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Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art

This image gallery brings together 100 great murals and other painted street art pieces from 2017. It is not necessarily the best of the year because taste is a subjective thing and I was obviously not able to photograph everything. The selection was done partly from my own personal favourites but mostly from those of my followers on Instagram. Of course this list was put together from what I was actually able to photograph, so keep in mind that it may lack some great work that just slipped between the cracks.

The pieces are shown here in alphabetical order of artist/crew name. To ensure that the list wasn’t filled with only work from a few popular artists, I have set a maximum of 4 pieces per artist. Collaborations by two or more artists count as one entry.

See also:
Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art
Retrospective of 2017 graffiti

Cette galerie-photo présente 100 murales et autres pièces de street art peint créées en 2017 à Montréal. Cette liste n’a pas la prétention d’être un best of de l’année puisque les goûts sont personnels et je n’ai évidemment pas eu la chance de tout photographier. La sélection s’est faite en partie parmi mes pièces favorites, mais surtout parmi les préférées de mes abonnés Instagram. Cette liste a bien sur été créée à partir de ce que j’ai eu la chance de trouver et de photographier, ce qui signifie que quelques chef d’oeuvres de 2017 pourraient ne pas y figurer.

Les pièces apparaissent ci-dessous en ordre alphabétique d’artiste/crew. Pour que la liste ne soit pas totalement accaparée par quelques artistes populaires, j’ai fixé un maximum de 4 pièces par personne. Les collaborations entre deux ou plusieurs artistes sur un même thème ne comptent que pour une entrée.

Voir aussi:
Rétrospective 2017 street art collé
Rétrospective 2017 graffiti


1010‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Adida Fallen Angel‘s contribution to the Alley Cats prod in Rosemont.

Ankh One and Benny Wilding collaboration in Verdun. The white discs over the mural spell out the word MULTICULTUREL. Scroll down for more by Benny Wilding under his name and more by Ankh One under ‘Monk.e’. Both artists have also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti (Benny Wilding is found there under ‘Cemz’).

Astro‘s tribute to Scaner at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.
(Also visible above is an older piece by Kare)

Astro in a Rosemont alley.

Axe‘s front wall for the RDV production which he curated in the Plateau.

A tribute to Scaner by Axe in the South West.

Axe piece in the South West. Scroll down for more by Axe under ‘Dodo Osé’ and under ‘K6A’. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti.

MC Baldassari and Aude Maeva for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Birdcap in Petite-Patrie.

Elizabeth Blancas from the 2017 edition of Unceded Voices.

Bonar in Petite-Patrie.

Bonar in Rosemont. Scroll down for more by Bonar below under ‘Opire’.

Harry Bones in upper Plateau.

Harry Bones in Rosemont.

Harry Bones at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Harry Bones‘ contribution to the Scan You Rock mega-prod. Harry Bones has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti (under ‘Scaner’ and ‘Soten’).

Borrris and Arnold collaboration in the Plateau. The two of them have also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti (under ‘203’).

A collaboration between Botkin, Borrris, Arnold and Marc Sirus in St-Henri. See below for 2 close-ups.

Close-up of the above long wall by Botkin, Borrris, Arnold and Marc Sirus in St-Henri.

Close-up of the above long wall by Botkin, Borrris, Arnold and Marc Sirus in St-Henri.

Botkin wall in Verdun, for Mu.

Jessica Canard and Dayna Danger for the 2017 edition of Unceded Voices in St-Henri.

Ricardo Cavolo‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

A beautiful piece in the plateau by Tel Aviv’s Dede.

Dodo Osé‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Dodo Osé in Ville St-Laurent.

Dodo Osé and Axe collaboration in the South West. Scroll down for more by those two below under ‘K6A’. There’s also more Axe in solo above, under his name. Both artists have also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti.

Earth Crusher for Ashop, downtown Montreal.

Earth Crusher from the RDV prod curated by Axe.

Elfu on truck side.

The most photographed mural in Montreal in 2017 is also the city’s biggest one ever. This is El Mac and Gene Pendon‘s tribute to Leonard Cohen downtown Montreal. Produced by Mu.

Ron English‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

2017 was a great year for Fluke. This mural is on a St-Michel school.

Tribute to Bad News Brown by Fluke in the Quartier des Spectacles.

Fluke‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival is a tribute to Jackie Robinson.

Flying Eric in a Rosemont alley.

Flying Eric on an abandoned Plateau house.

Germ Dee at Plaza Walls.

Germ Dee in a Plateau alley. Germdee also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art.

Mono Gonzalez in Villeray.

Above 3 photos: Mono Gonzalez over 3 sides of a Rosemont park building.

Gwan (left) and Eric Williams (right) in the Akira’s Alley prod. Gwan also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art.

Li-Hill‘s painted installation for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival. See below for close-ups.

Close-up of Li-Hill‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Closer-up of Li-Hill‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Hsix‘s contribution to the Scan You Rock mega-prod. Hsix also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti.

Everyone knows about the 2 huge tributes to Leonard Cohen by Kevin Ledo and El Mac+Gene Pendon. This one by Jee is much smaller in scale but still a great piece of art!

Jest in a central Montreal alley. Scroll down for more by Jest, under ‘Sloast’.

Jonathan Bergeron aka Johnny Crap in Hochelaga.

K6A‘s wall at the Festival de Canes in Longueuil, featuring Axe, Dodo Osé, Fleo, Saer, Serak, Monk.e and OstieOne. See below for 2 close-ups. There’s more by Axe, Dodo Osé and Monk.e in this yearly list under their respective names. The latter three as well as Fleo and Serak have also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti.

Close-up of the above K6A wall for the Festival de Canes.

Another close-up of the above K6A wall for the Festival de Canes.

Kor (cat) and Hoar (letters) in a Rosemont alley. Hoar has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti.

Kor‘s part in the Alley Cats production in a Rosemont alley which he curated.

Korb over a background by Axe in the RDV production curated by the latter artist. Korb has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti.

Above 2 photos: a segment of the Akira Alley prod in a Plateau alley, featuring
first photo: Labrona (left), Futur Lasor Now (middle) and Andy Dass (top right)
second photo: Cryote (left and bottom right) and Waxhead (door, around door and top right). Scroll down for more by the latter two artists under ‘Waxhead’. There’s also more by Waxhead under ‘SBU One’. Labrona, Futur Lasor Now and Waxhead also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art.

Labrona redid the base of one of his classic Plateau murals.

Kevin Ledo‘s huge tribute to Leonard Cohen from the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Loyal in Rosemont.

Mad C‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Mastrocola in a Plateau alley. Notice the garbage container in camouflage.

Mastrocola in the Plateau.

A long Mateo mural at the Marché Jean-Talon.

Mateo‘s tribute to Denise Pelletier in Centre-Sud, produced by Mu.

Monk.e, Fonki and Ankh One collaboration mural for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Scroll up to Ankh One’s name for more by this artist. Monk.e and Ankh One have also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti.

Monk.e‘s solo contribution for the Festival de Canes in Longueuil. He also participated in the K6A crew mural next to his, scroll up this list to ‘K6A’ to view.

Monk.e mural in a Rosemont alley.

Monk.e at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Mono Sourcil‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival. See below for close-ups in three segments.

Segment 1/3 of Mono Sourcil‘s long wall for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Segment 2/3 of Mono Sourcil‘s long wall for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Segment 3/3 of Mono Sourcil‘s long wall for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

Mono Sourcil in a Rosemont alley. Mono Sourcil also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art.

Nelio mural for Mu in St-Henri.

Onur‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival, in Chinatown. This one was painted with blacklight-sensitive paint, see nighttime shots of it on the artist’s webpage.

Opire and Bonar collaboration on the wall of a Plateau house awaiting demolition. Scroll up to Bonar’s name for some solo work by this artist in this yearly rundown. Opire has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti (under ‘203’).

Paynt in a Rosemont alley.

Paynt in a Rosemont alley.

Le Renard Fou at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Le Renard Fou also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art.

Rouks at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel for the year’s final Sinojam.

Above 2 photos: Rouks‘ part in a collaboration mural with Monk.e on letters. The whole mural has made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti.

Rouks at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Jessica Sabogal for the 2017 edition of Unceded Voices in St-Henri.

Ruben Sanchez‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

SBU One‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

2017 was a busy year for SBU One. Click to zoom in on this long alley piece found in Rosemont.

SBU One on a Plateau house.

