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St-Denis|Drolet back alley between Duluth and Roy

The back alley that runs behind St-Denis and Drolet from Des Pins to Gilford is a great place for street art. Major pieces are particularly concentrated in the segment between Duluth and Roy, which is the reason why I have chosen it as the subject of this installment in the series of posts dedicated to open-air galleries. The highlight for that area is the number of great murals, most of which are apparently not commissioned. Painted works of smaller scale and graffiti are also abundant. Paste-ups and stickers are found in smaller numbers. The gallery below features photos taken from the summer of 2014 to the summer of 2016.

La ruelle qui court derrière les rues St-Denis et Drolet entre Des Pins et Gilford est une des meilleures vitrines de street art non-commandé à Montréal. Le segment entre les rues Duluth et Roy offre une concentration particulière d’oeuvres majeures et c’est pour cette raison qu’il a été choisi comme sujet d’article dans la série dédiée aux galleries à ciel ouvert. On y trouve un grand nombre de murales en apparence non-commandées. On y retrouve aussi abondance d’oeuvres peintes de plus petite envergure ainsi que du graffiti. Les collages et autocollants sont aussi présents, mais en plus petit nombre. La galerie ci-dessous présente des photos prises entre les étés 2014 et 2016.


general view (summer 2014)



murals and other painted works

Mural by Zoltan V (was replaced with mural below).

Mural by Zoltan V (was replaced with mural below).

Gives and Cryote at the time representing the Wzrds Gng.

Hary in the above spot, one year later.

Cryote at the time representing the Wzrds Gng.

Cryote modified the above garage door when he repaired it post-vandalism.

One more by Cryote on the fence in front of the garage door above.

Mural by Zoltan V and Kevin Ledo.

Mural by Zoltan V and Gives.

The above mural was preced by this collaboration between Zoltan V and Kazy Usclef.

Mural by Zoltan V and/or Kazy Usclef (was replaced with mural below).

Collaboration between Hary and Zoltan V.

Mural by Nixon.

Mural by Nixon (since replaced with mural below).

Mural by Nixon.

mural by Kevin Ledo on parking space side-wall.

Graffiti mural by Hary and others, version 1 (since replaced with next).

Graffiti mural by Hary and others, version 2.

Waxhead (right) and Gawd (left). Over the years the piece was gradually covered in graffiti.

Two garage doors by Waxhead at the time representing the Wzrds Gng.

Mastrocola mural.

Door featuring a Kazy Usclef piece and Nixon drawings.

This wheatpaste is said to be from Stikki Peaches (to be confirmed) on the same door as the piece above in this gallery.

Stela

Cryote

Zen

El Moot Moot

El Moot Moot

Graffiti mural by Pito x Guko near the Roy end of the alley; see video making of.

Door by Open Mind.

Door featuring Cryote amngst lots of tags.

A smaller piece by an unidentified artist (may be Zoltan V or Kazy Usclef).

Zoltan V

Letters by Nerv next to older piece painted on door by an unidentified artist.

Blade by Hary between two pipes.

Graffiti Knight stencil on the ground at the entrance of the Roy end of the alley.


monochrome

Nixon

Cryote, at the time representing the Wzrds Gng.

Figurative tag by Cryote.

Unidentified artist.

Unidentified artist.


wheatpastes and paste-ups

Wheatpastes by Toronto’s Lovebot.

Wheatpastes by Toronto’s Lovebot.

Wheatpaste by Turtle Caps.

Small paste-up by Futur Lasor Now.

Various paste-ups by Rage5 (2 bottom right), unidentified (left), and Tough Guy (2 middle).


wood-ups

Starkey


stickers

Futur Lasor Now

Futur Lasor Now

Futur Lasor Now

Stickers by an unidentified artist.


nearby

The following pieces found nearby also deserve to be mentioned here.

Les oeuvres suivantes se trouvant à proximité doivent être mentionnées dans le cadre de ce chapitre.

Mastrocola mural on Duluth between St-Denis and the St-Denis|Drolet alley.

2-wall mural by an unidentified artist in St-Denis|Drolet alley between Roy and Des Pins.

Graffiti mural by Stare at the Des Pins end of the alley.

Siar in the same alley but below Roy.

Tava

Tava aka Antoine Tavaglione is a quite successful studio artist who sometimes takes his work out in the streets. His pop culture and vintage cartoon imagery appeals to a broad spectrum of people which surely contributed to him getting a lot of commissionned work. As far as the streets are concerned, he mostly does murals, although until 2015 he was also into wheatpasting and stickers.

For more information on the artist and to see more of his work than what is shown here, check out antoinetavaglione.com as well as his Instagram page. You can buy Tava art at tava-art.com.

Tava, ou Antoine Tavaglione de son nom complet, est un artiste studio qui à l’occasion s’adonne aussi au street art. Ses oeuvres, souvent peuplées de personnages issus de la culture pop et plus particulièrement des dessins animés vintage, plaisent à un large éventail de personnes, ce qui a surement contribué à faire de lui un des artistes les plus demandés à Montréal présentement. En ce qui concerne son travail urbain, il crée surtout des murales, bien que jusqu’à 2015 il s’adonnait aussi aux collages et autocollants.

Pour plus d’information sur cet artiste ou pour voir plus que ce qui est présenté ci-dessous, jetez un coup d’oeil à antoinetavaglione.com ainsi qu’à sa page Instagram. Il est possible d’acheter des créations de Tava via tava-art.com.


