Montreal looks like an open gold mine for Street Art 😀, official with its many festivals (Mural Festival, Under Pressure...) and a little more hidden scene with a very active Street Art community. You have just to walk in its streets and alleys to sometimes find a gold nugget or even better a real gold vein as in this alley near to Mont Royal Avenue :
Artists based in Montreal like to collaborate on different projects like this one, we find the work of Labrona, Jonny Lasor, Cryote, Waxhead (from left to right)
WHERE
In an alley between Christophe Colomb Avenue and Roche Street, Montreal, Canada.
Position on Google Maps
WHO
Cryote
Sebastion Millar aka Cryote is street-artist from Ottawa now based in Montreal. He is member to the 203 crew. And with Waxhead, they're almost inseparable. In this alley, he painted this beautiful purple cat.
Last post about Cryote : Street Art #311
Waxhead
Born in Toronto, Waxhead is street-artist, painter, and creature creator (as he says) now based in Montreal since 2012. His style is quite unique, very coloured and detailed. His nickname comes from when he painted when he was young a dripping head on his school books.
Last post about Waxhead : Street Art #326
Jonny Lasor
Based in Montreal, Jonny Lasor is a street artist doing mural and wheatpaste with his favorite character, a bird often in space ship or blue Urban bird in this alley in a tribute of Akira.
Last post about Jonny Lasor : Street Art #162
Hest1
Hest1 aka The Wild Child, is street artist from France and based between Paris and Montreal. He started the Street Art in 1989 thanks to a BMX racing event. Always stunning lettering :
Last post about Hest1 : Street Art #329
Labrona
Based also in Montreal, Labrona is a street artist, skateboarder, record collector. His work features characters typically Labrona-esques, faces with multiple colors underlined with marked black lines. For his prints, he refered to old masters like Titian, Otto Dix or Gainsborough, very eclectic...
Last post about Labrona : Street Art #295
V.Toutou
Not on the same wall but right in front of it, a work this year done by Vincent Tourigny aka V.Toutou, designer and illustrator based in Montreal.
"I work with elements of popular culture and humor. I like it when people feel challenged and when my drawings touch as many people as possible." - Vincent Tourigny (source : urbania.ca)
Cool painted garage door with with many emblematic elements of Montreal, the Mount-Royal cross, bagels, and squirrels (the parks are full of them).
And it's only the Part One of this series about the golden alley... Stay tuned 😀
WHEN
- 2017/2018.
Sources
Instagram :
Cryote
Waxhead
Jonny Lasor
Labrona
V.Toutou
Hest1
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#330 DFEK, Montreal
#329 Wüna & Hest1, Montreal
#328 Naïmo, Montreal
#327 Art du Commun
#326 Waxhead, Montreal
#325 Laurence Belanger