SBU One (left) and Waxhead (right) collaboration in a Rosemont alley. Scroll down to ‘Waxhead’ and up to ‘Labrona’ for more work by Waxhead in this yearly list. The latter artist also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art.

Scribe in a Rosemont alley.

Scribe‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival. Scribe has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti.

Off-Muralfest piece by Secret in a central back alley.

Seork piece in Rosemont.

Seork at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Sloast and Jest collaboration on a Plateau garage door. Scroll up to Jest’s name in this list for some solo work by this artist. Sloast also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art.

Striker‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Taka Sudo in St-Henri.

Tchekon in a Plateau alley, echoing the theme of a less-abstract mural of his found nearby.

Tiburon‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Turf One aka Jean Labourdette in a central Montreal alley, for Art Gang.

Stefan Vandal business front in Hochelaga.

We were spoiled in 2017 to have had great artist Vhils accept an invitation from Art Gang. Vhils has this unique and recognizable approach in which he first paints his piece, then etches/chisels out the painted areas, leaving a textured relief mural.

One of Ware’s contribution to the Time Is Gold prod, Scaner‘s last before he passed away.

Waxhead and Cryote‘s great collaboration in the Plateau.

Waxhead and Cryote‘s joint collaboration for the Alley Cats prod in Rosemont. Scroll up to ‘Labrona’ above for more work by these 2 artists. There’s also more Waxhead above under ‘SBU One’ as well as in the Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art.

WhatIsAdam in Mile-Ex.

Benny Wilding‘s figurative segment on a long wall tribute to Scaner (also involving Stare and Zek – not pictured here).

Benny Wilding‘s nostalgia mural at Plaza St-Hubert. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 graffiti (under ‘Cemz’).

Sophie Wilkins in St-Michel.

Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art

This image gallery brings together 75 pieces of Montreal street art from 2018 that were created in a studio, then pasted, glued, screwed in or cemented into a public place. It is not necessarily the best of the year because taste is a subjective thing and I was obviously not able to photograph everything. The selection was done partly from my own personal favourites but mostly from those of my followers on Instagram. Of course this list was put together from what I was actually able to photograph, so keep in mind that it may lack some great work that just slipped between the cracks.

The pieces are shown here in alphabetical order of artist name. To ensure that the list wasn’t filled with only work from a few popular artists, I have set a maximum of 4 pieces per person. Collaborations by two or more artists count as one entry.

See also:
Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art
Retrospective of 2017 graffiti

Cette galerie-photo présente 75 pièces de street art produites en 2017 à Montréal, créées en studio avant d’être collées, vissées ou fixées dans le ciment dans un endroit public. Cette liste n’a pas la prétention d’être un best of de l’année puisque les goûts sont personnels et je n’ai évidemment pas eu la chance de tout photographier. La sélection s’est faite en partie parmi mes pièces favorites, mais surtout parmi les préférées de mes abonnés Instagram. Cette liste a bien sur été créée à partir de ce que j’ai eu la chance de trouver et de photographier, ce qui signifie que quelques chef d’oeuvres de 2017 pourraient ne pas y figurer.

Les pièces apparaissent ci-dessous en ordre alphabétique de nom d’artiste. Pour que cette liste ne soit pas totalement accaparée par quelques artistes populaires, j’ai fixé un maximum de 4 pièces par personne. Les collaborations entre deux ou plusieurs artistes ne comptent que pour une entrée.

Voir aussi:
Rétrospective 2017 murales et autre street art peint
Rétrospective 2017 graffiti


CSRK wheatpaste.

CSRK paste-up.

CSRK wheatpaste.

CSRK wheatpaste.

Elsol25 wheatpaste.

Elsol25 wheatpaste.

Elsol25 poster.

Elsol25 wheatpaste.

Futur Lasor Now wheatpaste.

Futur Lasor Now wheatpaste.

Futur Lasor Now wheatpaste. Check out the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art for more by Futur Lasor Now (under ‘Labrona’).

Francisco Garcia wheatpaste.

Francisco Garcia wheatpaste.

Francisco Garcia wheatpaste.

Francisco Garcia wheatpaste.

Gawd (above) and Labrona (below) wheatpastes.

Gawd (left) and Labrona (right) wheatpastes. Scroll down for more by Labrona in this yearly roundup. There’s also more Labrona in the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Germ Dee wheatpaste. There’s more by Germdee in the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Girl Final wheatpaste.

Girl Final wheatpaste.

Girl Final wheatpaste.

Gwan poster. There’s more by Gawd in the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Labrona wheatpaste.

Labrona wheatpaste. There’s more by Labrona above under ‘Gawd’ as well as in the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Joseph Lammirato sculpture found in Mile End.

Lost Claws wheatpaste tribute to Scaner beneath a piece by the man himself.

Lost Claws wheatpaste.

Lost Claws wheatpaste.

Lost Claws wheatpaste.

Above 3 photos: Maliciouz‘s wheatpastes for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Shelley Miller‘s icing sugar piece over a wheatpaste by an unidentified artist. This was done off-Under Pressure.

Miss Me wheatpaste.

Miss Me wheatpaste, a mash-up of two earlier designs.

For the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, Miss Me took over this closed porn cinema. See below for a close-up.

Close-up of Miss Me‘s wheatpaste takeover of a porn cinema for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Above 2 photos: Mono Sourcil‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. There’s more by Mono Sourcil in the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Myth NY paste-up.

Poster by Jesse Purcell.

Raf Urban wheatpaste.

Raf Urban wheatpaste.

Raf Urban wheatpaste.

Rage5 wheatpaste montage. I wish I had found more from this series.

Le Renard Fou takeover of an ad billboard.

Adjacking by Le Renard Fou.

Le Renard Fou wheatpaste.

Le Renard Fou wheatpaste. There’s more by Le Renard Fou in the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

ROC514 on record.

ROC514 bead paste-up.

Above 2 photos: two instances of Sheepest’s run of wheatpastes.

Sinister Kid paste-up.

Sloast wheatpaste.

Sloast wheatpaste, an update on an earlier design.

Sloast wheatpaste.

Sloast wheatpaste. There’s more by Sloast in the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Stay Beautiful poster.

Stay Beautiful poster.

Stikki Peaches wheatpaste.

Stikki Peaches wheatpaste.

Stikki Peaches wheatpaste.

Stikki Peaches wheatpaste.

Swarm wheatpaste.

Swarm wheatpaste.

Swarm wheatpaste.

Swarm wheatpaste.

Vacartu paste-up.

Above 2 photos: 2 stickers by Waxhead for which he hijacked the design of Santra Hair Oil from India.

Waxhead wood-up.

Waxhead wood-up.

Waxhead wood-up. There’s more by Waxhead in the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Zola wheatpaste.

Zola wheatpaste.

Zola wheatpaste.

Zola wheatpaste.

Wheatpaste by an unidentified artist for Unceded Voices.

Wheatpaste by an unidentified artist.

This sticker by an unidentified artist celebrates the memory of Scaner who passed away this year.

Retrospective of 2017 graffiti

This image gallery brings together 200 great pieces of Montreal graffiti from 2017. It is not necessarily the best of the year because taste is a subjective thing and I was obviously not able to photograph everything. The selection was done partly from my own personal favourites but mostly from those of my followers on Instagram. Of course this list was put together from what I was actually able to photograph, so keep in mind that it may lack some great work that just slipped between the cracks.

The pieces are shown here in alphabetical order of artist/crew name. To ensure that the list wasn’t filled with only work from a few popular writers, I have set a maximum of 4 pieces per artist. Collaborations by two or more artists under one common theme count as one entry.

See also:
Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art
Retrospective of 2017 pasted street art

Cette galerie-photo présente 200 pièces de graffiti produites en 2017 à Montréal. Cette liste n’a pas la prétention d’être un best of de l’année puisque les goûts sont personnels et je n’ai évidemment pas eu la chance de tout photographier. La sélection s’est faite en partie parmi mes pièces favorites, mais surtout parmi les préférées de mes abonnés Instagram. Cette liste a bien sur été créée à partir de ce que j’ai eu la chance de trouver et de photographier, ce qui signifie que quelques chef d’oeuvres de 2018 pourraient ne pas y figurer.

Les pièces apparaissent ci-dessous en ordre alphabétique de nom d’artiste/crew. Pour que la liste ne soit pas totalement accaparée par quelques graffeurs populaires, j’ai fixé un maximum de 4 pièces par personne. Les collaborations entre deux ou plusieurs artistes sur un même thème ne comptent que pour une entrée.