Painted 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, de la plus récente à la plus vieille que j’ai photographiée.

On a public piano. See below for other angle.

On a public piano. See above for other angle.

Above 2 photos: 2 angles of a wall for a St-Henri high school. Scroll down for another wall facing this one.

Above 2 photos: 2 angles of a wall for a St-Henri high school. Scroll up to view the wall facing this one.

In the heart of downtown.

In Petite Patrie.

In Petite Patrie.

In Petite Patrie.

Collaboration with Wizard Skull in Petite Patrie.

Collaboration with Wizard Skull in Petite Patrie.

Collaboration with Bishop in Little Italy.

In Ville St-Laurent.

Tava in Ville Emard. The colours were filled in by kids from the neighbourhood. See below for close-ups.

Tava in Ville Emard, close-up of the left third of the wall. The colours were filled in by kids from the neighbourhood.

Tava in Ville Emard, close-up of the middle third of the wall. The colours were filled in by kids from the neighbourhood.

Tava in Ville Emard, close-up of the right third of the wall. The colours were filled in by kids from the neighbourhood.

In Griffintown for the Montreal Heart Institute.

In Rosemont.

Collaboration with Peter Farmer for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In the Plateau.

In Petite-Patrie.

On one of 2016’s public pianos.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy, with Detto.

In the lower Plateau, with Detto.

Tava’s contribution to the Cabane à sucre secret gallery (photo © Tava).

Outdoor sign for pastry shop in Little Italy (many more Tava treats inside, check it out!)

Mural on rue St-Dominique (photo © Aline Mairet).

Tava (left, centre) and Waxhead (right, bottom centre) mural on construction site barricade, St-Denis (photo © Aline Mairet).

Tava’s contribution to the 2012 edition of the Under Pressure Festival (photo © Tava).


Wheatpastes and larger paste-ups

The original version of Tava’s iconic Screaming Heart (also visible in this shot is a piece by Swarm at the bottom, and a small paste-up of Futur Lasor Now‘s dog Patch).

A variation on the original version of the Screaming Heart.

One of the three 2014 colour variations of the Screaming Heart.

One of the three 2014 colour variations of the Screaming Heart.

One of the three 2014 colour variations of the Screaming Heart.

photo © Tava

photo © Tava

photo © Tava

Tava with a small Graffiti Knight piece on the left.

Tava on the right, with Mr Crocks on the left; these are wheatpastes on the boarded up Club Sandwich for the 2016 edition of the MTL En Arts festival.

Tava with what’s left of Turtle Caps beneath it.


Stickers and smaller paste-ups

The original screaming heart.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

One of the 2014 variation on the Screaming Heart sticker.

Reservoir hearts.

Sorry I couldn’t find an undamaged version of this one!

Better shot of this sticker is needed.

For Instagrafite.


Buck 15 Espresso tunnel

In June 2015 Tava was commissionned to paint the walls of the tunnel next to Buck 15 Espresso in Griffintown. The tunnel is quite narrow, which makes it rather difficult for photos.

En juin 2015 Tava a reçu comme commande la décoration des murs du tunnel à coté du café Buck 15 Espresso dans Griffintown. Le tunnel en question est plutôt étroit, ce qui rend difficile la prise de photos.


Pétanque à la place d’Youville

In September 2014 the Old Montreal SDC set up place d’Youville for a string of events called ‘Pétanque à la place d’Youville’. In the process they hired Tava to add some colour to the area. He spray-painted his art on the concrete beams closing off place d’Youville and on its picnic tables.

En septembre 2014, la SDC du Vieux-Montreal a réaménagé la place d’Youville pour un événement intitulé ‘Pétanque à la place d’Youville’. Tava a alors 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 trouvaient.


Other

Drawing in Little Italy

New street art August-September 2014

Click on any image below to see in full size
Cliquez sur les images ci-dessous pour voir en plein format

Walls

K6A mural by Monk.e and Axe in Hochelaga.

Trackside piece in NDG by Cems for Ashop (#1 of 3, see below).

Trackside piece in NDG by Zek for Ashop (#2 of 3, see above and below).

Trackside piece in NDG by Dodo Osé for Ashop (#3 of 3, see others above).

Mural presumably by the Wzrds Gng in central Montreal.

The Phlegm mural from the 2013 edition of the Under Pressure Festival has been ‘repaired’ (the bottom part was covered in graffiti).


Wheatpastes and paste-ups

Poster by Tava in the McGill ghetto.

Poster by Tava in Griffintown.

Small paste-up by Futur Lasor Now, various locations Plateau/Mile-End.

Wheatpastes by Kat (left) and Swarm (right; not new) on Mont-Royal.

Small paste-up by Il Flatcha.

Small poster by Il Flatcha found in parc Jeanne-Mance.

Madame Gilles poster, various locations.

Madame Gilles poster, various locations, many other variations exist.

Wheatpaste by unidentified artist in central Montreal.

Unidentified artist for Decolonizing Street Art on Clark.

Wheatpaste by You Go Girl, various locations (this one on Coloniale).

Poster by Fasi, found in many variations around the Plateau.

Poster by an unidentified artist, found in many variations around the Plateau.


Stickers

Futur Lasor Now, ‘cereal’ offender.

Collaboration sticker between HoarKor aka HRKR and ROC514.

Collaboration between ROC514 and 69 aka 6ara9e.

ROC514

Collaboration between ROC514 and D-Evil.

Collaboration between ROC514 and Cup O’Joe.

