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Whatisadam (WIA)

wia-tagWhatisadam – who also sometimes goes by the shorter ‘WIA’ – uses a pop art approach to his work which is heavily inspired by Canadiana: hockey, maple syrup, woodsmen, wildlife such as deers, buffalos, wolves, mallards, fish, etc. Off the streets he is into silkscreen printing and produces various objects, but on the streets his medium has been mostly wheatpasting.

For information on what he is up to, see his personal and Facebook pages. For more photos of his work, see his Instagram and Flickr pages. A bit of Whatisadam at work can be seen in this video on Vimeo.

Whatisadam, aussi connu sous le diminutif WIA, utilise une approche pop art et son esthétique est très canadienne, ses thèmes récurrents étant le hockey, le sirop d’érable, le bucheron et la faune telle que le cerf, le bison, le loup, le canard colvert, les poissons, etc. Hors-rue il produit beaucoup de sérigraphies et divers objets, mais sur la rue son medium principal est le wheatpasting.

Pour plus d’information sur cet artiste, voir ses pages personnelle et Facebook. Pour des photos de son art, voir ses pages Instagram et Flickr. Une video de Whatisadam peut être vue sur Vimeo.


Murals

Contribution to the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

2017 mural in Mile-Ex.

Mural in Wynwood, Miami for the 2017 edition of Art Basel.


Stencils

Sidewalk stencil piece for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil piece for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil piece for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil piece for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil piece for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil piece for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil piece for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil piece for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil piece for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil piece for the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil pieces for the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

Sidewalk stencil pieces done on the night of the announcement of the programme for the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

More sidewalk stencil pieces ahead of the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.


Wheatpastes

maple sizzurp

Artist on the right in unidentified.

other wheatpastes

For the 2021 hockey playoffs. This is the second version of the wheatpaste, celebrating the Canadiens winning semi-finals. It is actually version 1 as shown below with bits added here and there.

For the 2021 hockey playoffs. This is the first version of the wheatpaste, celebrating the Canadiens winning quarter finals, see version 2 above.

Futur Lasor Now‘s dog Patch (left) and two by Whatisadam (centre, right).

Stikki Peaches (top) and WhatIsAdam (kids).

Roxy.

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

The two smaller pieces on the left are by unidentified artists.


Other

In the summer of 2014 Whatisadam wrapped garbage cans on Mont Royal to create 3D versions of his iconic Maple Sizzurp cans. Photo © Whatisadam.

One more shot of WhatIsAdam’s 3D versions of his iconic Maple Sizzurp cans. Photo © Whatisadam.

Oversized Maple Sizzurp can sold at the Station 16 gallery out on the street; photo © Whatisadam.

The Oversized Maple Sizzurp can, 2015 edition.

Painted version of the oversized Maple Sizzurp can.

In the summer of 2013 Whatisadam put up arrow installations as seen above, but they were eventually broken off and nowadays all that is left are the bases, as seen in the photo below. Photo © Whatisadam.

See comment above.

One more arrow installation. Photo © Whatisadam.

Broken arrow installation.

Roxy bust as seen above the door of the Station 16 gallery.

Boat painted for the Chromatic block party.


Stickers

Slight variation on the above.

New street art and graffiti October 2014

With a bit of delay because I was away on vacation, here are the new works discovered during October 2014.

Avec un peu de retard dû à mes récentes vacances, voici les nouvelles oeuvres découvertes au cours d’octobre 2014.

Painted walls

Omen mural in Ville St-Laurent; photo © Mu.

Waxhead in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

ROC514 piece in a Plateau alley.

Five Eight on Savoie.

LS (Eles)

LS (Eles)

LS (Eles)

Hand-drawn pieces

ROC514 has been very busy drawing her iconic bird around the Plateau and Mile-End.

One more by ROC514. More purple pieces similar to this one were also found.

Pasted pieces

Toronto’s Lovebot has been pasting and slapping stickers (see below) around central Montreal. This wheatpaste was found on Clark.

Turtle Caps (left) and Lovebot (right) wheatpastes in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Futur Lasor Now wheatpaste (right) and unidentified artist (left) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Poster by Futur Lasor Now, 2 variations, various locations, usually found individually.

Turtle Caps wheatpaste in a Mile End alley.

New poster by Kat in this Plateau alley.

New poster by Kat in this Mile End alley.

Pasted poster by unidentified artist.

Larger pasted version of a collaboration between ROC514 and Waxhead previously seen in sticker form.

Pasted ROC514 collaboration with 69 aka 6ara9e, also seen as a sticker (see below).

Pasted ROC514 collaboration with Mr Chose aka Easythat3rd aka Easytrois, also seen as a sticker.

Swarm paw paste-ups found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Paste-up by Swarm.

Stencil by unidentified artist (top) and small paste-ups by Swarm (centre) and Stela (bottom) in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Paste ups by Stela (left) and Swarm (right).

Paste-up by Stela.

Stela paste-up.

Poster by XRAY. Various locations around the St-Laurent x Sherbrooke neighbourhood.

Poster by XRAY. Various locations around the St-Laurent x Sherbrooke neighbourhood.

Bernard street and St-Laurent beneath it were plastered with dozens of these pages of drawings and text asking to “#takebackthecunt”.

More of the above asking to “#takebackthecunt”.

More of the above asking to “#takebackthecunt”.

Stickers

Lovebot. See also Lovebot wheatpastes above.

Lovebot

Lovebot

ROC514

ROC514 collaboration with Mr Chose aka Easythat3rd aka Easytrois. This was also found in larger paste-up (see above).

Collaboration sticker between 69 aka 6ara9e and ROC514. This was also found in larger paste-up (see above).

Il Flatcha

Bezoman

Halloween sticker by Stela.

Monkey King has been busy slapping and tagging around central Montreal.

This unidentified artist has also been busy covering the lower Mile-End with his/her mini-stickers.

More by the above unidentified artist.

More by the above unidentified artist.

Other

Clay piece by Zenka stating “#Letsairguitar” found on wall in alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Pask and Mistx graffiti in Ubud, Bali

I must apologize for the lack of posts in the past 3 weeks. I was on vacation in South East Asia and took a near-complete break from the internet. Whilst away I did not expect to find material related to street art in Montreal, but it turns out I was wrong. One of the first graffiti pieces I found in Bali was the one shown below by Montreal’s own Pask and Mistx. It was done in 2009 in the South East area of Ubud, the artistic capital of the island.

Bali was developed by refugee priests and artists, which would explain the incredible amount of temples and art found everywhere on the island. There are temples on every street and each one is decorated with dozens of sculptures and paintings. Amid all this traditional religious art I was on the lookout for urban art (an inbuilt reflex in me), which I found mostly in the form of graffiti. Stencils, paste-ups and stickers were very limitedly found in the more urban areas and murals were rather rare (with the exception of advertisements painted on side-walls of businesses).

The only other Montreal-related material I found were a few stickers (in central Ubud) by French artist Zdey S1tr who has been active in Montreal lately.