Voir aussi:
Rétrospective 2017 murales et autre street art peint
Rétrospective 2017 street art collé


123Klan‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Letter pieces are by Scien and Klor at ground level, with their son Aiik above.

Above three: 123Klan session in Rosemont, featuring Aiik (top), Scien (middle) and Klor (bottom).

123Klan‘s Scien at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll down for more by Scien under ‘Persue’ down this list.

203 crew’s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring Opire, Borrris, Arnold, Lyfer, Ekes and Naimo. Scroll down this list for solo and duo pieces by the latter three writers. Borrris, Arnold and Opire have also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

The N2N wall from the Festival de Canes in Longueuil, supervised by Acek, featuring Acek, Janek, Arose and Nerv. Scroll down for more Acek below under ‘Lyfer’, and more Janek under his own name.

Agens at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Ankh One in Rosemont. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Apashe in Rosemont.

Apashe in Rosemont.

Apashe from a 123Klan production in the Plateau.

Above two photos: Art Gang‘s Senck and Snipes tribute to Scaner above their St-Laurent store, over two walls. This was designed by Scaner himself.

Above two photos: Art Gang‘s Senck (top) and Snipes (bottom) from one of their productions in Côte des Neiges.

Ason‘s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, with guest Voguer above. Scroll down for more by those two under ‘Voguer’ below.

Awe‘s part in the production he supervised in St-Henri, one of the great prods of this year.

Awe‘s part in a Plateau production. Scroll down for more by Awe under ‘Zek’.

Above 4 photos: one of the walls of the Time Is Gold production, Scaner‘s last before he passed away. It is impossible to photograph it in one shot, so the first photo above shows Axe Lalime (top letters and figurative) and Jaber (bottom letters), the second one is Smak‘s part, the third one is by Zek‘s and the last one is King the squirrel by Axe Lalime. Scroll down this list for more by Jaber, Smak and Zek in solo and collaborations.

Axe Lalime‘s letters from a big prod in St-Henri supervised by Awe. Scroll down for more Axe below under ‘Zek’ and in the multi-artists tributes at the end of the list. Axe has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Bosny at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

BTH crew’s contribution to Scan You Rock featuring Jaker, Legal and Johste. Scroll down for more by these three guys in solo.

BTH crew’s contribution to Time Is Gold, featuring Jaker, Peace and Legal. Scroll down for more by Jaker and Legal in solo.

Casper’s tribute to Scaner, in Hochelaga. Also visible above is Amonizer.

Completed at the very end of the year, this is Cemz‘s letters segment on a long tribute to Scaner also involving Stare and Zek (not pictured here).

Cemz‘s part in an Art Gang prod in Côte des Neiges. Scroll down for more Cemz under ‘Five Eight’ below, and as Benny Wilding in a tribute to Scaner at the end of this list. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art (as Benny Wilding).

Clark in a Plateau alley.

Above 3 photos: a session in Rosemont featuring Crane (top), Royal (middle) and Korb (bottom). Scroll down for more by Crane and Korb under ‘Crazy Apes’ (next) and more solo work by Korb and Royal under their respective names. Korb has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Crazy Apes‘ wall for the Festival de Canes in Longueuil, featuring Fezat and Narc on central character, with letters by Lith (top left), Crane (ground left), Korb (top right) and Akuma (ground right). Scroll up above for more by Crane and Korb. Scroll down for solo work by Korb and Narc under their respective names.

Debza from an Art Gang prod in Côte des Neiges.

Debza in Rosemont.

Debza‘s contribution to the Festival de Canes in Longueuil.

Debza at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Dfek (mostly top) and Kasp (mostly bottom), in the Plateau.

Dfek at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Disek in Hochelaga.

Dodo Osé (ground) and Fleo (top, over 2 surfaces) from the RDV prod curated by Axe Lalime. Scroll down for more by Fleo in solo under his own name and in a collaboration with Monk.e. Dodo and Fleo have also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Dodo Osé‘s part in a St-Henri prod supervised by Awe.

Dodo Osé at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll down for more by Dodo under ‘Monk.e’ below.

Durs in an abandoned Mile End building.

EK Sept (top) and Fokus aka Ofusk (ground) collab in Hochelaga. Scroll down for more solo work by Ofusk below under ‘Fokus’.

EK Sept in Rosemont.

Ekes at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Ekes at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll up for more Ekes under ‘203’ and down under ‘Lyfer’.

Ekler on train side.

Eko at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Eskae in upper Plateau.

Eskae in Rosemont.

Eskro at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Eskro in Rosemont.

Eskro in Rosemont.

Eskro in an abandoned building.

F.One in Rosemont.

F.One at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Face in Rosemont.

Five Eight in Rosemont.

Five Eight (ground left) and Cemz (ground right) on Ashop‘s wall in Hochelaga. Scroll up for some solo Cemz under his name. He also contributed to a Scaner tribute as ‘Benny Wilding’ (scroll to the near end of this list). Cemz has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art (as Benny Wilding).

Fleo‘s tribute to Scaner on this truck side. Done during the 2017 edition of the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop festival.

Fleo in the South West. Scroll for more Fleo above under ‘Dodo Osé’ and below under ‘Monk.e’. Fleo has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art (under ‘K6A’).

Fler at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Focus aka Ofusk on a Hochelaga garage door.

Focus aka Ofusk at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Ofusk (letters) and Seork (monkey) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. Scroll up for more Fokus above under ‘EK Sept’.

Fuser in Rosemont.

Above two: Gaulois (top) and Bopor (bottom) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Above two: Gaulois (top) and Bopor (bottom) contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Germ‘s piece done off-Under Pressure festival.

Haks (letters) and Monster Mash (character) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Haks on Mile-Ex garage door for Art Gang’s Project-Ex.

Hater in central Montreal alley.

Heks at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

This year saw the return in action of Hest in Montreal. This piece for Chris Dyer’s Akira Alley prod was the one that got the ball rolling again.

Hest in Rosemont.

Hest at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

NYC’s Hoacs visited us in April and in September this year. This is his contribution to the Scan You Rock mega-prod.

Hoacs in the upper Plateau.

Hoacs in a Hochelaga alley.

Hoacs‘ contribution to Time Is Gold prod.

Hoar at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome. He has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art (under ‘Kor’).

Above two: Hsix (top) and Zek (bottom) for Awe’s prod in St-Henri. Scroll down for more by Zek under his own name and scroll up for a collaboration under ‘Axe Lalime’. Hsix has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

One of Jaber‘s contributions to the Time Is Gold production. Scroll up to ‘Axe Lalime’ for the other one.

Jaker in Rosemont.

Jaker at the Papineau legal graffiti wall. Scroll up for more Jaker above under ‘BTH crew’.

Janek piece done off-Muralfest in a central Montreal back alley. Scroll up to ‘Acek’ above for more by Janek in a collaboration with his N2N mates.

Jaws at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Johste at Plaza Walls.

Johste (ground) and Joek (top) joint tribute to Scaner for the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam. Scroll up to ‘BTH crew’ above for more by Johste.

Kane‘s tribute to Scaner at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Kems‘ contribution to Scan You Rock mega-prod.

Kems wearing his best chrome at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Kems‘s part in an Art Gang prod in Côte des Neiges.

Killa EF‘s fiery piece on this great Plateau wall.

Koal at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Korb‘s truck side on this rolling Crazy Apes tribute to Scaner. The opposite side by Narc also made this list, scroll down to view.

Korb at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome. Scroll up for more Korb above under ‘Crane’ and under ‘Crazy Apes’. Korb has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Legal at an abandoned industrial spot. Scroll up for more Legal above under ‘BTH crew’. There’s also more Legal below under ‘Smak’.

Lobs at an abandoned industrial spot.

Lobs in Petite-Patrie.

Lobs in upper Plateau.

Los Keos in Mile End.

Los Keos‘ contribution to the Festival de Canes in Longueuil.

Lyfer and Ekes in the Plateau. Scroll up for more by those two under ‘203’. There’s also more Ekes in solo under his own name.

Lyfer in Hochelaga.

Lyfer, Acek and Algue triptych. See below for close-ups of each individual piece.

Close-up on Lyfer‘s part in the above triptych with Acek and Algue.

Close-up on Acek’s part in the above triptych with Lyfer and Algue. Scroll up to ‘Acek’ for more by the latter writer.

Close-up on Algue‘s part in the above triptych with Acek and Lyfer.