Small paste-up by Homsik

Small paste-up by Homsik

Waxhead sticker.

Small Waxhead paste-up.

IAmBatman

Miss Me has the whole world in her hands.

Stickers by Stela.

Stickers by Stela.

Shifty Cat

Il Flatcha sticker sheet found in Parc Jeanne-Mance.

Il Flatcha sticker sheet found in Parc Jeanne-Mance.

K6A crew.

Unidentified artist.

Not art, pure promo!


Other

Waxhead drawing on Clark.

Stencil by unidentified artist in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark.

Red Ball Project

Here’s a recap of the seven locations for the Montreal installment of Kurt Perschke’s Red Ball Project.

Voici un récapitulatif du volet montréalais du Red Ball Project de l’artiste Kurt Perschke.

Day 1 – 31 August: Biosphère
Photo © Mathieu Dion.

Day 2 – 1 September: Place des Arts (photo 1/2).

Day 2 – 1 September: Place des Arts (photo 2/2).

Day 3 – 2 September: Quartier des spectacles (photo 1/2).

Day 3 – 2 September: Quartier des spectacles (photo 2/2).

Day 4 – 3 September: Monuments Berson, St-Laurent (photo 1/2).

Day 4 – 3 September: Monuments Berson, St-Laurent (photo 2/2).

Day 5 – 4 September: Gare Jean-Talon (photo 1/2).

Day 5 – 4 September: Gare Jean-Talon (photo 2/2).

Day 6 – 5 September: BMO St-Jacques, Old Montréal (photo 1/2).

Day 6 – 5 September: BMO St-Jacques, Old Montréal (photo 2/2).

Day 7 – 6 September: Parc Lafontaine (photo 1/2).

Day 7 – 6 September: Parc Lafontaine (photo 2/2).

Under Pressure Festival 2014

Here’s a gallery featuring all the works produced during the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. For other editions, see the general Under Pressure Festival page.

Cet article présente les oeuvres produites au cours de l’édition 2014 du Festival Under Pressure. Pour les autres éditions, voir la page générale du Festival Under Pressure.


Under Pressure 2014 logo, art by Miss Me.

Under Pressure 2014 logo, art by Miss Me.


The walls

Five Eight and Earth Crusher.

3 walls of HoarKor aka HRKR.

K6A featuring Fleo, Monk.e, Dodo Osé, Serak, Axe, Dkae and Saer.

Eska (bottom letters), Asyne (middle letters), Sufok aka Ofusk (top letters) and Rouks on figurative material, plus an older Serak above.

Hsix and Esprit (the dancing punk guy is a preserved older tribute to ‘Steeve’ by Quermit and Cheeb).

Featuring Ms Teri (top left) Fonki (other character), Sobe, Warez and perhaps others.

Mace (top left), Maysr (top right), etc.

MSHL (bottom left), Debza (bottom right), Joe, Seaz and Flow (letters at the top).

Ether (top left), Mersh (top right) and Shok (bottom).

Scribe

Featuring Gnius (middle left in red), Peyo/Yope (middle, right of center), Liza (right of Peyo), Skor (top right) amongst many others.

Crazy Apes wall.

Lapin, Maddog and Namer.


180 Ste-Catherine est

General view of the building

Miss Me in the top windows

Miss Me in the top windows

Miss Me in the top windows

Miss Me in the top windows

Miss Me in the top windows

Marc-André Giguère on bottom window.

Gribouilliz on bottom window.

Le Monstr on bottom window.

MSHL on bottom window.

Bonar on bottom window.

Alex Produkt (left), Tyler K Rauman (right) on bottom window.

Debza on bottom window.

Isaac Holland on bottom window.


210 Ste-Catherine est

General view of the building

Jonathan Himsworth / Stadium Art Movement

Emmanuel Laflamme

Emmanuel Laflamme
(this piece was done in early september after the end of the festival)

Mono Sourcil, Labrona, Turtle Caps, Alex Produkt

Turtle Caps, Mono Sourcil, Labrona

Turtle Caps, Mono Sourcil, Labrona

Mono Sourcil, Futur Lasor Now


Unofficial pieces on board walls

Regimental One Ton

Chris Dyer

MC Baldassari

Okies

Le Monstr

M. Abstrakt

Aude Maeva

Bryan Keith Lanier

IAmBatman

Waxhead

Futur Lasor Now

Andy Dass

unidentified artist

IAmBatman

Paulie H

Debza

unidentified artist


Container on rue Boisbriand

Mono Sourcil side.

Pec? side.


Other

additional Miss Me wheatpaste on boarded wall

Cabane à sucre, a secret art gallery

Over the 12 days leading up to August 29, over 40 artists mostly from Montreal got together and created an open-air art gallery on the walls of the interior courtyard of a three-storey building in the lower Plateau, near the Quartier des Spectacles. The secret project was the brainchild of New York City expat Turtle Caps and was inspired by Surplus Candy, a similar project put together at the end of last year by New York City-based pun-loving street artist Hanksy. The Montreal project was actually titled ‘Cabane à sucre’ as a sweet reference to Hanksy’s Surplus Candy.

Turtle Caps found the space a few months ago and knew that something special could be done with it. He expects the building to be torn down in the near future to make way for new condos and wanted to give it a final makeover – a swan song of sorts. The line-up of artists that he managed to get involved are all friends. Most of them are street artists, but a few had never worked outside or on walls before.