Je suis désolé de mon silence depuis 3 semaines, j’étais en vacances en Asie du sud-est. Je ne m’attendais pas à y trouver du matérial pertinent pour ce blogue, mais il semble que je me sois trompé. J’ai eu la surprise de découvrir en périphérie d’Ubud, la capitale artistique de Bali, une pièce créée en 2009 par les graffeurs montréalais Pask et Mistx.

Bali a été développée par des prêtres et artistes qui y ont trouvé refuge quand l’ile voisine de Java a été conquise. Ceci explique surement l’abondance de temples et d’art qu’on y trouve. Il y a au moins un temple sur chaque rue, et chacun est décoré de nombreuses sculptures et peintures. Au milieu de tout cet art religieux traditionnel mon oeil averti y a cherché de l’art urbain (déformation professionnelle), que j’ai trouvé principalement sous la forme de graffitis. Je n’ai pas vraiment découvert de grandes murales, sauf pour quelques pubs sur des murs latéraux de commerces. Dans les centres plus urbains j’ai réussi à dénicher quelques pochoirs et autocollants.

Je n’ai rien découvert d’autre pour Wall2wallMTL si ce n’est que quelques autocollants (au coeur d’Ubud) de l’artiste français Zdey S1tr qui a été actif à Montréal dernièrement.

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St-Laurent|Clark back alley between Duluth and des Pins

The back alley that runs behind the western side of St-Laurent is one of Montreal’s great hotspots for commissioned and non-commissioned street art and graffiti. Two stretches of that alley are particularly interesting: the one from Laurier to St-Viateur (the subject of a separate post) and the one from Duluth to des Pins which is covered here. Some of this city’s greatest artists have left their mark there in the form of big murals, smaller figurative pieces, great graffiti, wheatpastes, stencils and of course the unavoidable stickers.

Each segment of the alley has a different feel, so this post is divided accordingly. Most of the photos were taken between the summers 0f 2014 and 2016. Follow me as we walk down from Duluth to des Pins.

La ruelle se trouvant derrière le coté ouest de la rue St-Laurent est une des meilleures galeries à ciel ouvert à Montréal. Deux portions de cette ruelle sont particulièrement intéressantes: celle comprise entre les rues Laurier et St-Viateur (le sujet d’un différent article) et celle comprise entre Duluth et des Pins, que nous traitons ici. Plusieurs parmi les meilleurs artistes à Montréal y ont laissé leur marque (commandée ou non) sous forme de murales et pièces figuratives de plus petite envergure, graffitis, pièces collées, pochoirs, et évidemment les inévitables autocollants.

La gallerie-photo ci-dessous est divisée en chapitres reflétant le caractère différent de chaque segment de cette portion de la ruelle. La majorité des photos ont été prises entre les étés de 2014 et de 2016. Suivez-moi dans cette marche de Duluth à des Pins.


Duluth

The walk down the alley starts at the corner of Duluth. At the entrance of the alley, on Duluth itself, is this house featuring Waxhead and Gawd. Waxhead repaints the house’s facade once or twice a year. Photos below appear in chronological order, two from 2012, one from 2013, two from 2014 and three from 2015.

Notre marche commence au coin de la rue Duluth. A l’entrée de la ruelle, sur Duluth même, se trouve cette maison dont le frontispice a été peint par Waxhead et Gawd. Waxhead repeint le devant de cette maison une ou deux fois par année. Les photos ci-dessous sont présentées en ordre chronologique. Il y en a deux de 2012, une de 2013, deux de 2014, trois de 2015 et une de 2017.

Earliest photographed version, from 2012.

Later in 2012. Addition of Gawd in the upper part and Waxhead redid the window. Scroll down for more.

2013 edition, still with Gawd at the very top and Waxhead in the bottom part.

The first of two 2014 remakes.

The second of two 2014 remakes.

The first of three 2015 remakes.

The second of three 2015 remakes.

The third of three 2015 remakes.

After an extended break Waxhead finally redid the window of the above house in late 2017. Gawd is still visible above. Drawings in the window are by Waxhead and Sloast.

The 2019 edition of the house has Waxhead on and below the window, Cryote over the door and Gawd remains above them both.

2016 piece by Scribe next to the above house.

Scribe redid the above wall off-Mural in 2018, and extended it all the way to the street corner.


Duluth to Bagg

This short segment features mainly one big mural, smaller figurative pieces, a bit of pasting and lots of graffiti and tags.

Ce court segment inclut une grande murale, quelques pièces figuratives de plus petite envergure, quelques pièces collées et beaucoup de graffitis et tags.

Mural by Monk.e on the corner of Bagg.

Waxhead

Waxhead

Cryote

Someone from the WC crew.

Kat wheatpaste.

Kat wheatpaste.

Kat wheatpaste.

Lyfer

Antonio

Peams, with a bit of contribution from Scribe.

Blek

Blek

Kruz

It’s Alive

Miss Conduct

Stencil by Dookie3.

Wheatpastes by Futur Lasor Now (top) and Swarm (bottom).

Collaboration between Stela and Zu.

Another collaboration between Stela and Zu.

Wheatpaste by an unidentified artist.

Door featuring small paste-ups by Tava (top) and Swarm (bottom).

G.Knight poster.

G.Knight wheatpaste.

Starkey wood-up.

Possibly Loks.

Unidentified artist on the left, El Moot Moot on the right, with tags by Feros and Thief!, at the Duluth end of the alley.

El Moot Moot again, this time at the Bagg end of this segment of the alley. Also visible are a sticker and part of a wheatpaste by ROC514.

El Moot Moot

Unidentified artist.

ROC514 (top) and Flavor (bottom) wheatpastes.

ROC514 representing the KLC crew at the time.

Sloast

Akym (left) and Lapin (right).

Lapin

Lapin

Wheatpaste by Ether.

Paste-up by an unidentified artist.

Poster by an unidentified artist.

Poster by an unidentified artist.

Stencil by an unidentified artist

Canvas by Flavor tied to a post.


Bagg to St-Cuthbert

This segment features mostly great graffiti as well as big figurative pieces.

Ce segment est caractérisé par un grand nombre de graffitis de qualité et quelques grandes pièces figuratives.

View of the Bagg end of the alley in early 2014. Main artists seen here are Her (woman) and Axe (raccoon).

At the end of 2014, Her, Seker, Sirvis and others.

Further into the alley, Emske at the forefront, then Tracy, Jaber, etc.

Piece by Jaber at the forefront.

Naimo

Hitem‘s companion piece to the Naimo one above.

Meor

Usem

Jaws

Narc

Kzam

Jaws in the same spot as his other piece above, but about a week later.

Narc in the same spot as his other piece above, but about a week later.

Kzam in the same spot as his other piece above, but about a week later.

Off-muralfest piece by Beaf.

Vogue

Ason

Bask

Maine aka Secret beneath the Bask one seen above.

Zeyo(?)

Noka

Dolar

Getsa

Herlen

Herlen as above, but one week later.

One Tulip and Nems for Orgasthme.

Nems representing Orgasthme.

One Tulip representing Orgasthme.

