (bottom, partially covered in petty tagging).

Dré aka Earth Crusher (bottom left), Nems (bottom right), Sec (top), etc.

Wesco (bottom), Reabs (middle), etc.

Sewer (bottom left), Axe (character), Fone (bottom right),


more / plus

Deep on the opposite sides of the above posts.

Lyfer next to tunnel.

Kaner next to train tracks above tunnel.

Unknown artist on bin.

Yarn bombing next to tunnel.

Concrete block painted by Porto.

Kevin Ledo

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.


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.

De Rouen legal graffiti tunnel 2014 part 2

Here is a photo gallery of graffiti pieces found at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel in Hochelaga between August and December 2014. Separate posts cover the periods
January-June 2015
July-December 2015
January-June 2016
For information about this Montreal open air gallery, see the tunnel’s welcome/information page.

Help with the identification of some uncredited artists displayed in the image gallery below is welcome.

Voici une galerie-photo des pièces de graffiti trouvées au mur légal sur de Rouen dans Hochelaga entre août et décembre 2014. Des articles à part couvrent les périodes
janvier-juin 2015
juillet-décembre 2015
janvier-juin 2016
Pour plus d’information au sujet de cette galerie à ciel ouvert, voir la page d’accueil et d’information du tunnel.

Si vous reconnaissez les artistes responsables de certaines pièces non-créditées dans la galerie-photo ci-dessous, vous êtes invités à m’en faire part.


Northern wall / mur nord

Photos in this image gallery are displayed from the left end to the right end of the wall, then in chronological order within the same spot.

Les photos de la galerie ci-dessous sont présentées de l’extrémité gauche à l’extrémité droite du mur, et ensuite en ordre chronologique pour un même endroit.

Star Two (bottom left), Veak (middle and top), Cafe (top right), Sirvis (bottom right), etc.

Max (bottom), Crane (middle), Veak (top), etc.

Skor (bottom), Crane (middle), Lovebot (top wheatpaste), etc.


Horno (left), Ankh? (right).

Oram 79

IAmBatman

Unidentified (bottom), Haze (top).

Crane (bottom), Haze (middle), someone from VHS (top), etc.


Seker (bottom), Intak (top).

Nese

Resok representing YU8.

T96 (bottom), Intak (top), etc.


Apashe (bottom), Acro (top), etc.

Ratek (bottom), Acro (top), etc.

Unidentified artist, perhaps IAmBatman.

Clima, etc.


Astro (bottom), Dock tribute (middle), etc.

Brake (bottom), Dock tribute (top), etc.

EK Sept (bottom centre), Max (bottom ends), Dock tribute (middle), etc.


Southern wall / mur sud

Photos in this image gallery are displayed from the left end to the right end of the wall, then in chronological order within the same spot.

Les photos de la galerie ci-dessous sont présentées de l’extrémité gauche à l’extrémité droite du mur, et ensuite en ordre chronologique pour un même endroit.

Apashe (middle), Saner (top), Penar (bottom left throwie), etc.

Apashe (top) and unidentified (bottom).

Zrey Li (bottom), Apashe (middle) and Saner (top).

Sewer (bottom left), F.One (bottom right), Apashe (middle), Saner (top), etc.


Max from the YMCA crew (in yellow), Neon (3 stencils), etc.

Skope (bottom), Veak (top).

Warek

Unidentified (bottom left), Frame (bottom right), Veak (top), etc.

Kwun (bottom left), Aces (bottom right), Veak (twice above), etc.


Skor and Kemt (bottom left), Fluke (top left), Cenos (bottom right), Kelen (top right).

Max from YMCA crew (bottom), Penar (top right), etc.

Aces (bottom left), Serum (bottom right).


Denos? (bottom), Kelen (top right).

Crane (bottom left), Wonez (bottom centre), unidentified (bottom right), a throwie by Penar (middle), Kelen (middle right and top right), etc.

Noper (bottom left), Wonez (bottom right), Serum (middle left), Aces (middle right), Kelen (top).