Turtle Caps stresses that he did not want this to be a commercial event, with entrance fee and commemorative DVDs. His intention was to counterbalance the growing influence of certain galleries and key players in the Montreal art scene who are increasingly dictating what’s cool and what’s not. Because it is only accessible through private apartments, the Cabane à sucre gallery will remain a private one, never to be made available to the general public. However, in order to give a bit of publicity to his fellow artists who got involved solely for the love of art and creation, without funding of any kind, he agreed to give media and street art enthusiasts such as myself access to the gallery, by appointment, one day only, on August 29, 2014.

Pendant les 12 jours précédant le 29 août dernier, une quarantaine d’artistes montréalais se sont réunis pour créer une gallerie d’art à ciel ouvert sur les murs de la cour intérieure d’un édifice de 3 étages du bas-Plateau, près du quartier des spectacles. Ce projet secret est l’initiative de l’artiste Turtle Caps, originaire de New York mais très actif à Montréal depuis quelques années. La gallerie a été intitulée ‘Cabane à sucre’, un clin d’oeil à Surplus Candy, un projet similaire monté l’année dernière à New York par l’artiste Hanksy.

Turtle Caps a découvert l’espace en question il y a huit mois and a immédiatement vu son potentiel. Il s’attend à ce que l’édifice soit détruit sous peu pour faire place à de nouveaux condos et voulait lui donner son chant du cygne avant l’arrivée des grues de démolition. Les artistes qui ont répondu à son invitation sont tous des amis. La plupart viennent de la scène street, mais quelques uns n’avaient jamais travaillé à l’extérieur ou sur un mur avant de recevoir l’invitation.

Turtle Caps souligne qu’il ne voulait pas faire du projet un événement commercial, avec prix d’entrée et DVD commémoratif. Son intention était de dénoncer ou de contrebalancer l’influence grandissante de certaines galeries et acteurs de la scène d’art montréalaise dictant ce qui est cool et ce qui ne l’est pas. Parce qu’accessible seulement via des logements privés, la gallerie Cabane à sucre est vouée à demeurer privée et ne sera jamais vue du grand public. Ceci étant dit, afin de redonner un peu de visibilité aux artistes qui se sont impliqués seulement par amour de l’art, sans subvention, il a accepté de donner accès aux médias et aux passionnés de street art, sur rendez-vous seulement, le 29 août 2014.

See also / voir aussi:
Cult Montreal’s exclusive story announcing the media day
Frontispice du journal Métro Montréal, 29 août
Cult Montreal’s image gallery

General view / vue générale

View from the top floor

Floors 2 and 3, northern wall

Top floor / étage supérieur

En Masse (left), Laurence Vallières (centre), Il Flatcha (right)

The sun is beaming down on QBNYC aka Turtle Caps as he works on the only unfinished piece of the project

Valerie Bastille and Swarm (wall), Alysha Farling (installation).

Ms Teri

Lina Kretzschmar

Sculptures by Laurence Vallières

Alex Produkt, Citizan (top left paste-up) and installation by Alysha Farling.

Pascale Lamoureux-Miron(?)

52Hz, Citizan (bottom right).

Mirabolle, Okies.

Tava (photo © Tava).

Andy Dass (left) and Waxhead (right).

Second floor / 2ième étage

View of northern wall, 2nd floor:
En Masse, Miss Me, Waxhead, Alysha Farling, M. Abstrakt, Oram 79, IAmBatman, Emmanuel Laflamme, Mastrocola

En Masse

Miss Me

Miss Me, Waxhead, Alysha Farling, all framed by M. Abstrakt

M. Abstrakt, Oram 79, IAmBatman, Emmanuel Laflamme.

Mastrocola (wall) and Alysha Farling (installation).

View of eastern wall, 2nd floor:Chris Dyer, MC Baldassari, Labrona

Chris Dyer

Labrona

Miss Me

Miss Me, Alysha Farling (installation at bottom) and Futur Lasor Now

Bonar (with a bit of Fonki on windows).

Miss Me

Xray

Kevin Ledo

Grazyna Adamska-Jarecka

Lily Luciole

Jonathan Himsworth / Stadium Art Movement

Ground floor / niveau sol

View of western wall, ground floor
Axe (back wall), Oram 79 (front) and Laurence Vallières (left at the back). The Oram 79 frame was actually done during the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

Laurence Vallières

Ether / Benny Wilding

En Masse

Stela (girls) and Homsik (fuzzy creature).

Jason Botkin (photo © Lisa Sproull, Cult Montreal).

Waxhead (this was done during the 2014 edition of Mural Festival).

IAmBatman (this was done during the 2014 edition of Mural Festival).

HoarKor aka HRKR (part 1/3). Also visible on the left is a frame by Ms Teri which was done during the 2014 edition of Mural Festival.

HoarKor aka HRKR (part 2/3).

HoarKor aka HRKR (part 3/3).

Labrona

Labrona is one of the big names of Montreal’s street art scene. He is often commissionned for murals and other painted work (even outside Montreal) but, as seen in the photo gallery below, he is also quite active unofficially. For much more on the artist than what is shown here (particularly for his non-street work), check out labrona.net as well as his Instagram page.

Labrona est un des grands de la scène montréalaise de street art. Il est souvent embauché pour effectuer des murales et autres oeuvres peintes (même hors de Montréal) mais, tel que vu dans la galerie ci-dessous, une grande part de son oeuvre n’est pas officielle. Pour en voir beaucoup plus que ce qui est présenté ici, jetez un coup d’oeil à labrona.net ainsi qu’à sa page Instagram.


Murals

In Hochelaga.