Meor in a central Montreal back alley.

Meor, Baesr, Getso, Rock and Mine’s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Mersh‘s contribution to Time Is Gold. Scroll down to the multi-artist tributes to Scaner near the end of this list for more by Mersh.

Micer (left) and Kbron (right) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Monk.e from a St-Henri prod curated by Awe.

Monk.e in St-Henri. The making of this piece was filmed by Bombing Science, view here.

Monk.e, Fleo and Dodo Osé for the Chats de Ruelle Festival (Canettes de Ruelle 2017).
Scroll up for more solo work by Fleo and Dodo Osé under their respective names. All three artists have also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Monk.e on letters and Rouks on characters, in Rosemont. Rouks’ part made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Myrage in Rosemont.

Giant Myrage piece found in an abandoned building.

Naimo at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Naimo at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Naimo and Snok collaboration in the Plateau. The making of this piece was filmed by Bombing Science, view here. Scroll up to ‘203’ for more by Naimo. Scroll down for some solo Snok under his own name.

Narc‘s truck side on this rolling Crazy Apes tribute to Scaner. The opposite side by Korb also made this list, scroll up to view.

Narc in Rosemont.

Narc in Rosemont. Scroll up for more by Narc under ‘Crazy Apes’.

Nybar in the Plateau.

Pask in a Hochelaga alley.

Pask‘s contribution to the Time Is Gold prod.

Pedro Amos in a central Montreal alley.

Pedro Amos at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Persue‘s part in an Art Gang/123Klan prod off St-Laurent. The penguin is actually by 123Klan‘s Scien.

Above 2 photos: Peyo (top) and Liza (bottom) in Rosemont.

Above three: Peyo (top), Liza (middle) and Peack (bottom) at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Above 2 photos: Peyo (top) and Liza (bottom) from a 123Klan prod in the Plateau.

Pito‘s contribution to the Scan You Rock mega-prod.

Raes in Rosemont

Raes in Rosemont.

Rask in upper Plateau.

Resok in Rosemont.

Resok at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Risek in Rosemont.

Roachi‘s contribution to the Scan You Rock mega-prod.

Royal at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll up for more by Royal under ‘Crane’.

Ruste at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Ruste in Rosemont. The making of this piece was filmed by Bombing Science, view here.

Scaner in a Hochelaga alley.

Scaner outside his studio space.

Scaner‘s contribution to Scan You Rock, the production put together in his honour after it was announced he hadn’t much time left.

Scaner from the RDV prod curated by Axe Lalime. Scroll down to the end of this list for a few unfinished pieces by Scaner, and many multi-artist tributes to him.

Sceak in Rosemont.

Scribe‘s part in a private Rosemont back space.

Scribe and Tchug‘s joint contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. Scroll down to the near-end of this list for more by Tchug in a multi-artist collaboration.

Scribe in a Hochelaga back alley.

Scribe at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scribe has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Seacrit in a Mile End back alley.

Sekel on an abandoned house in the Plateau.

Serak‘s part in a St-Henri prod curated by Awe.

Serak reclaimed this great spot in Montreal’s highwayland.

Serak‘s contribution to Time Is Gold. Serak has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art (under ‘K6A’).

Serum in Rosemont.

Serum at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Serum at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Sewk‘s contribution to Scan You Rock.

Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Shok in Rosemont.

Shok in Rosemont.

Shok‘s contribution to Time Is Gold.

Sider on an abandoned building in Ahuntsic.

Sider in Rosemont.

Skam in Rosemont.

Skor at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Skor at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Skor‘s contribution to the Scan You Rock prod.

Skor in Rosemont.

Smak from an Art Gang prod in Côte des Neiges. Scroll up for more by Smak under ‘Axe Lalime’.

Above 2 photos: Smak (top) and Legal (bottom) in Rosemont. Scroll up for some solo work by Legal under his name, and some collaborations under ‘BTH crew’.

Snok at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Snok at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Scroll up for more by Snok under ‘Naimo’.

Snok (top) and Yema (ground) from the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam.

Soten (letters) and Harry Bones (character) in upper Plateau. Harry Bones has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Soten in Rosemont.

Soten in a Hochelaga alley.

Soten‘s contribution to the Time Is Gold production.

Stare in upper Plateau.

Stare in a Hochelaga alley.

Finished right on time for this yearly retrospective, this is Stare‘s part in a long tribute wall to his KG brother Scaner.

Stare‘s part in the RDV production curated by Axe Lalime. Stare also finished a piece by his KG brother Scaner and contributed to a multi-artist tribute to him, scroll down to the end of this list for that.

Temps in Rosemont.

Timer in Petite-Patrie.

Trace‘s contribution to Time Is Gold.

Trace‘s contribution to Scan You Rock.

Tuna on an abandoned Ahuntsic building.

Tuna on an abandoned Plateau house.

Rooftop piece by Tuna in Ahuntsic.

Rooftop piece by Twik in Ahuntsic.

Voguer in Rosemont.

Trackside Voguer.

Voguer and Ason on this Plateau house. Scroll up for more by those two above under ‘Ason’.

Wory from Belgium at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Wuna in Rosemont.

Zek in upper Plateau.

Zek (ground left), Axe Lalime (top), Awe (ground right) and Dodo Osé in St-Henri. Scroll up for solo work and collaborations by the latter three artists under their respective names. Zek also helped complete an unfinished Scaner piece, scroll down a bit for this. Finally Axe and Dodo Osé have also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Zoner in Rosemont from a March visit.

This is the main wall from the Time Is Gold production. Scaner did the outlines of his letters before he passed away. The fill and background of that area were completed by his KG brothers, Stare and Zek. On the left is Scaner’s crewmate in the Four S’s, Harry Bones (who has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art).

Tribute to Scaner by Sober, Benny Wilding, Mersh, Tyke and Sage at the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam. Scroll up for some solo work by Mersh. There’s also more Benny Wilding above under ‘Cemz’ as well as in the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art. Sober also participated in the next piece below.

Scaner did the outlines of the first three letters of his name before he passed away in September 2017. Axe Lalime and Sober did the N, the fill and background. Bird of prey above is by Tchug. Scroll up for more by Axe above under ‘Axe’ and ‘Zek’. Tchug also made this list in a collaboration with Scribe (scroll up to the latter name). Sober also participated in the tribute to Scaner listed just above this piece. Axe has also made it into the Retrospective of 2017 murals and other painted street art.

Huge chrome tribute done on an Art Gang wall the weekend of Scaner‘s funeral. According to them, contributors include Kems, Selek, Bacon, Stare, Tens, Snikr, Smak and Some. Stare, Kems and Smak also made this list with solo work, scroll up to view.

This huge Scaner tribute on an abandoned Plateau house was done a day or two after Scaner passed away. Artists asked to remain anonymous.

Voguer

Voguer, who has also worked a lot in the past under the name Vogue, has been one of Montreal’s most prolific writers in the past few years. Not only does he have the itch that pushes him to get out and paint very often, but he is also constantly experimenting with new stylistic ideas and evolving. He has very little official presence on the internet. To see more of his work, check out his Instagram page (where, for the time being, he only publishes stories – no photo posts.)

Voguer, qui a beaucoup travaillé dans le passé sous le nom Vogue, a été un des artistes-graffeurs montréalais les plus prolifiques au cours des dernières années. Non seulement a-t-il souvent la piqure qui le pousse à sortir et aller peindre, il aime expérimenter avec de nouvelles idées et son style est conséquemment en constante évolution. Il est très peu présent sur l’internet. Pour en voir plus que ce que la galerie-photo ci-dessous présente, vous êtes invités à jeter un coup d’oeil à sa page Instagram (où, au moment de publication de cet article, il ne poste que des videos temporaires).


graffiti 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.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

Under a bridge.

In industrial Hochelaga.

In Montreal West.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

At the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

At the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Pointe St-Charles.

Under a bridge.

Winter piece at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Trackside in Hochelaga.

Under a bridge.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Ason, with Voguer above, for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Voguer’s contribution to the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

In Rosemont.

Rooftop piece in the Plateau.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Voguer and Ason on a Plateau housefront.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

In a Montreal suburb.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Hochelaga.

At the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

Trackside in Montreal West.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Trackside in Montreal West.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Trackside in Montreal West.

In Rosemont.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Trackside piece.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Doing the name of his crew FSOK at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

On half-demolished building.

In an abandoned building.

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Off-Muralfest piece in a Plateau alley.

In an abandoned building.