Mokyt

Arcel

Further into the alley, view from 2012. At the top: Waxhead and perhaps other members of the then Wzrds Gng, Gawd, then more Waxhead. Photo © Aline M.

Same wall as above, in 2014, with new graffiti at the bottom, graffiti over most of the top, and new creature by Waxhead at the end (close-up below).

The Waxhead piece in 2013, in progress. Photo © Mr Mocha.

The Waxhead piece in 2014.

The Waxhead piece seen in the 2012 photo above was later covered by a letters piece from Dré aka Earth Crusher.

Unidentified writer (photo © Aline M).

Further into the alley, unidentified writer at the forefront, then Ether.

Mang?.

Same spot as above, covered by Deep.

Regimental One Ton.

Waxhead

Cryote and Foxtwat at the time for the Wzrds Gng (left) and Zoids (right), in 2012. Photo © Aline M.

For many years this garage door was covered with a piece by Peru143. The yellow and red throwie on the right is by Wastoids, Peru143’s ‘crew’. Also visible around are tags by Omen and Beeforeo (amongst others).

Same spot as above, redone by Turtle Caps. Above the door is a new fat throwie by Sake and to the right the older throwie by Peru143‘s Wastoids. Also visible are tags by Omen and others.

After Turtle Caps redid the above garage door, it was consistently vandalised by taggers. A turf war ensued, with each party going over each other within a day or two. This is the third version of Turtle Caps’ contribution.

See above. This is something like Turtle Caps‘ seventh version of this door. Notice the new Waxhead piece on the left.

Turtle Caps‘s eighth version of the above garage door.

Turtle Caps in the same spot as above, one year later.

A Positive Creation by Chris Dyer on the left and wheatpastes by Turtle Caps top right.

Same spot as above, after Chris Dyer repaired and slightly altered his piece. Chris’ brother Peru143 filled the space to his right.

El Moot Moot.

El Moot Moot (left) and Waxhead (right)

Group piece 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).

SBU One and MSHL (see next).

Wzrds Gng crawling over the SBU One and MSHL wall seen above.

Germ Dee

Germ Dee

Germ Dee

Germ Dee

Deko

Huge Sake throwie

Hitem

Kzam

Jaws

Devil

Balis

Arcel

Beeforeo aka Bfour (bottom) and Scaner (top). Photo © Aline M.

Scaner

Soma

LS (Eles)

Wheatpaste by Kat

Pasted poster by Kat over a huge Scaner throw.

Stencil by Graffiti Knight on the ground, guarding the entrance of this segment of the alley.

Scaner

Scaner flop.

Some (left) and Maps (right).

Jest

Unidentified artist.

Scaner paste-up).

Turtle Caps wheatpaste at the end of this segment of the alley.

ROC514

Unidentified artist.

Small stencil from Damon

Hand-drawn piece by an unidentified artist.

Quickie by Eskae.

Lapin

Figurative tag by Loopkin.

Figurative tag by Loopkin.

Poster by Elsol25. Also visible bottom left is a small paste-up by Gwan (see next for close-up).

Gwan paste-up.

The Edgy Way poster.

Mandal piece by Ali in the middle of this segment of the alley.


St-Cuthbert

As we cross St-Cuthbert over to the next segment of the alley, contributions to the Mural Festival can be seen on the lateral wall of a St-Laurent pawn shop. Shown below is Scaner and Axe‘s contribution to the 2014 edition of the festival, which replaced the piece done by WZRDS GNG for the 2013 edition (also shown below). Until 2012 this wall only featured tags and uninteresting graffiti.

Alors que nous traversons St-Cuthbert vers le prochain segment de la ruelle, nous sommes en mesure de voir une des contributions au Festival Mural sur le mur lateral d’un pawn shop de la rue St-Laurent. La gallerie-photo ci-dessous inclut la contribution de Scaner et Axe à l’édition 2014 ainsi que la contribution du collectif WZRDS GNG à l’édition 2013 du festival. Avant sa sélection comme canevas par le Festival Mural, ce mur ne présentait que des tags et graffitis sans grand intérêt.

Scaner and Axe‘s contribution to the 2014 edition of Mural Festival. Lateral view above and back view below.

Back view of Scaner and Axe‘s contribution to the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

WZRDS GNG‘s collective contribution to the 2013 edition of Mural Festival. Lateral view above and back view below.

Stela‘s signature Starchild is recognizable in this photo of WZRDS GNG‘s contribution to the 2013 edition of Mural Festival. Photo © Vitrolaeletrica.


St-Cuthbert to Roy

Omen‘s contribution to the 2013 edition of Mural Festival was visible (until it was replaced with a new mural; see next) from this segment of the alley just as much as from St-Laurent, through a parking space accessible from both sides. At the bottom of the mural are letter pieces by Omen and Five Eight.

The above Omen mural was replaced by one from Nychos for the 2015 edition of Mural Festival.

Great piece by Nixon.

Waxhead on doors.

Foxtwat on door.

Small piece by someone from the Wzrds Gng.

Poster by someone from the Wzrds Gng.

Waxhead (top) and Lyfer (bottom).

Bosny

Legal on letters and Jmoe on characters.

Haks

Elsol25

Elsol25 in the same spot as above, one week later.

Secret

Cons

Deep

Deep

Block

Zek

Ether (heavily tagged at the time of photo, unfortunately).

Meor

Kers

Unidentified writer.

Ratur(?) in same spot as image above.

Block

Unidentified writer.

Dear over the above piece.

Lyfer

Lyfer(?)

Aper, and someone representing the PH crew (perhaps Pask) above.

View from 2012 (photo © Aline M).

Begor

Someone representing the VC crew.

Futur Lasor Now wheatpaste (right) and unidentified artist (left).

Poster by Elsol25.

Poster by Elsol25. Also visible on the right is a Portrait Of A Vandal by Miss Me.

Miss Me wheatpaste.

Kat poster.

Kat poster.

From early 2014, this shot features wheatpastes by Mono Sourcil (top right), Labrona (bottom) and Scaner (centre left) over tags and an old Francisco Garcia poster.

As above, but later in 2014: the Labrona wheatpaste at the bottom was pasted over with something from A in B.

Pasted paw tracks by Swarm.

Stencil by unidentified artist (top) and small paste-ups by Swarm (centre) and Stela (bottom).

Paste-ups by ROC514 (right) and Flavor (left).

Wheatpaste/stencil combo by Cazo.

Swaz piece in and around a hole in the wall.

Heavily tagged door featuring wheatpastes by Rage5 (right) and an unidentified artist (left), a bovine head by Alex Produkt (top) and a Waxhead drawing at the bottom.

Swaz, with lots of tags.

Swaz

Coz/Snail from the WC crew and lots of tags.

Screaming heart wheatpaste by Tava.

Futur Lasor Now poster.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.

Paste-up on wooden support by the It’s OK Project.

Sticker by Naia.

Sticker by Naia.