Collaboration with Kashink (hands) and Caron (wolf/dog) in Little Burgundy.

Collaboration with Gawd in Plateau End.

This one is found in the Quartier Latin. Works by Gawd, Alex Produkt and Bfour were added later at the bottom. On the subject of this mural, check out these in-progress shots.

The bottom strip of the above piece was redone in 2017, all by Labrona this time.

Contribution to the 2013 edition of Mural Festival, on Marie-Anne.

Labrona and Gawd in Griffintow. For better view of details, click on image, then click on ‘view full size’ in bottom right corner, then zoom in and scroll left-right.

In mall/office building on Pie-IX (1/3)

In mall/office building on Pie-IX (2/3)

In mall/office building on Pie-IX (3/3)

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

Collaboration with Kevin Ledo (central character), in a Plateau alley.

Collaboration with Kevin Ledo on the left, in a Plateau alley.

Collaboration with M’Os Geez in a Plateau alley.


Labrona, door 2 door

In the Plateau.

With Waxhead on a Mile End door.

With Other in Ville-Marie.

In a Plateau alley.

With Waxhead in a Plateau alley.

With Waxhead in a Plateau alley.

With Waxhead in a Mile End alley.

With Waxhead off the 2023 edition of Mural Festival.

With Waxhead on a Plateau door.

With Other in the middle and a poster by Cam on the left.

With Waxhead on the right, on a Plateau garage door. This is version 2 of this door, scroll down a bit for the original version.

With Waxhead in a Plateau alley.

With Waxhead on the right, on a Plateau garage door.

Labrona contributing to the small door on this alley piece by Waxhead.

Collaboration with Waxhead on a Plateau door.

Collaboration with Waxhead on a Mile End door.

Collaboration with Waxhead on a Mile End door.

Collaboration with Waxhead on a Mile End door.

Mashup with Waxhead on a Villeray door, with dragons by JKL Two and Gallium Beaumer.

Mashup with Waxhead on a Mile End door.

Mashup with Waxhead on a Mile End door.

With Electric Gold on a door in Mile End.

With Electric Gold on a door in Petite-Patrie.

Contribution to the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Collaboration with Waxhead on Plateau door.

Collaboration with Waxhead on Plateau door.

Collaboration with Waxhead on door, with M’Os Geez around.

In a Mile End alley.

In a Plateau alley.

In a Plateau alley.

For the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Labrona (left) and Other (right) in Hochelaga.

On a Hochelaga door.

On a Plateau alley door.

On the door of an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

Labrona (greyscale) and M’Os Geez (green) on a Hochelaga door.

Collaboration with Jaxx aka Jaclyn Martinez.

Collaboration with Jaxx aka Jaclyn Martinez.

For the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

On a Plateau garage door.

On Plateau End delivery doors.

On Plateau doors.

On a Plateau door from a 2017 memorial jam for Akira.

Labrona (humans) and Gawd (animals) for the 2016 edition of Under Pressure.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Little Burgundy.

In the Plateau, with Gawd (top).

In the Plateau.

Labrona (top) with Gawd (bottom) on door of some sort of park shed.

Labrona (bottom) with Gawd (left), Other (top right), Alex Produkt (right) and many others on delivery door in Mile End.

On Mile End door.

On Mile End door.

With Gawd on the left on a Mile End back alley door.

On a Mile End back alley door.

Labrona (bottom) with Alex Produkt (top) on door in Plateau alley

Door of an abandoned building in Rosemont.

Same Rosemont door as above, a few years later.

A door in Mile End.

Labrona (bottom) and an artist who requested to remain anonymous (top) on door in alley behind St-Denis.

With Gawd (top) in Petite-Patrie.

With Kim (top) in Petite-Patrie.

Labrona (right) and Mathieu Connery (red vase) in Hochelaga.

Labrona (bird) and Mathieu Connery (in red) in Hochelaga.

In Mile End.

Labrona (top) and Gawd (bottom) near Canal Lachine bike path; photo © Guillaume Couture.

Labrona on door in Mile-End.


Other painted and drawn pieces

With Other in a Hochelaga park.

With Other on an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

With Other in a Hochelaga park.

With Other on a parked train.

With Other in an industrial area.

With Other in Petite-Patrie.

With Other in the South West.

With Other in Hochelaga.

With Other in Old Montreal.

For a young kids skatepark in Parc Lafontaine.

For a young kids skatepark in Parc Lafontaine.

In a Hochelaga alley.

With Other in the Plateau.

With Other in Mile Ex.

With Other.

With Other in Hochelaga.

Other (top left), Labrona (right) and an older piece by Sloast (bottom left).

Labrona in green, with Other in black and white and a poster by Know Self, in Mile End.

On the left, with Sabrina Bejba, on an abandoned building in Hochelaga.

With Sabrina Bejba on the left, in Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Ville-Marie.

In Hochelaga.

In St-Henri.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

Two pieces in a Hochelaga empty lot, done about 6 months apart.

In Rosemont.

Cryote on the door and Waxhead and Labrona mashup characters on the right, in Mile End.

In Mile End.

Labrona from 2005 and 2021.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In a park in Rosemont.

In a park in Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Ville-Marie.

In Rosemont.

In Mercier.

At a derelict spot in Hochelaga.

In a Plateau alley.

In Mercier.

In Mercier.

In Mercier.

In Mercier.

With M’Os Geez.

In Eastern Montreal.

In Centre-Sud.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

Trackside piece; there’s another piece on the opposite side of this column, see next.