In industrial Montreal.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall. Also visible on his right is Brun aka Bern.

At the abandoned “Jailspot”.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.


figurative pieces

In Rosemont.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.


throws and tags

Tributes to Scaner

This post is a photo gallery of tributes to Scaner that have appeared in Montreal and Miami since the writer passed away on 9 September 2017. Most of the creations are by writers doing Scan’s name, but I also found a few street art/figurative pieces celebrating Montreal’s graffiti king.

Artists did not wait for Scaner to be gone before celebrating him. A section at the end of this post features pieces honouring him after the news came out that he was terminally ill.

Related posts:
photo spotlight on Scaner’s work
Scan You Rock production
Scan You Rock tribute wall
Time Is Gold

Voici une gallerie-photo d’hommages à Scaner trouvés à Montréal et Miami depuis le décès de ce dernier le 9 septembre 2017. La majorité des créations sont par des graffeurs écrivant le nom de Scaner, mais j’ai aussi trouvé quelques pièces de street art et autres pièces figuratives célébrant celui que la communauté Montréalaise du graff appelle son ‘king’.

Certains artistes n’ont pas attendu le départ de Scaner pour le célébrer. Une section au bas de cet article présente des pièces en son honneur créées après que la nouvelle se soit répandue qu’il ne lui restait que peu de temps.

Articles connexes:
gallerie-photo de l’oeuvre de Scaner
production Scan You Rock
murale hommage Scan You Rock
Time Is Gold



Mural Festival 2024

For the 2024 edition of Mural Festival, a wall in the Mural zone was completely covered with hollow throws by the following 54 local graffiti writers:

Pour l’édition 2024 du Festival Mural, un mur de la zone Mural a été entièrement recouvert de flops par les 54 graffeurs locaux suivants:

Airod, Qepy, Honey, Fesk, Glé, Fleo, Kwun, Asar
Peyo, Gaulois, Samo, Bopor, Serak, Niso, ML, Jaker
    Psycho, Ekual, Grams, Moeka, Resok, Bons, Peru
Velo, Napalm, Sauron, Ksimo, Grams, Sane, Javes, Axe, Leys, Resno
Snob, Dodo Osé, Ctzen, Sobe, Bhar, Orbit, Arose
Deep, Item, Scribe, Bosy, Shire, Germ, Down
Ache, Fault, Halee, Riot, Jher, Kbron, Micer

The managers of the bank on which the above wall was painted did not like it, so following a good deal of pressure from them, it was redone five months later:

L’administration de la banque sur laquelle la murale ci-dessus avait été peinte n’ayant pas apprécié le design, suite à le pression de leur part le mur a du être refait quelques mois plus tard:

Tribute to Scan by Jher, Serak, Axe Lalime, Dodo Osé, Ekual and Rathbone.


Mural Festival 2023

The above alley tribute to Scaner from the 2019 edition of Mural Festival (see next) was completely redone for the 2023 edition. The reproduction of Scan’s iconic Mr CanDo shown below is by Tchug. To view other pieces, go to the 2023 edition of Mural Festival page.

L’allée hommage à Scaner de l’édition 2019 du Mural Festival (ci-dessus) a été entièrement refaite pour l’édition 2023. La reproduction du perso emblématique Mr CanDo de Scan présentée ci-dessous a été réalisée par Tchug. Pour voir d’autres oeuvres, rendez-vous sur la page de l’édition 2023 de Mural Festival.

Tchug


Mural Festival 2019

For the 2019 edition of Mural Festival, a long segment of the graffiti alley behind St-Laurent was dedicated to Scan. Name pieces by the two dozen-plus artists involved are presented in this post. Shown below is the only piece of the production stating Scan’s name, by F.One and Ewol.

Pour l’édition 2019 du festival Mural, un long segment de la ruelle graffiti derrière St-Laurent a été dédiée à Scan. Les pièces de la trentaine d’artistes impliqués sont présentées dans cet article consacré aux production de cette édition. Présenté ci-dessous est la seule pièce SCAN de la production, par F.One et Ewol.

F.One and Ewol.


Other tributes

This tribute involved nearly 100 writers and other artists. For close-ups and info about the wall, see this post.

Huge chrome tribute done on an Art Gang wall the weekend of Scaner‘s funeral. According to them, contributors include Kems, Selek, Bacon, Stare, Tens, Snikr, Smak and Some.

This huge Scaner tribute on an abandoned Plateau house was done a day or two after Scaner passed away. Artists asked to remain anonymous.

Tribute to Scaner by Sober, Benny Wilding, Mersh, Tyke and Sage at the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam.

2025 tribute by Astro in the Plateau.

One more tribute from the 2017 edition of the Lachine graffiti jam, this one by Johste at ground level and Joek above.

Huge tribute produced by Art Gang, designed by Scaner himself and done by Snipes and Senck.

One more segment of the above Art Gang tribute, this one on the front of the building.

Tribute to Scaner by Stare and Zek, from a long tribute wall in central Montreal also involving Benny Wilding (see next).

Tribute to Scaner by Benny Wilding, from a long tribute wall in central Montreal also involving Zek and Stare (see above).

Tribute by Myrage and Eskro in an abandoned church.

Tribute to Scaner by Casper in Hochelaga. Also visible above is Amonizer.

Serak doing his name and Scan’s as a tribute.

By Serak in Hochelaga. Presumably also involves Axe.</p

Smak and Sober in the Plateau.

Kane‘s tribute at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Crazy Apes tribute truck side by Korb done during the 2017 edition of the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop festival. See below for other sides.

The opposite side to the above Crazy Apes tribute truck is by Narc. See below for more.

The back door of the above Crazy Apes tribute truck is by Fezat.

One more Scaner tribute truck from the 2017 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop, this one by K6A artists. This side is by Fleo, scroll down for the other sides.

This is Monk.e‘s side of the above K6A tribute truck to Scaner. See below for more.

The back of the above K6A tribute truck to Scaner was done by Earth Crusher / Dré.

Tribute by Acek on sides of a trailer. See below for the back.

Tribute by Acek on back of a trailer. See above for sides.

By Kwest while he was in town for the production of the huge Scan You Rock mural.

Tribute by Axe in the South West.

Tribute to Scaner by Fonki, Smak and Serak at the base of J.Shantz’s wall for the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

Tribute by Astro at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel. If you look closely you can make out the letters of Scan‘s name amongst the characters.
(Also visible above is an older piece by Kare)

By Senck, with F.One and Ewol.

Chrome tribute by Tuna on an abandoned Plateau house.

Tribute to Scaner by Kbron, Micer and Fault.

By Guko.

By Ekon.

Chrome tribute in the Plateau, artist unidentified.

Tribute by Meor in a Plateau alley.

Pest doing Scaner‘s iconic Mr Can Do at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

2020 restored version of the above, with the assistance of Macak, plus Lorem Ipsum on speech bubble text.

Clever tribute to Scaner by Arek found at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Chrome tribute to Scaner by Ekual at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Tribute by Lect found at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

Tribute by an unidentified writer, found at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

By an unidentified artist.

By an unidentified artist.

Rooftop tribute, unidentified artist.

In the Bassin Peel, by Cast.

Tribute by Lost Claws in the form of a wheatpaste beneath one of Scaner‘s Mr Can Do’s.

Sticker tribute, unidentified artist.


Wynwood 2017

The following pieces were done in Wynwood, Miami at the first edition of Art Basel following Scaner’s death.

Les pièces présentées dans cette section ont été faites à Miami dans le cadre de la première édition d’Art Basel après le décès de Scaner.

By Scaner’s brother in KG, Stare.

By Vogue TDK and Snikr. A close-up on Snikr’s portrait of Scaner is shown below.

Close-up on the portrait of Scaner by Snikr from the above collaboration with Vogue TDK.

This one is by the same anonymous artist(s) as the similar one in Montreal (second from the top in this gallery, scoll up).

Tribute to Scaner in Wynwood, Miami, by Eskae on letters and Disem on Scaner portrait. See below for close-ups.

Close-up on Disem‘s portrait of Scaner in the above tribute with Eskae.

Close-up on Eskae‘s ‘heaven’ letter piece in the above tribute with Disem.

Close-up on Eskae‘s ‘hell’ letter piece in the above tribute with Disem.

Scaner’s crewmate Soten.

This is actually a piece by Scaner himself that has been maintained, and updated with the word ‘Lives’, by his 4S crewmates since his death.