Roy

Halfway between St-Cuthbert and des Pins, a short perpendicular alley connects our alley to St-Laurent and the beginning of Roy. This segment is therefore visible from St-Laurent and is much cleaner (as in ‘free of tags’) than the back alley.

A mi-chemin entre St-Cuthbert et des Pins, une courte ruelle perpendiculaire permet de rejoindre la rue St-Laurent et le début de Roy. Les quelques oeuvres qui y sont présentées sont en conséquence visibles de la grande artère et les murs ne sont pas aussi vandalisés par des tags que les murs de la ruelle arrière.

Zek

Hsix

Ether

Earth Crusher

The AG Crew

Johste (letters) and Bezoman (character).

Sceak representing FT (Fresh Tagz, Fun Times, etc.)

Fonki

Mural by M. Abstrakt.

Scaner

G.Knight wheatpaste.


Roy to des Pins

Waxhead and probably someone else from the then Wzrds Gng.

Waxhead

Waxhead

Waxhead. Also visible in the top left corner of the photo is a wood-up by Loks; scroll down this gallery for close-up.

Same spot as above, redone by Waxhead after being vandalised.

Killa EF

Futur Lasor Now

Andrew The Alien

Cryote

Door featuring work by Waxhead (in red) and Cryote (in blue), as well as a lot of tags.

Unidentified artist.

Waxhead? for the then Wzrds Gng.

Pilos

Starkey wood-up.

Wood-up by Loks.

Lovebot wheatpaste.

Lovebot wheatpaste at the des Pins end of the alley.

El Moot Moot

El Moot Moot

Wheatpaste by Swarm.

Wheatpaste by Kat.

Sloast wheatpaste.

Gwan paste-up.

Unidentified artist.

Pnda

Wood-up by City Kitty.

Waxhead

Stencil by Dookie.

Paste-up by Turtle Caps

Paste-up by Futur Lasor Now.

Sticker by Futur Lasor Now.

Sticker by Futur Lasor Now.

ROC514

One more of ROC514‘s iconic bird.

Dookie

Smaller piece by an unidentified artist.

Drawing by an unidentified artist.

Stencil by an unidentified artist.

New street art and graffiti September-October 2014


Walls (and a few doors)

New Zoltan V mural in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

Collaboration between Zoltan V (top) and Hary (bottom) in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet (it’s been a week since I took this photo and since then the bottom part has been graffitied over).

Mural by William Patrick and Adam Sajkowski on Savoie.

Mural by XRAY on Savoie.

Futur Lasor Now (left), FEone (centre) and Turtle Caps (right) under the Ville-Marie expressway.

Big piece by Zdey in central Montreal.

Piece by ROC514 – who’s been really active lately – in the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

Piece by ROC514 in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Labrona (bottom) and artist who asked to remain anonymous (top), in alley behind St-Denis.

Waxhead in Plateau End.

Cryote representing the Wzrds Gng in a Plateau alley.

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

Jerome Mesnager on wall next to Arsenal (where an expo called Current and featuring some of Montreal’s finest street artists was held in early October).

Piece by an unidentified artist on door in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.


Wheatpastes

Collaboration between Futur Lasor Now and Turtle Caps in Chinatown back alley.

Another collaboration between Futur Lasor Now and Turtle Caps, this one on St-Joseph (the FLN wheatpaste has also been found by itself in other locations in the neighbourhood).

WhatIsAdam (left) and Stikki Peaches (right), both just back from New York City. Wheatpastes are in Cité du Multimédia (1/3).

WhatIsAdam (left) and Stikki Peaches (right), wheatpastes are in Cité du Multimédia (2/3).

WhatIsAdam (left) and Stikki Peaches (right), wheatpastes are in Cité du Multimédia (3/3).

Makenoize (top) and Tava (bottom; previously seen elsewhere) in Cité du Multimédia.

Tava wheatpaste in Chinatown.

Wheatpaste by Bryan Keith Lanier (various locations).

Wheatpaste by XRAY.

Wheatpaste by XRAY, many locations in lower Plateau / Quartier des Spectacles.

Wheatpaste by Kat in alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Wheatpaste by Lily Luciole in alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Wheatpaste by Toronto’s Lovebot on des Pins.

Wheatpaste by Toronto’s Lovebot on in Plateau End alley.

Wheatpaste by an unidentified artist in the McGill Ghetto.

Wheatpaste by Toest(?).


Stencils, graffiti, etc.

Stencils by an unidentified artist on the wall of the Arsenal (where an expo called Current and featuring some of Montreal’s finest street artists was held in early October).

One more stencil by the same unidentified artist as above.

Garbage Beauty are back from Paris and active again in the streets of Montreal.

One more by Garbage Beauty.

Futur Lasor Now beneath Ville-Marie expressway (in front of piece displayed near the top of this page).

ROC514 on in the Plateau.

A number of new diamond mirrors by Le Diamantaire have popped up in the streets of central Montreal over the past few weeks.


Stickers

Collaboration sticker between ROC514 and Waxhead.

Collaboration sticker between ROC514 and Zero Productivity.

Collaboration sticker between ROC514 and Sien514.

Variation on a classic by Futur Lasor Now.

Turtle Caps ahead of Halloween.

This is *not* WhatIsAdam.

Ether has been very busy slapping different stickers around the Plateau and Mile End.

Ether

Ether

Ether

Ether

Mini-sticker by Beck.

Mini-sticker by Beck.

Mini-sticker by Beck.

Hand-drawn sticker by Meat.

Hand-drawn sticker by Meat.

Zdey has been active lately (see also graffiti higher up on this page).

One more sticker by Zdey.

Stela

Stela aka Starchild Stela is, in words used on their Facebook page, “a feminist street artist who spreads out radical cute culture”. For much more than what’s found in the image gallery below, have a look at their Instagram page. To learn more about this artist, have a look at this interview for Forget The Box.

Stela, qui travaille aussi sous le pseudo Starchild Stela, est, selon sa page Facebook, une artiste street féministe qui s’emploie à répandre une culture cute mais radicale. Pour beaucoup plus que ce qui se trouve dans la galerie-photo ci-dessous, voir sa page Instagram. Pour en apprendre plus au sujet de Stela, voir cette entrevue publiée chez Forget The Box (en anglais).


painted

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.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Downtown.

In Côte St-Paul.

On an abandoned warehouse in Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

Same spot as above, earlier.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In St-Henri.

In Parc-Ex.

On an abandoned building in the South West.

On an abandoned building in the South West.

In Rosemont.

In St-Henri.

With Bibiuna on the right, in Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga, next to the above.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

On the door of a Hochelaga back alley.

Under expressway.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Parc-Ex.

Under expressway.

Beneath train track overpass.

Opposite side of the above.

On St-Henri garage door (top half only).

Stela (top right and recess inner wall), Lulu107 (top left), Amanda Valdes (bottom left) and Didi aka Diana Contreras (bottom right) near McGill ghetto.

Representing the Witch Gang in an alley behind St-Laurent near the McGill ghetto, across the alley from the above collaboration wall.

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

On an abandoned building in Angus/Rosemont.

Stela (girls) and Homsik (furry creature) for the Cabane à sucre secret project.