Trackside piece; there’s another piece on the opposite side of this column, see above.

In Hochelaga.

With M’Os Geez in Hochelaga.

With M’Os Geez in Hochelaga.

With M’Os Geez above, in Ville-Marie.

In Hochelaga.

For the Surfaces outside artshow.

Mono Sourcil, Labrona, Turtle Caps, Alex Produkt for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, Ste-Catherine x Hotel de Ville.

Turtle Caps (left), Mono Sourcil (centre), Labrona (right) for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, Ste-Catherine x Hotel de Ville.

Turtle Caps (left), Mono Sourcil (centre) and Labrona (right) for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, Ste-Catherine x Hotel de Ville.

Jason Botkin (left) and Labrona (right) in riverside park in the East end.

Sloast (left) and Labrona (right) on a parked train.

Mathieu Connery (left) and Labrona (right) on parked train.

Labrona (left) and M’Os Geez (right) on parked train.

Labrona on parked train.

Labrona (left) and M’Os Geez (right) on parked train.

Another combo with M’Os Geez (left) on a train side.

Painted Labrona pieces on barrels in front of Hochelaga restaurant.

Painted Labrona pieces on barrels in front of Hochelaga restaurant.

Painted Labrona pieces on barrels in front of Hochelaga restaurant.

Painted Labrona pieces on barrels in front of Hochelaga restaurant.

Painted Labrona pieces on barrels in front of Hochelaga restaurant.

For En Masse, detail of larger collective work on a container at métro St-Laurent.

Another detail by Labrona for En Masse on a container at métro St-Laurent.

Labrona for Cabane à sucre secret gallery (a semi-private production in August 2014).

Labrona (left) and Gawd (right) in an abandoned building in Eastern Montreal.

M’Os Geez (bottom left) and Labrona (bottom right) over an old throw and an even older piece by Maj in a Ville-Marie park.

Other (left), Labrona (centre) and Listen (right) in Hochelaga.

Other (left) and Labrona (right) on the door of an electrical/telecom box in Rosemont.

Alex Produkt (left) and Labrona (right).

Labrona (head on the right) and presumably unfinished Mathieu Connery, in Hochelaga.

Labrona (left), Alex Produkt (right; vandalised) plus stickers by 123Klan, Futur Lasor Now, Zola, etc.

Old one on truck side.


Wheatpastes

In Hochelaga.

In the Plateau.

In Mile End.

In Outremont.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

Labrona (top) and Sabrina Bejba in Hochelaga.

Labrona (top) and Sabrina Bejba in Hochelaga.

Labrona (top) and Sabrina Bejba downtown.

Labrona in Mile End.

Labrona in Mile End.

Sabrina Bejba and Labrona in Mile End.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In the Plateau.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Centre-Sud.

In Petite-Patrie.

In the Plateau.

In Little Italy.

In Little Italy.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In Rosemont.

In Mile Ex.

Labrona (blue) and Know Self (white) wheatpastes in Mile Ex.

In the Plateau.

In Chinatown.

In Chinatown.

In Hochelaga.

Labrona (pink) and M’Os Geez (yellow) in Hochelaga.

A new piece over a very old one, in Hochelaga. Scroll down to view the old one when it was new.

Labrona (right) and M’Os Geez (left) in Hochelaga.

Labrona (blue) and M’Os Geez (green) in Hochelaga.

Labrona (right) and M’Os Geez (left) in Hochelaga.

On the door of a closed business.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

Off-Mural pieces by Labrona (left) and M’Os Geez (right).

Labrona (left) and M’Os Geez (right) in Hochelaga.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga (over the remains of an older piece which can be viewed by scrolling down this gallery).

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

Paired with Gives (above) in the Plateau.

In Hochelaga.

In Ville-Marie

In Chinatown.

Downtown.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

On St-Laurent.

In a Plateau back alley.

In central Montreal.

In Petite-Patrie.

In the Plateau.

Downtown.

In Petite-Patrie.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In a Plateau back alley.

Downtown.

In Chinatown.

In Hochelaga.

In a Plateau alley.

Downtown.

In the Quartier des Spectacles.

In a Plateau alley.

On the Main.

In Hochelaga, with letters by Lorem Ipsum aka Garbage Beauty above.

In Hochelaga.

In a Plateau alley.

Downtown.

In the Quartier Latin.

With Mono Sourcil, in the Quartier Latin.

With Mono Sourcil, in Centre-sud.

In a Plateau alley.

In the Plateau.

Collaboration with Enriqueta Arias in the Plateau.

With Gawd above, in the Plateau.

In the Plateau.

With Gawd on the left, in a Plateau back alley.

In a Plateau back alley.

In a Plateau back alley.

In a Plateau back alley.

In a Plateau back alley.

In a Plateau back alley.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga.

In Hochelaga. Also visible on the left is an older drawing by Lapin.

In Hochelaga.

In Centre-Sud.

Top left, with older pieces by Swarm (bottom left) and Stela (bottom right). In Hochelaga Maisonneuve.

Collaboration with Kat (left) found in Centre-Sud.

Collaboration with Kat (left) found in Centre-Sud.

Same spot as above, but Labrona alone this time.

More at the same spot, this time with Danica Olders on the right.

Poster in Hochelaga.

In the Plateau.

Gawd (Left) and Labrona (right) in Hochelaga.

Gawd (Left) and Labrona (right) in Hochelaga (photo © Labrona).

With Gawd (right) in the Plateau.