Elsewhere around the world

By Toulouse’s Sere who was influenced by Scaner when he lived in Montreal.


Before

Some artists did not wait for Scaner to be gone before celebrating him. This section features pieces honouring him after the news came out that he was terminally ill.

Certains artistes n’ont pas attendu le départ de Scaner pour le célébrer. Cette section présente des pièces en son honneur créées après que la nouvelle se soit répandue qu’il ne lui restait que peu de temps.

Tribute by Yekso whilst in town for the 2017 edition of Under Pressure.

By Shok at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Monk.e on letters and Tibúron on character, in Rosemont.

Small piece by Persue dedicated to Scaner, next to an actual throw by the celebrated artist.

Fluke

Fluke is one of those artists who started off in graffiti and has subsequently become one of the key players in the Montreal urban art scene. The artist learned his trade in the world of graffiti in the early 1990s, at the tender age of 9! In 2009 he co-founded Ashop, “an artist-run production company specialized in graffiti murals, street art and urban aesthetics” (source: ashop.ca). He is still the president of the company, as well as one of its main artists.

Ashop, which employs a handful of artists among the best of this city, has since changed the face of urban art in Montreal with the creation of an amazing number of murals and other artistic endeavours. And for the past few years the company has started shining outside Montreal thanks to major creations done elsewhere in the country as well as in the USA and Europe.

To see more of Fluke’s work than what I was lucky enough to photograph, have a look at his Instagram, Facebook and Ashop pages. To find out more about Ashop, check out ashop.ca as well as their Instagram and Facebook pages.

Fluke est un de ces artistes qui se sont développés dans le monde du graffiti et sont depuis devenus des acteurs incontournables de la scène d’art urbain montréalaise. L’artiste a fait ses premières armes dans le monde du graffiti dans les années 1990, à l’âge de 9 ans. En 2009 il a co-fondé Ashop, “une compagnie de production d’artistes autogérés spécialisée en peinture murale, en street art et en esthétique urbaine” (source: ashop.ca). Il en est toujours le président ainsi qu’un de ses principaux créateurs.

Ashop, qui emploie une poignée d’artistes parmi les meilleurs en ville, a depuis changé le visage de l’art urbain à Montréal grâce à la création d’un nombre impressionnant de murales et autres interventions de nature artistique. De plus, depuis quelques années la compagnie a commencé à rayonner à l’extérieur de Montréal, avec des interventions ailleurs au pays ainsi qu’aux Etats-Unis et en Europe.

Pour en voir plus sur le travail de Fluke que ce que j’ai eu la chance de photographier, jetez un coup d’oeil à ses pages Instagram, Facebook et Ashop. Pour en apprendre plus sur Ashop, visitez ashop.ca ou ses pages Instagram et Facebook du collectif.

figurative solo work

This one was painted on glass.

In the Fashion District.

On a curved wall of a Montreal North school.

In Lasalle.

Fluke was assisted by Fonki, Five Eight and Dodo Osé on this mural in Hochelaga. See below for 2 details.

Detail #1 of the above Hochelaga mural.

Detail #2 of the above Hochelaga mural.

For the 2017 edition of Art Basel in Wynwood.

Tribute to Bad News Brown to replace an earlier one (see ‘Figurative collaborations’ section below).

Huge mural over two walls of a St-Michel school.

Tribute to Jackie Robinson for the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

figurative collaborations

Most collaborations below are Ashop projects.

La plupart des collaborations ci-dessous sont des projets d’Ashop.

Ashop‘s long wall, by Fluke, Zek, Dodo Osé and Ankh One, at Wynwood Walls for the 2018 edition of Art Basel. See below for close-up.

Close-up on Ashop‘s long wall, by Fluke, Zek, Dodo Osé and Ankh One, at Wynwood Walls for the 2018 edition of Art Basel.

With Ankh One for Ashop in Hochelaga.

Ashop mural in the Plateau, designed by Fluke and done with Zek and Benny Wilding.

The Carey Price piece (goalie) is a collaboration with Axe Lalime. Also visible on the left are letter pieces by Maniak (top) and Zek (ground level).

Ashop‘s mural for the 2013 edition of Mural Festival features Fluke, Axe Lalime, Zek and Apashe.

In just a few years this iconic NDG mural has become the most internationally famous one in Montreal. By Ashop featuring Fluke, Axe Lalime, Phile, Zek and Dodo Osé.

Tribute mural to Bad News Brown by Ashop featuring Fluke, Saer and Zek. After having been painted over, a new tribute was done in 2017 (see Fluke solo section above).

Fluke and Axe Lalime for Ashop on one of the pillars of the Van Horne|Rosemont overpass.

Ashop mural in the Plateau featuring Dodo Osé, Phile, Zek and Fluke.

letters

In a K6A production in the South West.

For the Chemin Vert production in the summer of 2016. The prod was actually organised by Fluke.

Zek (left) and Fluke (right) for Plaza Walls.

K6A‘s wall for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival features Fluke (bottom right) as well as Axe Lalime (racoons), Serak (bottom left), Otak (middle left), Satyr (top left), Fleo (top right) and Dodo Osé (middle right). See close-up on Fluke’s piece below.

Close-up on Fluke’s piece on the above wall from the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Fluke’s part in a 123Klan production in the Plateau. Character is by Aiik.

Earth Crusher character on a temporary Ashop wall, surrounded by tags from both Earth Crusher and his alter ego Dré, as well as Zek, Fluke (bottom right), Ankh One, etc.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

On a container near the Ashop offices.

Fluke’s part in a Ashop/123Klan production in the Plateau.

Shadow (top letters), Zek (bottom left letters), Fluke (bottom right letters) and Ankh One (figurative) on Ashop‘s wall in Hochelaga.

Nature taking over this older Fluke letter piece on a K6A wall in St-Henri.

Shok

Shok is one of the handful of Montreal writers who started off in the nineties and never stopped being active to this day. He has been part of the crew HYH in the past but nowadays only represents SIK. He has very little official presence on the internet, to see much more than what I managed to photograph, check out his Instagram page.

Shok est parmi la poignée de writers montréalais qui ont commencé dans les années 1990 et qui sont toujours très actifs aujourd’hui. Il a déjà signé pour le crew HYH mais depuis plusieurs années maintenant il ne représente que SIK. Il est très peu présent sur l’internet, pour en voir beaucoup plus que ce que j’ai eu la chance de photographier, jetez un coup d’oeil à sa page Instagram.


pieces and throws

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 an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In Ahuntsic.

In Ahuntsic.

In Ahuntsic.

With crewmate Bacer above, on the side of an abandoned truck.

On an abandoned garage in Ville St-Laurent.

In Hochelaga.

In Ahuntsic.

In Hochelaga.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

At the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel.

In Ahuntsic.

In Ahuntsic.

In Ahuntsic.

In Hochelaga.

In Ahuntsic.

In the Plateau.

On a long abandoned building in Lachine.

Contribution to the tribute wall to Scan done for the 2019 edition of Mural Festival.

This detail of the Scan You Rock tribute wall to Scaner shows Shok’s part. Click on the latter link to view the complete wall.

Rooftop piece in Ahuntsic.

Rooftop piece in Ahuntsic.

With crewmate Skor on characters, in Ahuntsic.

Underground.

Underground.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

One for the crew at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

During the 2017 edition of Art Basel in Wynwood, Miami.

During the 2017 edition of Art Basel in Wynwood, Miami.

During the 2017 edition of Art Basel in Wynwood, Miami.

In Rosemont.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

One of two contributions to the Time Is Gold production.

Shok’s other contribution to the Time Is Gold production.

Wall of flops from the Time Is Gold production featuring Shok amongst many others (in yellow, fourth row from the top, third from the left).

In Rosemont.

In Hochelaga.

On a roof in Ahuntsic.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Birthday wishes to Scaner, at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

Shok’s contribution to the Scan You Rock production.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

In an alley in Ahuntsic.

Rooftop piece at Plaza Walls.

Contribution to the 2016 edition of the Amalgam Festival in Sherbrooke.

In a Ahuntsic alley.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

In the abandoned “Jailspot”.

In a Ahuntsic alley.

At the Project45 skatepark.

At the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In the abandoned “Jailspot”.

In the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned Transco, with Tuna.

In the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned Transco.

On the roof of the abandoned Transco.

In the gymnasium of an abandoned Plateau school before it got demolished.

In the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned Transco.

Part of the unofficial Silverjam in Rosemont.

Truckside done during the 2015 edition of Hip Hop You Don’t Stop.