Stela’s signature Starchild is recognizable in this collective contribution by the WZRDS GNG to the 2013 edition of Mural Festival (photo © Vitrolaeletrica).

In a vacant lot east of Hochelaga.

On construction site board wall behind St-Denis.

Stela against cat-calls.

A blog post on the making of this piece at the Omnipac building was published at Citizen Erased. Photo © Kathryn Luna.

A very old one on the Canada Malting abandoned building.

Earlier piece at the Omnipac building. Photo © Kris Murray 2010.

Piece dating back to 2007-2008, in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.


figurative throws

In the Plateau.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Rosemont.

In Hochelaga.

In St-Henri.

In Hochelaga.

In the Plateau.

In Ville-Marie.

In Hochelaga.

Stela (left) and unidentified artist (right) in Petite-Patrie.

In the alley between St-Denis and Drolet.

On an abandoned building in Rosemont.

Stela (right) and Selena Gomez (left) representing the Witch Gang, in alley between St-Laurent and Clark (bottom left corner wheatpaste is by Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art).

In the Plateau.

On an abandoned building in Angus/Rosemont.

In the South West.

On an abandoned building in the South West.

On an abandoned building in the South West.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

Stela (left) and Homsik (right) in the Plateau.

Stela (left) and Homsik (right) in the Plateau.

Representing Queer Sprayers in the Plateau.

In Mile End.

In alley behind Mont-Royal.

In the Plateau.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga, with a shout out to friend Aurore.

Representing Queer Sprayers in a Hochelaga alley; artist on the left is assumed to be Frig/Haunty.

In alley behind St-Denis.

In the Plateau.

In a Plateau alley.

In this Mile End alley.

In alley behind St-Denis.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Petite-Patrie.

In St-Henri.

Next to train tracks.

With Listen in the Village, representing Queer Sprayers.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In Centre-Sud.

Stela (right) and Max from the YMCA crew (left) in the Plateau.

Next to train tracks.


figurative tags

Next to Cryote in a Plateau alley.

In the Plateau.

In Hochelaga.

In the South West.

On an abandoned Plateau building.

Naps (left) and Stela (right).

Stela (left) and Selena Gomez (right).

In a Plateau alley.

In Côte St-Paul.

In a Plateau alley.

Stela between Homsik (left) and Listen (right).

In a Plateau alley.

Earlier piece at the Omnipac building. Photo © Kris Murray 2010.


wheatpastes, paste-ups and stickers

Wheatpaste

Smaller version of the above.

As above, different colour.

Sticker version of the above design.

Another sticker, this on in colour and mass produced.

Paste-up

As above, different colour. Also visible on the right is Swarm.

Sticker-size version of the above.

Sticker.

A collaboration wheatpaste between Stela and Swarm.

Sticker version of the Swarm collaboration above.

Wheatpaste.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Sticker version.

Small paste-ups by Stela (bottom left) and Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art (top left and right).

Collaboration paste-up with Ambivalently Yours.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Sticker

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Paste-up.

A collaboration with Ambivalently Yours.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Artist on the right is unidentified.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

A collaboration with Zu.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Small paste-up.

Mini-poster.

Mini-poster.

Mini-poster.

Mini-poster.

Mini-poster.

Mini-poster.

Mini-poster.

Mini-posters.

Mini-posters.

Doilies.

Doilies.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilies.

Doilies.

Doilies.

Also shows Swarm above Stela.

Swarm (left) and Stela (right) on phone booth window.

A different type of collaboration between Stela and Swarm.

Doilie.

Doilies.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

With Turtle Caps sticker.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilies.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilies.

Doilie.

Doilies.

Doilie.

Doilies.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Doilie.

Stela (left) and Selena Gomez (right) in alley between St-Laurent and Clark. This shows how feminist art gets vandalised faster and more often by taggers and other people who don’t agree with the message.

Collaboration between Stela and Zu in alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Another collaboration between Stela and Zu in alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

A doilie and a small paste-up.

Paste-ups by Stela (centre), Selena Gomez (left), Homsik (right) and unidentified artist (top right).

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Stickers.

Stickers.

Sticker.

Stickers by Stela (purple starchild), Homsik (left), Selena Gomez and friends.

Representing the Witch Gang.

Stela (red starchild), Selena Gomez representing the Witch Gang, Naps (top left) and other friends plus socially minded collectives such as Wall Of Femmes (top right) and Decolonizing Street Art (bottom right).

Stela (top) and Naps (bottom) representing the Witch Gang.

Stela and Naps again representing the Witch Gang.

Naps (top) and Stela (bottom).

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

tela (middle and bottom centre), Homsik (middle right), Naps (top centre), Futur Lasor Now (top left), Yunotdoc? (middle left) and other unidentified friends.

Stela (orange starchild), Selena Gomez representing the Witch Gang, Naps (top right), Swarm (top left) and other friends plus socially minded collective Decolonizing Street Art.

Sticker party featuring Stela (bottom right), Naps (bottom centre), Zu (top left), Selena Gomez (middle right) and others.

Sticker party featuring Stela with Naps (top left), Selena Gomez (top right), Stela (middle left), Swarm (middle right) and Zu (bottom).

Sticker party featuring Stela (top right), Naps (bottom right) and Selena Gomez (left).

Stickers by Naps (left) and Stela (right).

Stela sticker (top centre) surrounded by stickers from other socially minded artist friends (such as Naps bottom left) and collectives (Wall Of Femmes top right).

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Stickers.

Stickers.

Sticker.

Stickers.

Stickers.

Stickers.

Sticker.

Stickers.

Stela (top left) and Zu (bottom two).

Collaboration sticker by Stela and Zu (top). The 2 at the bottom left are by Zu alone.

Collaboration stickers by Stela and Zu.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

For herself (top) and for Queer Sprayers (bottom).

New street art and graffiti September 2014 part 2

September was busy for Montreal’s street artists, so here’s a second post about new pieces that have popped up or that have finally been completed during the last month.

Les artistes street de Montréal ont été assez occupés pendant le mois de septembre, ce qui justifie la publication d’un second article présentant les créations apparues au cours du dernier mois et celles qui ont finalement été achevées après plusieurs mois de travail.


Walls

Mural by Dré, Dodo Osé and Zek for Ashop in Côte-des-Neiges.

Mural by Five Eight in the Plateau.

Mural by Rafael Sottolichio in Petite-Patrie.

Mural by Annie Hamel in the Village.

Mural by Botkin on Savoie (three more murals on Savoie are nearly completed or in progress, stay tuned).

Free5 (left), Waxhead and Turtle Caps in the Plateau.

Stela and Selena Gomez representing the Witch Gang, in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark (bottom left corner is by Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art).

Another piece was done by Stela on the Fairmount end of the same alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Oram 79 at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

IAmBatman at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Piece by Snipe from an Art Gang/123Klan prod in the Quartier des Spectacles.

The 123Klan‘s Scien from an Art Gang/123Klan prod in the Quartier des Spectacles.