With Gawd (top) in Plateau End.

In Hochelaga.

Labrona (left) and Mono Sourcil (right) next to UQAM.

Labrona (left) and Mono Sourcil (right) in the village.

Labrona (left) and Mono Sourcil (right) in Centre-Sud.

Labrona (left) and Mono Sourcil (right) in the same Centre-Sud spot as above but about a year later.

Mono Sourcil (left) and Labrona (right) in Hochelaga.

Mono Sourcil (top) and Labrona (bottom) downtown.

Mono Sourcil (left) and Labrona (right) wheatpastes on Clark.

Mono Sourcil (top) and Labrona (bottom) wheatpastes, plus drawing by Cryote (at the time representing the then Wzrds Gng).

Wheatpaste found in St-Henri.

Wheatpastes by Labrona (top) and Laurence Vallières (bottom) in St-Henri.

Labrona (bottom), Mono Sourcil (top right) and Scaner (center left) wheatpastes on door in alley between St-Laurent and Clark. Also visible in top left corner is a sticker for Decolonizing Street Art.

Labrona (top) and Mono Sourcil (bottom) wheatpastes in the Plateau.

Wheatpastes by Labrona (left) and Mono Sourcil (right) with stickers by Graffiti Knight, Turtle Caps and Il Flatcha at the top, on St-Dominique delivery door.

Labrona (right) and Laurence Vallières (left) wheatpastes (photo © Guillaume Couture).

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

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

In Hochelaga.

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


Métro Jarry ceilings of rain shelter

(Mu project 2013-2014)

This project was started during the summer of 2013 and 3 of the 4 ceilings were finished before winter set in. The last ceiling was done early in 2014 and the columns in the autumn of 2014.

View of the rain shelter from one end, before the birds were added to the columns.

View of the rain shelter from the other end, before the birds were added to the columns.

View of the ceiling finished in 2014.

One the ceilings completed in 2013.

One the ceilings completed in 2013.

One the ceilings completed in 2013.

Column sides.

Column sides.

Column sides.

Column sides.


Stickers and small paste-ups

Small paste-up.

Small paste-up.

Old stickers.

New street art August 2014

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murals and other painted work

Axe‘s mural for Muralité in Mile End mural is finally completed.

Chris Dyer‘s tribute to skateboarder Jay Adams at the Parc Olympique tunnel.

One more little bit by Chris Dyer with the above tribute to Jay Adams at the Parc Olympique tunnel.

Labrona, Caron, Kashink in Little Burgundy (this is from earlier this summer, but I couldn’t photograph it properly until now because of cars parked in front).

Waxhead and Gawd, Duluth west of St-Laurent. Only Waxhead’s part (window and beneath) is new; it replaces earlier work also by him.

Unidentified artist, alley behind St-Denis.

Unidentified artist, alley behind St-Denis.


pasted work

WhatIsAdam, dressed-up garbage can, parc Jeanne-Mance (photo © WhatIsAdam).

WhatIsAdam, dressed-up garbage can, parc Jeanne-Mance (photo © WhatIsAdam).

Unknown artist, printed text on pasted paper on the corner of Marie-Anne and Laval.

Pasted poster by Kat in the Plateau.

Wheatpaste by an unidentified artist in Mile End.

Madame Gilles poster found in the Plateau.

Madame Gilles poster found in the Plateau.

Madame Gilles poster found in the Plateau.

Paste-up by ROC514 with Cup O’Joe and Purplesmoke17 (Sleepy Bunny), various locations.

Paste-up by Sien514, various locations downtown.

Wheatpaste by Rage5 in alley behind St-Denis.

New sticker montage by Futur Lasor Now.

New sticker by Waxhead.

Small paste-up by Waxhead.

Mini wheatpaste by Ohwell.

Miss Me

Slogan: “artful vandalism”

Miss Me is mostly a wheatpaste artist, at least as far as the street is concerned. For more information on the artist check out miss-me-art.com as well as her Facebook and Instagram pages.

Miss Me produit principalement des collages, du moins en ce qui concerne l’art de rue. Pour de plus amples informations sur l’artiste, jetez un coup d’oeil à miss-me-art.com ainsi qu’à ses pages Facebook et Instagram.


In a Rosemont alley.

In Mile End.

Found in Mile End.

Wheatpaste of Einstein’s hands, in Mile End.

Wheatpaste of Leonard Cohen.

Huge wheatpastes of Leonard Cohen and Marie-Josephe Angélique.

Wheatpaste showing Betty Friedan.

One of Miss Me’s many variations on her ‘Statue Of LIEberty’ wheatpastes. Also see Under Pressure 2016 above.

Wheatpastes (top right and bottom left) on Kabane 77 around a mural by SBU One and MSHL.

More wheatpastes on Kabane 77. Scroll up for close-ups and variations on the designs used here.

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

An early design, painted variation.

Same design as above, black and white.

See next for an updated variation of this wheatpaste.

Same door as above, about a year later.

Helen Keller. Scroll up to the Under Pressure 2014 section for a black and white version of this design.

This Christmas 2015 piece addressed the subject of Syrian refugees. See ad-jacking section below for more on this subject.


Portrait Of A Vandal

Miss Me’s “Portrait Of A Vandal” is a self-portrait which gets regularly redesigned and reinvented by the artist.

Le “Portrait d’une vandale” de Miss Me est un autoportrait auquel l’artiste retourne régulièrement et réinvente.

The original Portrait Of A Vandal.

One of the 2015 variations.