Zek (bottom left), Earth Crusher (bottom right), Lyfer (top), throwies by Acro and Penar (middle), etc.

Ratek (bottom), Lyfer (top), etc.

Dask (bottom left), a throwie by Penar (bottom right), Lyfer (middle), etc.

Stare (bottom), Mr Chose (pink cat), Lyfer (middle), Soma (middle), etc.


more / plus

Lyfer (left) and RBH (right) on posts next to tunnel.

Sticker by unidentified artist next to tunnel.

De Rouen legal graffiti tunnel

The tunnel on de Rouen street, near the Préfontaine metro station in Hochelaga, is one of Montreal’s few legal graffiti walls. Most of the city’s writers and many of its artists have done something there at one time or another. The fact that most of the walls are in a tunnel makes it possible for artists to work in almost any weather condition. From the first days of spring to the last days of autumn there is almost always someone at work in there. During events such as the Jam de Rouen there actually can be up to 20 people working side by side. It’s no surprise then that pieces there don’t have a very long lifespan, from a few hours for the most amateur to a few weeks, sometimes more, for the most respected writers (longer for the pieces done in the higher reaches of the walls or during winter). This means that fans of graffiti who visit this open-air gallery every week or two are treated to a whole new exhibit each time.

Because the amount of works photographed at this legal wall, I have broken down the galleries in sections, over 2 years. See:
August-December 2014
January-June 2015
July-December 2015
January-June 2016

Help with the identification of some of the more obscure artists featured in these image galleries is welcome.

Le tunnel de la rue de Rouen près de la station de métro Préfontaine dans Hochelaga est un des quelques murs légaux de Montréal. La majorité des graffeurs montréalais ainsi que plusieurs autres artistes y ont laissé leur marque au cours des années. Puisque les murs sont sous tunnel, il est possible d’y travailler peu importe les conditions météo. On y trouve presque toujours un ou des artistes à l’oeuvre, des premiers jours du printemps jusqu’à la fin de l’automne (et même plus). En fait, pendant la tenue d’événements tels que le Jam de Rouen, on peut y trouver jusqu’à 20 graffeurs à l’oeuvre côte-à-côte. Les oeuvres n’ont conséquemment pas une durée de vie très longue au tunnel de Rouen, de quelques heures pour les créations d’amateurs à quelques semaines et même plus pour celles de graffeurs plus connus et respectés (encore plus longtemps pour les pièces faites en hauteur ou en hiver). Ceci veut dire que l’exposition offerte dans cette galerie publique se renouvelle constamment et peut être revisitée à toutes les semaines ou deux.

A cause de la quantité d’oeuvres photographiées à ce mur légal, j’ai divisé les galleries en sections s’échelonnant sur deux années complètes. Voir:
août-décembre 2014
janvier-juin 2015
juillet-décembre 2015
janvier-juin 2016

Si vous reconnaissez les artistes responsables de certaines pièces non-créditées dans ces galeries-photo, vous êtes invités à m’en faire part.


general view / vue d’ensemble

Western side, summer 2014.

Eastern side, summer 2014.

Paint rolls next to tunnel.


nearby / à proximité

Stare (left) and Scaner (right) on de Rouen next to the tunnel.

Zek (left) and Stare doing KG (name of crew) on de Rouen next to the tunnel.

Astro (left) and Axe (right) on Florian near the tunnel.

AG Crew on Wurtele near the tunnel.

Nixon on Wurtele near the tunnel.

Jaber on Wurtele near the tunnel.

Elfu (left) and EK Sept (right) on Wurtele near the tunnel.

Serum on Wurtele near the tunnel.

Aces on Wurtele near the tunnel.

Mono Sourcil on de Rouen/Moreau near the tunnel.

Lyfer (top) and Nybar (bottom) on de Rouen near the tunnel

Graffiti mural featuring Shadow, Zek, Fluke and Ankh One.

Southeastern view from the tunnel; someone representing K6A on the water tower, Gubway on the building.

Axe‘s logo on another side of the above water tower.

Stencil by Chris Dyer. Also visible are tags by Nixon and Crops.