The 123Klan‘s Klor from an Art Gang/123Klan prod in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Unidentified writer from an Art Gang/123Klan prod in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Greasy Jim piece in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

The Mathieu Connery installation on the corner of St-Christophe and Marie-Anne appears to be finished.

Labrona on the door of an abandoned building in Rosemont.

Abstract mural by Matt W Moore in Plateau End.


Wheatpastes, etc

New wheatpastes by Féfine (centre) and Futur Lasor Now (right) were added to an older one by Tava (left). In Mile End.

Futur Lasor Now poster, with older works by Pnda (top left) and Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art (bottom), in alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Mono Sourcil (left) and Labrona (right) wheatpastes in the Quartier Latin.

Makenoize transformed pipes into urban dragonflies (photo © Makenoize).

One more by Makenoize (photos © Makenoize).

Stencil of Smiley face on board by Makenoize, between older graffiti murals by Grito Raices on the left and La Paria (Astro, Zema, Rage and friends) on the right. In Mile End.

Miss Me wheatpaste in Petite-Patrie.

Miss Me wheatpaste in Petite-Patrie.

Miss Me wheatpaste in Petite-Patrie.

Zola wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Wheatpaste by Albar on the George General d’Auto Reparation.

Poster by Kat in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Paste-up by Stela in this Mile End alley.

National Zombi paste-up in Mile End.

National Zombi paste-up in Griffintown.

National Zombi paste-up in Griffintown.

Wheatpaste by Zu in this Mile End alley.

Wheatpaste by Zu in this Mile End alley.

Paste-upmontage by A in B here and there over central Montreal.

Paste-upmontage by A in B here and there over central Montreal.

Paste-upmontage by A in B here and there over central Montreal.


Stencils and hand drawn pieces

Waxhead in the Plateau.

ROC514 drawing. Also visible is a tag by Down as well as stickers by ROC514 and Robert Robert (commercial).

ROC514 drawing in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Stencilled New Regime tags have popped up all over the walls and sidewalks of the city; colours vary.

Small drawing by an unidentified artist in this Mile End alley.


Stickers

Sticker by Waxhead.

Sticker by Swarm.

New collaboration sticker by ROC514 with Arson.

New collaboration sticker by ROC514 with Ekro.

Stickers by Stela (purple Starchild), Selena Gomez, and friends.

Mini-poster by Il Flatcha.

This unidentified artist has been posting new variations on his/her mini-stickers.

Sticker by Ugly(?).

Sticker by Smegma.

Sticker by an unidentified artist.

Futur Lasor Now

Although he does murals and a bit of graffiti and wheatpasting, Futur Lasor Now is mostly known for his stickers. He may very well be the most prolific artist in Montreal for that medium. Almost every week new ones or new variations on older ones pop up here and there. Unlike most street artists who use stickers as a promotional tool or some form of extension to their painted work, it feels like the opposite for Futur Lasor Now, as he recreates on walls (and sometimes on canvas) characters and imagery that have evolved and become familiar to us through his stickers.

Not only is Futur Lasor Now prolific, but he is also the artist with the biggest diversity of characters and ideas in his work. Most other artists whose art is more often seen on stickers than on walls have one character which they develop into hundreds of variations in colour and context. Futur Lasor Now has dozens of these characters recurring in many different settings.

Finally, as if quantity and diversity wasn’t enough, the world of Futur Lasor Now is a fun, often funny one. Sticker art may not be the grandest of art forms, but it can be very entertaining and in Montreal Futur Lasor Now is, in my opinion, the master of slap-stick.

For much more great work than what I managed to catch on camera myself, see Futur Lasor Now’s blog as well as his Instagram and Facebook pages.

Bien qu’il soit l’auteur de murales et de quelques graffitis et collages, Futur Lasor Now est plutôt connu pour ses stickers. Il est très probablement l’artiste montréalais le plus prolifique dans ce domaine. A chaque semaine de nouvelles créations ou de nouvelles variations sur des anciennes idées peuvent être découvertes dans nos rues et ruelles. La plupart des artistes street utilisent le medium des autocollants comme outil promotionnel ou comme extension de leur art mural, mais chez Futur Lasor Now, ça semble être le contraire. On retrouve dans son art mural (et parfois sur canevas) des personnages ou des thèmes qui ont d’abord été developpés sur ses stickers.

L’oeuvre sur autocollants de Futur Lasor Now se démarque non seulement par son abondance, mais aussi par la diversité des personnages qui y figurent et des variations dans lesquelles on les retrouve. La plupart des artistes dont l’art est plus souvent vu sur des stickers que sur des murs n’ont qu’un seul personnage décliné en des centaines de variations en couleur et contexte. Futur Lasor Now quant à lui a plusieurs douzaines de ces personnages fétiches qu’on a le plaisir de retrouver en différentes situations.

Enfin, comme si la quantité et la diversité n’étaient pas suffisantes, il faut souligner que le monde de Futur Lasor Now est aussi des plus colorés et rigolos. Le sticker n’est peut-être pas la plus grande des formes d’art, mais il peut être des plus divertissants et, selon moi, à Montréal Futur Lasor Now en est le maître.

Pour en voir beaucoup que ce que j’ai eu la chance de photographier, jetez un coup d’oeil au blogue de Futur Lasor Now ainsi qu’à ses pages Instagram et Facebook.


Stickers and wheatpastes

Stickers and wheatpastes are collected here in the same section because, between Futur Lasor Now’s oversized stickers and smaller paste-ups, the line between the two media is blurred. It makes more sense to sort all this work by theme rather than by medium.

Les autocollants et affiches se trouvent ici dans la même section parce qu’avec Futur Lasor Now, la ligne entre les deux peut-être parfois floue. Il s’avère plus intéressant de trier ces oeuvres de plus petite dimension par thème plutôt que par medium.


Lasorbirds

Sticker.

Wheatpaste in Rosemont.

Wheatpaste in central Montreal.

Wheatpaste off the 2024 edition of Mural.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste off the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste off the 2025 edition of Mural Festival.

Poster version of the above.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Sticker variation on the above.

Alternate version of the above.

Small paste-up.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Small paste-up.

Wheatpaste version of the above.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker

Futur Lasor Now (left) and 52Hz (right) wheatpastes.

Paste-up found in at least two different sizes.

Small paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Larger paste-up version of the above.

Later variation incorporating material from the stickers above and below in this list.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Larger paste-up version of the above.

Sticker.

Paste-up (right) with sticker by Turtle Caps (left)

Paste-up combo.

Small paste-up

Poster. See sticker versions below.

Sticker version of the above poster.

Sticker variation of the above sticker and poster.

Sticker.

Sticker variation on the above.

Paste-up version of the above stickers.

Wheatpaste.

Smaller paste-up version of the above.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker variation on the above.

Another sticker variation on the above.

Another sticker variation on the above.

Wheatpaste.

Smaller paste-up version of the above.

Poster version of the above design.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above design.

Lasorbirds with Turtle Caps in Chinatown

Poster.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above.