In the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned Transco.

Outside the abandoned Transco.

On the roof of the abandoned Transco.

In Petite-Patrie.

On the roof of the abandoned Transco.

In the abandoned “Jailspot”.

In a Ahuntsic alley.

Character by Shok to go with Tuna‘s letter piece, in Ahuntsic.

In a Ahuntsic alley.

Shok’s part in a multi-artist production in Ahuntsic.

Trackside chrome.

In the abandoned “Jailspot”.

In the abandoned “Jailspot”. Also visible above is Crops.

In the abandoned “Jailspot”.

Part of a multi-artist production in Rosemont.

Outside the abandoned “Jailspot”.

In the abandoned “Jailspot”.

Outside the abandoned “Jailspot”.

In a Ahuntic alley.

In an empty lot in Hochelaga.

Ether (top left), Mersh (top right) and Shok (bottom) for the 2014 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Collaboration with Dfek on the front of the Ste-Elisabeth bar.

Shok (above), Dfek (ground left) and Omse (ground right) in the Plateau.

Shok’s part on a multi-artist wall in the Plateau.

Shok (ground level) and Scaner (above) in the Plateau.

Trackside roller in Mile-End.

Shok’s part on a multi-artist wall in Centre-sud.

Shok’s part on a classic multi-artist wall in Villeray.

On the side of a NDG business.

Shok’s part in a collaboration with Sake in Ville-Emard.

Shok’s part on a multi-artist wall in the Plateau dating back to 2001!

Shok and Croki collaboration from 1998!

tags, throws and other quick hits

These tags were found in abandoned places awaiting demolition (except for the ones outside, obviously!).

A tribute to Scan.

stickers

Time Is Gold

Time Is Gold is the name of the last production supervised by Scaner before he passed away in early September 2017. Most of his closest buddies in crews KG, DA and Four S as well as a few other friends from the Montreal graffiti scene were invited by him to contribute. The production was halfway completed at the time of Scaner’s death, so it then turned into a tribute to the writer the Montreal graff community calls their king. A candle memorial at the base of his unfinished piece was actually where his friends would congregate for a few weeks following the day Scaner passed.

The production is found on the back and side walls as well as around the playground of a private high school in central/eastern Montreal. The premises are therefore only partially accessible and should be respected.

Time Is Gold est le nom de la dernière production dirigée par Scaner avant son décès au début de septembre 2017. La plupart des ses frères dans les crews KG, DA et Four S ainsi que quelques très bons amis de la scène montréalaise du graff ont répondu à son invitation de contribuer à la production. Puisque que celle-ci n’était qu’à demi complétée au moment du décès de Scaner, elle est par la suite devenue un hommage à l’artiste que la communauté montréalaise du graff nomme maintenant son “king”. D’ailleurs un mémorial à la chandelle à la base de sa dernière pièce demeurée inachevée était l’endroit où ses amis sont venus se recueillir et lui rendre hommage pendant quelques semaines suite à son départ.

La production se trouve sur les murs arrière et latéral ainsi qu’autour du terrain de jeu d’une école privée du centre-est de Montréal. Celle-ci n’est conséquemment que partiellement accessible et le coté privé de l’endroit devrait être respecté.

The production’s main wall. Scaner did the outlines of his letters before he passed away. The fill and background of that area were completed by his brothers in KG, Stare and Zek. On the left is Scaner’s crewmate in the Four S’s, Harry Bones.

Top left on the adjacent wall is Cemz.

Serak

Beneath Cemz and Serak is Dodo Osé‘s part.

Sewk (above) and Stare (below).

Ware on letters and mural. More by Ware below.

Axe (top letters and figurative) and Jaber (ground letters). Both have supplied more, scroll down.

Smak

Zek

One more bit by Axe, this is King the squirrel.

Wall of throws featuring:
Guilt, Dems, Nesar, Serak, Seaz, Joek
Deep, Axe, Zoltan, Expos, Getsa, Warn
Zek, Stare, F.One, Oper, Zion, Ceik
Some, Peace, Shok, Ekon, Dolar, Bloc
Pito, Jaber, ?, Casp, Axe, Morz,
Her, Tuna, Nixon, Smak, Sage, Nor, ?4S.

Tribute to Jays by Jaker, Peace and Legal (almost completed – finished shot will be put up when the wall is completed).

One more by Jaber, this time his character.

Soten

Trace

Hoacs

Shok

Mersh

123Klan‘s Scien.

Shok

Ware

Sober

Morz

Soma

Pask

Wase

SBU One

SBU One was born in France but moved to Montreal in 2004. For many years his street work walked the line between figurative and abstract, never quite one or the other. In the past few years he appears to have been doing a bit more figurative work, as least as far as his street work is concerned. It often features animals and zoomorphic characters and mashups, although it tends to remain closer to abstract when he works with frequent collaborator MSHL. In recent years his notorierity has increased rapidly, leading him to participate to festivals such as Under Pressure and Amalgam and then Mural Festival in 2017.

To see much more than what is featured in the photo gallery below (including studio/gallery work, animation, comics, and a lot of amazing street work outside Montreal), check out sbuone.com as well as his Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr pages.

SBU One est né en France mais habite Montréal depuis 2004. Pendant plusieurs années son art de rue balançait entre le figuratif et l’abstrait, jamais tout à fait l’un ou l’autre. Depuis quelques années l’artiste penche un peu plus vers le figuratif, du moins en ce qui concerne son art urbain. Animaux et personnages zoomorphiques y font des apparitions fréquentes. Ceci étant dit, celui-ci redevient plutôt abstrait lorsqu’effectué conjointement avec son fréquent collaborateur MSHL. SBU One a gagné beaucoup en notoriété ces dernières années, menant à des participations remarquées à des festivals tels que Under Pressure et Amalgam, et à l’édition 2017 du Festival Mural.

Pour en voir bien plus que ce qui est présenté dans la gallerie-photo ci-dessous (incluant des oeuvres en studio/gallerie, de l’animation, de la bande dessinée et beaucoup d’oeuvres urbaines géniales hors-Montréal), jetez up coup d’oeil à sbuone.com ainsi qu’à ses pages Facebook, Instagram et Tumblr.


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.

Above 3 photos: on a park chalet in Hampstead.

A collaboration with Sermob in Rosemont.

Version 5 of this delivery door. Scroll down this page for earlier versions.

Above 2: SBU on minivan side (top shot). The opposite side (bottom shot) is by Scribe but features a few elements by SBU.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Version 4 of this delivery door. Scroll up and down this page for later and earlier versions.

Collaboration with MSHL in Pointe St-Charles.

On a container side in the South West.

Collaboration with Waxhead on a Mile End alley door.

Collaboration with Bosny at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In a private alley space.

Figurative and letters both by SBU One.

Collaboration with MSHL and Bosny in Pointe St-Charles.

Collaboration with MSHL in Pointe St-Charles.

SBU One (left and ground) and Waxhead (right and top) on a bridge pillar. The characters were inspired by the 2 old homeless men who hung out at this spot at the time.

Sceak (letters) and SBU One (above) on a bridge pillar.

Koal on ground letters, SBU One on characters above and Bosny on textures, in a Mile End alley.

Rosemont alley collaboration with Bosny and Waxhead.

In an abandoned building.

In a Rosemont alley.

In a Mile End alley.

Collaboration with Waxhead in a Mile End alley.

Version 3 of a Portuguese rooster piece on a St-Laurent garage door. Scroll up and down this page for later and earlier versions.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

A quickie at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In a derelict place.

For the 2019 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

Collaboration with MSHL in Pointe St-Charles.

Version 2 of a Portuguese rooster piece on a St-Laurent garage door. Scroll up and down this page for later and earlier versions.

On a bridge pillar.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Collaboration with MSHL in Pointe St-Charles.

Collaboration between MSHL and SBU One for the 2018 edition of Canettes de Ruelle.

For the 2018 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Found under a bridge.

Truck side mostly by SBU, with a bit by Naimo and MSHL. The back is all MSHL. Done during the 2018 edition of Mural Festival.

The opposite side of the above truck from the 2018 edition of Mural Festival is mostly Naimo with a bit by SBU and MSHL.

On a garage door in Hochelaga.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Collaboration with Scribe in a Rosemont alley.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In a Rosemont alley (click to zoom in).

SBU One (left) and Waxhead (right) in a Rosemont alley.

In Rosemont.

For the Chats de Ruelle Festival (Canettes de Ruelle 2017).