ROC514

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.


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.


older designs

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Sticker.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.

Swarm

Swarm is originally from Toronto but now living in Montreal. Her favourite media in the streets is currently wheatpastes and stickers, but the artist is also the creator of small painted pieces and even a few murals.

For more information on Swarm, have a look at her Facebook and Instagram pages.

L’artiste d’art public Swarm est originaire de Toronto mais vit maintenant à Montréal. Elle semble préférer s’exprimer via les collages et les autocollants, mais elle est aussi l’auteure de pièces peintes et même quelques murales.

Pour plus d’information sur Swarm, voir ses pages Facebook et Instagram.


Painted work

Swarm for the 2020 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Swarm’s contribution to the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle in a Rosemont alley. See below for an alternate angle.

Swarm’s contribution to the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle in a Rosemont alley, alternate angle.

Mural done in the context of the 2014 Decolonizing Street Art event

Red Bandit wheatpaste (left) over Swarm‘s mural for Decolonizing Street Art 2015 – Unceded Voices. This is the left section of a larger collaborative mural.

In Rosemont.

High under an overpass.

Valerie Bastille and Swarm collaboration (left) and Alysha Farling (right) for Cabane à sucre secret gallery August 2014

Well hidden portal in Mile End.

Painted floor piece at the Omnipac building. Photo © Swarm.

Painted piece at the Omnipac building. Photo © Swarm.

Two painted pieces at the Omnipac building. Photo © Swarm.

Portal underneath a concrete bollard.

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

Next to a Petite-Patrie bike trail.

In Petite-Patrie.


Wheatpastes and paste-ups

Combo with Zola on the right.

With Girl Plague on the right.

Collaboration with Zola.

Collaboration wheatpaste with Chat Perdu.

Collaboration wheatpaste with Chat Perdu.

Collaboration with Zola (person).

Another collaboration with Zola (slightly damaged in this shot). A sticker version also exists, scroll down to the stickers section to view.

Swarm (top) and Girl Plague (bottom).

With small painted piece by Timmy Drift bottom left.

Futur Lasor Now (left) and Swarm (right)

Futur Lasor Now (left) and Swarm (right)

Small paste-up bottom left is by National Zombi.

Montage of stickers/paste-ups.

In a window of the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Kat (left) and Swarm (right)

Stela (left) and Swarm (right) on St-Laurent.

Amongst tags from the Queer Sprayers (Zilch, Listen, EHT, Sad Punx).

Tava (top), Futur Lasor Now (centre) and Swarm (bottom) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Stela (left) and Swarm (right) on St-Dominique.

With a doilie paste-up by Stela.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Swarm (left) and Futur Lasor Now (right) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Collaboration between Stela and Swarm.

Collaboration between Stela and Swarm.

Between two doilie paste-ups by Stela.

Unidentified artist (top stencil), Swarm (centre) and Stela (bottom) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Photo © Swarm.

Photo © Swarm.

With a Futur Lasor Now poster in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Swarm (top) and Stela (bottom) on St-Dominique.

Above photo © Swarm.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

On a doilie.

Lily Luciole poster with three of Swarm’s (pink) designs pasted over it.

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

Collaboration with Lily Luciole in Petite-Patrie.

Wheatpaste montage in the alley behind St-Hubert; photo © Swarm.

Wheatpaste montage for a climate change march and Decolonizing Street Art.

Red Bandit (top left) and Swarm (top right, bottom left) for Decolonizing Street Art.

Futur Lasor Now (top), Pnda (very top) and Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art (bottom) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

For Decolonizing Street Art.

For Decolonizing Street Art. Also visible bottom right is another wheatpaste, this one by Red Bandit.

Stela (left) and Swarm (right).

Poster for Decolonizing Street Art on the George General d’Auto Reparation.


Stickers

For the 375th anniversary of Montreal.

Collaboration sticker with Stela based on a wheatpaste they did a few months earlier (scroll up to view).

Collaboration sticker with Zola based on a wheatpaste they did a few months earlier (scroll up to view).

Another collaboaration sticker with Zola.