Wheatpaste. A sticker version is found below and a 2016 variation on the above design can be found in the ‘other’ section below.

Sticker. A wheatpaste variation is found above and a 2016 variation on the above design can be found in the ‘other’ section below.

A later variation on the above.

Wheatpaste version on the above.

Spoof mini-poster of the Beatles’s Abbey Road album.

Sticker variation of the above.

Sticker variation of the above.

Cartoon-ized variation of the above.

Blueprint-style wheatpaste variation on the above theme.

Another Beatles spoof in poster form.

Sticker version of the above.

One more sticker on a Beatles theme.

Wheatpaste.

Sticker variation of the above.

Sticker variation of the above.

Wheatpaste found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Large paste-up.

Sticker version of the above.

Wheatpaste.

Paste-up.

Tiny paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Paste-up.

Tall wheatpaste from alley between St-Laurent and Clark (artist on the left is unidentified).

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Pasted poster (also featuring Turtle Caps).

Sticker version of the above poster featuring Turtle Caps.

Sticker.

Poster.

Wheatpaste.

Futur Lasor Now (left) and Turtle Caps (right) paste-ups.

Wheatpaste.

Paste-up.

Hand drawn version of the above.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker spoofing the St-Hubert restaurants logo.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Large paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Stickers.

Paste-up.

Stickers.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker variation.

Sticker.

Sticker

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker (sorry I only encountered it sprayed like this…)

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Hand-drawn sticker.

Paste-up; also features Fred Caron top left and Citizan bottom right.


Rest of the zoo

Wheatpaste.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste; also visible on the right is a wheatpaste by Swarm.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker (what’s left of…)

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up


Patch

This is a tribute by Futur Lasor Now to his dog Patch.

Un hommage par Futur Lasor Now à son chien Patch.

Patch wheatpaste between two Turtle Caps.

Dog Patch wheatpaste by Futur Lasor Now and two by WhatIsAdam.

Sticker version of the above.

Another sticker version of the above.

Transparent sticker version of the above.

Sticker variation.

Sticker variation.

A 2016 variation.


People with lasors

Wheatpaste.

Sticker variation of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above.

Another sticker variation of the above.

A different sticker on the Lasor Celine theme.

Poster.

Smaller, earlier poster.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Two versions of a poster side by side on a door. Each design also found as a sticker, see below.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Poster.

Poster.

Poster.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste. Also features Turtle Caps at the bottom.

Sticker version of the above.

Sticker.

Stencil (?) on sticker montage. Slight variations have also been found.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above design.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker variation.

Sticker

Sticker

Sticker.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of one of the sticker above. Also visible on the right is a wheatpaste by Swarm.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up

Paste-up. Also visible is ROC514 on the left and Satan Is Real on the right.


More people

Large paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Stencil(?) on sticker montage.

Stencil(?) on sticker montage.

Stencil(?) on sticker montage.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Variation on the above sticker.

Poster version of the above (left one of course).

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Posters.

Sticker.

Sticker variation.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Small sticker.

Small sticker.

Small sticker.

Small paste-up.


Obama and the Illuminati

Poster. Also visible are a Pnda paste-up in the top left corner and Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art at the bottom.

Sticker version of the above wheatpaste.

Later variation on the above sticker.

Sticker.

Paste-up.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Vinyl sticker.

Vinyl sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Hand drawn sticker.

Hand drawn sticker.


Election/political-related

Paste-up on electoral billboard.

Paste-up on electoral billboard.

Robo-Harper paste-up on electoral billboard; photo © Futur Lasor Now.

Sticker-sized version of the above.

Robo-Harper sticker.

Robo-Harper sticker.

Pierre-Elliott Trudeau sticker.

This Bernie Sanders sticker was adapted from one of the pieces featured in Futur Lasor Now’s Futur Politics Now expo at the Fresh Paint Gallery during March 2016.

Another sticker from the latter series, this one depicting Hillary Clinton.

Another political sticker from the American campaign.

Wheatpaste evolved variation of the above.

Sticker version of the above.


Futur Lasor Now, ‘cereal’ offender

Poster.

Sticker version of the above.

Sticker.

Slighty larger variation of the above.

Out of the box version of the above.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste found in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Sticker version of the above.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker. Wheatpaste version also exists.

Sticker.

Wheatpaste version of the above.


Other

Sticker.

Sticker, a transparent version of the above.

Sticker.

This is actually cut vinyl, nice how it blends with the tags around it.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Futur Lasor Now (speech bubble sticker) with Graffiti Knight (top right), National Zombi (green creature on right) and ROC514 (bird on the left).

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker mocking the Tim Horton’s logo.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker. More variation on this Grand Theft Auto design are found higher up in this gallery.

Futur metro station.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.

Sticker.


Various

Various wheatpastes on the boarded up Club Sandwich for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival. All the designs seen here are found in the gallery above as stickers and wheatpastes.


Murals and other painted pieces

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

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

On a barbershop front.

Labrona (left), Futur Lasor Now (middle) and Andy Dass (top right) for a 2017 memorial jam for Akira.

Another one at the same spot as above.

Contribution to the 2016 International Percussion Festival.

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

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

In the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Contribution to the 2015 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Part of a huge multi-artist jam in the Plateau.

Quick ones at the same spot as above.

Group piece 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 alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Inside an abandoned building.

On an abandoned building.

Mural or the 2014 edition of Decolonizing Street Art in Little Italy.

Futur Lasor Now (left), FEone (centre) and Turtle Caps (right) under expressway.

Side wall of a Plateau café. Futur Lasor Now’s lasorbirds are on a huge Turtle Caps.

Back wall of the above café.

Contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery.

Contribution to the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival (with Mono Sourcil on the left).

Unofficial contribution to the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Griffintown.

Contribution to the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Waxhead (in blue) and Futur Lasor Now (top left) on Montreal Plateau rooftop.

Futur Lasor Now (top centre) and Sam Kaston in alley off St-Laurent.


Drawings, tags, etc.

Quick one in Mile End.

Quick one in Mile End.

With Waxhead (top left) and Turtle Caps (bottom).

With tags by Fleo and others in between.

New street art and graffiti September 2014


Walls

The first two murals below are part of the revitalization programme of rue Savoie, behind the Bibliothèque Nationale. More murals are in the works on that street, so stay tuned.

Les deux premières murales ci-dessous font partie du plan de revitalisation de la rue Savoie, derrière la Bibliothèque Nationale. D’autres murales sont en cours de production sur cette même rue, j’en parlerai lorsqu’elles seront complétées.

Gene Pendon mural on Savoie. The mural is a tribute to Innu women.

Mural on Savoie by Les Hommes De Lettres.

Mural by Zoltan V and Gives in the St-Denis|Drolet alley between Duluth and Roy.

Mural by En Masse featuring Dan Buller (woman in helmet), Cheryl Voisine (woman with hair), Turtle Caps (middle), Jeremy Shantz (top), Cryote (right) and of course Jason Botkin tying it all together, in an alley in Villeray. This mural, like the next two on this page, was created during the recent street fair titled “A pieds ou à vélo”.