This MSHL garage door in Mile End features some work by SBU One.

Collaboration with MSHL on the lower (2nd) floor and with Tiburon on the upper (3rd) one. The upper floor was retouched from an earlier SBU-solo piece, scroll down to view.

Collaboration with MSHL for the 2017 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Collaboration with Monk.e at the PSC legal graffiti wall. See below for 2 close-ups on SBU One’s parts.

Close-up 1/2 on SBU One’s part in a collaboration with Monk.e at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Close-up 2/2 on SBU One’s part in a collaboration with Monk.e at the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Collaboration with MSHL in Pointe St-Charles.

Floors 2 and 3 added to the back of this Plateau building. Scroll down for a close-up of Level 1 from a year earlier. Level 2 is a collaboration with MSHL.

Contribution to the 2017 edition of Mural Festival.

On a house awaiting demolition in the Plateau.

Collaboration with Scribe in a Rosemont back alley.

In a Rosemont back alley.

In Petite-Patrie.

Collaboration with MSHL in the Plateau.

SBU One in the Plateau. More was added to this piece the following year, scroll up to view.

SBU One’s contribution to Plaza Walls.

Contribution to the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival.

Contribution to the 2016 edition of Amalgam Festival.

Contribution to the 2016 International Percussion Festival.

Collaboration with MSHL in a Plateau alley.

Collaboration with Waxhead in a multi-artist mural project for Sun Youth. Visible bottom left is one of Starkey‘s wabbits.

A side piece done during the 2016 edition of Mural Festival.

This garage door was done off-Mural Festival in 2016. It has since been regularly redone, scroll up to see later versions.

Collaboration with MSHL in Mile End.

In St-Henri.

SBU One’s part in a multi-artist production in Old Montreal.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

At the PSC legal graffiti wall.

Behind a studio in St-Henri.

Underneath expressway. Photo © SBU One.

With Zdey on the right at the PSC legal graffiti wall. Photo © SBU One.

On the roof of the Omnipac building (now demolished). Photo © SBU One.

Photo © SBU One.

Photo © SBU One.

Underneath expressway. Photo © SBU One.

Underneath expressway.

Underneath expressway.

Underneath expressway.

On a concrete block found in an abandoned lot in Hochelaga

Very old piece dated 2006 in the Plateau.


Group murals

Collaboration of Le Monstr, MSHL and SBU One on container in the olympic park.

The Gentil Crew’s contribution to the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival, featuring MSHL, Bosny, SBU One, Loopkin, Le Monstr, Diane Roe, Maylee Keo, Tshokodile and Nikki Küntzle. See close-ups on SBU’s pieces below.

Close-up on one of SBU One’s parts (bottom; Bosny is above) on the Gentil Crew wall for the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. See full wall above.

Close-up on one of SBU One’s parts on the Gentil Crew wall for the 2021 edition of the Under Pressure Festival. See full wall above.

MSHL, SBU One and Bosny representing the Gentil Crew in Pointe St-Charles.

The ‘Gentil Crew’ wall from the 2020 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Le Monstr, Nikki Küntzle and Maylee Keo.

Collaborative wall in a Mile End alley by the Gentil crew featuring Bosny</a, SBU One, Loopkin, LSNR, MSHL, Maylee Keo and Wild.

The ‘Gentil Crew’ wall from the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Loopkin, Le Monstr and Maylee Keo. Scroll down for a close-up.

Close-up on the ‘Gentil Crew’ wall from the 2019 edition of the Under Pressure Festival featuring SBU One, LSNR, MSHL, Bosny, Loopkin, Le Monstr and Maylee Keo.


Letters

SBU’s letters are also figurative, which makes sorting his work into this section or the figurative section sometimes a bit tricky. Pieces are shown here in approximate reverse chronological order, so the most recent are at the top.

Lorsque SBU écrit son nom en mode graffiti, ses lettres gardent leur coté figuratif, ce qui peut rendre l’exercice de classer ses pièces dans cette section ou la section figurative un peu difficile. 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 a Hochelaga alley.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In an abandoned building.

On an abandoned building in the Plateau.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In the dark basement of an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

At the 2019 Lachine graffiti jam.

Collaboration between the Mad Rats and SBU One found in Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

SBU One’s own kind of letters in Petite-Patrie.

Spelling out S-B-U at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

At the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont.

In Rosemont. Photo © SBU One.


Videshi babaji

SBU One has this recurring character which he calls “Videshi babaji” serving as some sort of logo and which he seems to use in the way graffiti writers would with a throw (quickly sprayed piece with outline and uniform fill). Most of the time the character is a bearded head with a hat, but in at least one instance, it was given a whole body.

SBU One a un personnage récurrent appelé “Videshi babaji” lui servant en quelque sorte de logo, ou d’équivalent du throw (pièce rapidement exécutée ne consistant que d’un contour et un remplissage uniforme) chez les graffeurs. Dans la majorité des cas le perso est une tête d’homme barbu arborant une casquette, mais dans au moins un cas, SBU lui a donné un corps.


drawn pieces

In Petite-Patrie.

In Pointe St-Charles.

Quickie in a Petite-Patrie alley.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.

Found inside the abandoned Transco.

Found inside the abandoned Transco.

In an abandoned building.

In an abandoned building.


wheatpastes

Most, perhaps all pieces below are in collaboration with MSHL.

La majorité, sinon toutes les pièces ci-dessous sont des collaborations avec MSHL.


stickers

A sticker promoting his tattoo sideline.

“S”

“B”

“U”

“1”


throws and tags

Found in an abandoned building.

Festival de Canes

Over the weekend of 15-16 July 2017, approximately 40 out of the best of Greater Montreal’s writers and artists were invited by Dose Culture to cover the 2 sides of a highway ramp in Longueuil with their work. The event was titled the Festival de Canes (‘Cans Festival’, a pun on Cannes Festival). Most of the space to be covered was split into sections allotted to various crews. The line-up was curated by Acek.

Au cours de la fin de semaine du 15-16 juillet 2017, environ 40 des meilleurs artistes/graffeurs de la région de Montréal on été invités par Dose Culture pour recouvrir les 2 cotés d’une rampe d’accès du pont Jacques-Cartier, coté Longueuil. Le nom de l’événement, le Festival de Canes, est bien sur un jeu de mot sur Festival de Cannes. La majorité de l’espace de travail a été séparé en sections allouées à divers crews. La sélection des graffeurs a été effectuée par Acek.


N2N’s wall featuring curator Acek (top right), Janek (ground right), Arose (top left) and Nerv (bottom left). All four contributed to the background.

K6A‘s wall featuring Axe Lalime, Dodo Osé, Fleo, Saer, Serak, Monk.e and Osti One. See below for close-up details.

Close-up detail of the K6A wall shown above.

Close-up detail of the K6A wall shown above.

Besides contributing to the K6A wall, Monk.e also did his own.

203 crew wall featuring, from left to right and from ground to top: Ekes, Nybar, Arnold, Borrris, Naimo, Hitem, Lyfer and Trak.

Close-up on Ekes‘s piece on the 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Nybar‘s piece on the 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Arnold‘s piece on the 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Borrris‘s piece on the 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Naimo‘s piece for on 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Hitem‘s piece for on 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Lyfer‘s piece for on 203 crew wall shown above.

Close-up on Trak’s piece for on 203 crew wall shown above.

Crazy Apes wall featuring Fezat and Narc on central part, with letters by Lith (top left), Crane (ground left), Korb (top right) and Akuma (ground right).

Close-up on Fezat and Narc‘s central part of the Crazy Apes wall shown above.

Close-up on Lith‘s piece on the Crazy Apes wall shown above.

Close-up on Crane‘s piece on the Crazy Apes wall shown above.

Close-up on Korb‘s piece on the Crazy Apes wall shown above.

Close-up on Akuma‘s piece on the Crazy Apes wall shown above.

Next Time crew wall featuring Rouks (character), Sank (top left letters), Wonez (ground left letters) and Royal (right).

Detail of of the Next Time crew wall showing Rouks (character), Sank (top letters), Wonez (ground letters).

Detail of of the Next Time crew wall showing Rouks (character) and Royal (letters).

Debza

Scribe

Robe/Fore

Killa EF (ground), Kare (above).

Legal (ground), Jaker (above).

Deeper

Bfour

Ofusk on bus side.

Opposite side of the above bus, by Awe. This was completed too late for me to photograph on site, so it was shot a few weeks later in NDG.