Another one of the 2015 variations.

Another one of the 2015 variations.

Another one of the 2015 variations.

Another one of the 2015 variations.

A 2016 variation with drawings covering most of the body. See close-up details below.

Detail #1 of the 2016 variation shown above. Click on image to zoom in.

Detail #2 of the 2016 variation shown above. Click on image to zoom in.

A 2016 variation.

A 2016 variation.

Abandoned porn cinema takeover with wheatpaste variations of Miss Me’s Portrait Of A Vandal, for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Detail of the above abandoned cinema takeover.

For the Surfaces outside artshow in 2018.

A 2019 variation.

A 2019 variation.


Musical saints

Marvin Gaye

Same as above, unpainted.

Ella Fitzgerald

2Pac

Another version of 2Pac.

Billie Holiday

Another Billie Holiday, coloured in.

A different Billie Holiday.

As above, in colour.

Amy Winehouse

George Gershwin

Miles Davis.

Another version of Miles Davis.

An earlier version of Miles Davis.

Miles Davis over an older one of Nina Simone (see variation below), and surrounded with other pastes from Turtle Caps (top left), WhatIsAdam (top right) and 52Hz (bottom).

Nina Simone

A different version of Nina Simone.

Michael Jackson


Mural Festival 2017

Collaboration between photographer Aydin Matlabi and Miss Me for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival. See below for close-ups.

Collaboration between photographer Aydin Matlabi and Miss Me for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival (left half).

Collaboration between photographer Aydin Matlabi and Miss Me for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival (right half).


Don’t Tell Me What To Wear series

Mash-up between one piece from this “Don’t Tell Me What To Wear” series and a variation on her iconic “Portrait Of A Vandal”.


Under Pressure Festival 2016

Huge wheatpaste for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. An earlier, smaller variation on this design can be seen in the ‘Other’ section below. Top left is one of Miss Me’s Portrait Of A Vandal (scroll up for close-up).


Leave Out Violence (2015)

For Leave Out Violence. More wheatpastes were added after this photo was taken, see next two photos below. Photo © Nickie Robinson.

For Leave Out Violence (detail). Photo © Miss Me.

For Leave Out Violence (detail). Photo © Miss Me.

For Leave Out Violence, side wall. Photo © Nickie Robinson.


Cabane à sucre secret gallery [2014]

Click on link for information on the Cabane à sucre secret gallery. Scroll up and down for variations on these designs.


Under Pressure Festival 2014

Takeover of the 180 Ste-Catherine East’s windows for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. This is a general view, scroll down for close-ups.

Maya Angelou

Frida Kahlo

Helen Keller; scroll down for a painted wheatpaste variation of this design.

Nina Simone

Malala Yousafzai

Additional wheatpaste on boarded wall.

One of the 2 billboards for that year’s edition of the Festival.

The other one of the 2 billboards for that year’s edition of the Festival.


Mural Festival 2014 wheatpaste mural

(behind 3527 St-Laurent)

Montage of Miss Me’s musical saints at the back of the LNDMRK offices for the 2014 edition of Mural Festival. Scroll up to the “Musical Saints” section above for variations on the designs seen here.


Under Pressure Festival 2012

Most of the designs seen here were used again in different variations, scroll up and down to view.


Dessert For Breakfast series









(latter 4 photos © Miss Me)


Ad-jacking

This Christmas 2015 piece addressed the subject of Syrian refugees. Scroll up a bit for a wheatpaste variation of this.

Summer 2015.

Summer 2015.

Boxing Day 2014.

Boxing Day 2014; photo © Miss Me.


Stickers

New street art and graffiti July-August 2014

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Murals, doors, roofs, etc.

Rafael Sottolichio, mural on St-Dominique north of Mont-Royal
(started 2013, finished in July 2014)

Cam Novak mural on St-Marc corner Ste-Catherine

Ella & Pitr (France), rooftop ‘mural’ on Ontario corner Moreau
[photo © Ella & Pitr]

Ella & Pitr (France), rooftop ‘mural’ downtown Montreal
[photo © Ella & Pitr]

Painted door by Waxhead on St-Laurent.

Painted door by unidentified artist on a Plateau door.

Collaboration between Pask and Robe/Fore (1/3).

Collaboration between Pask and Robe/Fore (2/3).

Collaboration between Pask and Robe/Fore (3/3).


Paste-ups, posters

Paste-up by Ohwell on Mont-Royal near St-Urbain.

Paste-up by unidentified artist on Ste-Catherine in the Village.

Poster by Graffiti Knight, various locations in Plateau/Mile-End (each one is in different colours).

Wheatpaste by an unidentified artist on Mont-Royal.

Wheatpaste by Psychotuna on Coloniale corner Duluth.

Paste-up by Zola, various locations.

Poster by Josh MacPhee, various locations.


Stickers

Futur Lasor Now

Lovebot

Lovebot

Snugglz1 (NYC).

Ella & Pitr (France; see also two rooftop ‘murals’ by Ella&Pitr near the top of this post).


Stencils

Stencil for No Borders, various locations.


Other

Garbage Beauty, Rachel circa St-Denis (lucky catch, garbage ‘transformed’ by this collective does not remain in the streets for long before it gets picked up or someone takes it back inside!)

Painted mirror by Le Diamantaire (France), this one on Mont-Royal. New diamonds were put up by the artist in conjunction with the expo at Station 16.

Framed newspaper cutting with stickers, by unidentified artist, on the George General d’Auto Reparation.