Mural by En Masse featuring Dan Buller and others, in a Villeray alley.

Piece on garage door by MC Baldassari for En Masse, in a Villeray alley. It is found to the right of the mural above.

Mathieu Connery installation on the corner of St-Christophe and Marie-Anne. I was told the installation is not finished, but the artist has not worked on it for about a month.

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

The Hsix tribute mural to Lea Roback in the Plateau appears to be finished. For Muralité.

Mural by Benjamin Picard, Mylène Chabrol, Mathias Vouters and Marie Gosselin in the Plateau. For Muralité.

This smaller piece by Emmanuel Laflamme for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival was completed after the end of the festival.

Lith and Fezat at the Cabot x Gilmore walls in the South-West.

The 123Klan‘s Scien (left) and Klor (right) at the Cabot x Gilmore walls in the South West.

Five Eight piece in St-Henri.

Graffiti mural by Hary in the St-Denis|Drolet alley.


Wheatpastes and small painted/stencilled works

Miss Me has been taking her new ‘girls’ out on the town. This one was found in Mile End.

Miss Me wheatpaste found in the Plateau.

Miss Me wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Miss Me wheatpaste found in Mile End.

Tava‘s Screaming Hearts paste-ups now exist in new colour variations (see below for more).

One more new variation on Tava‘s Screaming Hearts paste-ups.

Wheatpaste by Nova in Mile End.

Labrona (right) and Mono Sourcil (left) wheatpastes in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Labrona (right) and Mono Sourcil (left) wheatpastes in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Painted construction sign found on the corner of St-Denis and Marie-Anne, by an unidentified artist who may be associated with Decolonizing Street Art.

Wheatpaste on wall in the alley behind St-Denis, presumably by the same unidentified artist as above.

Wheatpaste by Pyramid Oracle in Mile End.

Wheatpaste by Swarm for Decolonizing Street Art in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Wheatpaste by Mono Sourcil in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Il Flatcha art on sticker sheet.

Makenoize stencilled in Mile End.

Makenoize pasted in Mile End.


Pétanque à la place d’Youville

The Old Montreal SDC has been setting up place d’Youville for a string of events called ‘Pétanque à la place d’Youville’. In the process they hired Montreal artist Tava to add some colour to the area. He has spray-painted his art on the concrete beams closing off Place d’Youville and on its picnic tables. The image gallery below shows five of the beams and two of the tables. Work was in progress at the time these photos were taken, so more is to come.

La SDC du Vieux-Montreal a réaménagé la place d’Youville pour une suite d’événements intitulée ‘Pétanque à la place d’Youville’. L’artiste montréalais Tava a été engagé pour mettre un peu de vie dans cet espace urbain. Il a peint à la cannette les blocs de béton délimitant la place ainsi que les tables de pique-nique qui s’y trouvent. La gallerie-photo ci-dessous présente cinq blocs de béton et deux tables de pique-nique. D’autres sont à venir, le travail étant en cours d’exécution au moment où ces photos furent prises.


Stickers

One of Tava‘s many new colour variations for his Screaming Hearts (see also paste-ups above).

Sticker by Homsik.

Futur Lasor Now

A new variation on an older design by Futur Lasor Now.

A new variation on an older design by Futur Lasor Now.

A new variation on an older design by Futur Lasor Now.

Mono Sourcil

Mouthful

The western Plateau/lower Mile-End has been plastered lately with variations of this hand drawn sticker by an unidentified artist.

One more variation on the above hand drawn sticker by an unidentified artist.

Stikki Peaches

Stikki Peaches is a very successful studio artist based in Montreal but his reputation extends outside our city. He is also very successful in our streets as a wheatpaste artist.

This interview published in Complex lets us inside the mind of the artist. To see more than what is presented here, have a look at his Tumblr website as well as his Instagram page.

Stikki Peaches est un artiste de studio très populaire à Montréal et à l’étranger. Il est aussi très connu dans nos rues pour ses collages.

Cette interview publiée chez Complex nous en apprends un peu sur l’artiste. Pour voir plus que ce qui est présenté ici, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à ses pages Tumblr et Instagram.


wheatpastes

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

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

In the Fashion District.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Little Italy.

In Griffintown.

In Mile End.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Mile End.

Off Mural Festival.

In Rosemont.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In Ahuntsic.

In the Village.

A Montreal Canadians themed piece found downtown during the hockey playoffs.

Downtown.

In Petite-Patrie.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Mile End.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In Ahuntsic.

In Ahuntsic.

In the Fashion District.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

Downtown.

In the South West.

In Mile End.

Off St-Laurent.

In Little Italy.

On the wall of a Plateau restaurant.

In the Fashion District.

In Little Italy.

In the Fashion District.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

In Old Montreal.

In Plateau End.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

This is probably the largest wheatpaste Montreal has ever seen. Stikki Peaches put it up in the Mural zone one night during the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

Pre-Muralfest2016 wheatpaste in the Mural zone.

Stencil(?) in the Fashion District.

Stikki Peaches (top) and WhatIsAdam (kids) in the Fashion District.

In the Fashion District.

In the Fashion District.

In the South West.

In Old Montreal.

In Old Montreal.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Mile End.

In Old Montreal.

In Chinatown.

This photo © Stikki Peaches.

Huge wheatpastes in the Fashion District.

Collaboration with Dain from NYC found in Plateau End.

In Mile End.

In Mile End.

In Little Italy.

In Mile End.

WhatIsAdam (left) and Stikki Peaches (right) wheatpastes in Cité du Multimédia (1/3; see below).

WhatIsAdam (left) and Stikki Peaches (right) wheatpastes in Cité du Multimédia (2/3; see above and below).

WhatIsAdam (left) and Stikki Peaches (right) wheatpastes in Cité du Multimédia (1/3; see above).

Near Parc Jeanne-Mance.

This piece in Mile End as well as the one below are covered in stickers from other local and international artists.

This piece in Mile End as well as the one above it in this gallery are covered in stickers from other local and international artists.

One more wheatpaste covered in stickers by other artists, this one in Little Italy.

In the Old Port. Photo © Guillaume Couture.

In Plateau End.

In the Plateau.

In Outremont.

In Mile End.

This one found in an alley between St-Denis and Drolet is said to be from Stikki Peaches, but confirmation is needed.

This wheatpaste was found near the one above it in this list, and is also only rumoured to be from Stikki Peaches.

In Mile End.

Stikki Peaches’ iconic BatBond in the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Little Italy.

Stikki Peaches (head) with hipster chimpanzee by Graffiti Knight in Mile End.

Stikki Peaches (head) with hipster chimpanzee by Graffiti Knight in the Mile End alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

In the Plateau.

In Plateau End.

In Plateau End.

In a Mile End back alley.

In the Plateau.

In a Mile End alley.

In Plateau End.

In the Fashion District.

In the Fashion District.

In the Fashion District.

Collaboration with someone else for Instagrafite in the Fashion District.


Stikki stickers

A bit of sense of humour here…