This image gallery brings together 100 great pieces of Montreal graffiti from 2016. 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 2016 murals and other painted street art

– Retrospective of 2016 pasted street art

Cette galerie-photo présente 100 pièces de graffiti produites en 2016 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 2016 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 2016 murales et autre street art peint

– Rétrospective 2016 street art collé

123Klan wall for the Under Pressure 2016 festival, featuring guests Mark Esprit (top left) and Zek (top right)

This is 123Klan ‘s wall for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival , features Scien and Klor at ground level, plus guests Zek (top right) and Mark Esprit (top left). Scroll down to the bottom of this post for some more work by Zek. The latter artist also made it into the Retrospective of 2016 murals and other painted street art

The 203 crew wall for the 2016 edition of Under Pressure, featuring, from top to bottom, Lyfer, Ekes, Naimo and Sener, with baseball player by Arnold.

The 203 crew’s wall in the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival features, from top to bottom, Lyfer Naimo and Sener , with baseball player by Arnold . Solo entries by Lyfer, Ekes and Naimo are found below under their respective names. Naimo also made it into the Retrospective of 2016 murals and other painted street art while Arnold made it into the Retrospective of 2016 pasted street art

Acro (top) and Distort (ground) for the 2016 edition of Under Pressure

Senk’s half of an AG Crew wall in Petite-Patrie

More from the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival , a combo of Acro (top) and Distort (bottom).

Snipe’s half of an AG Crew wall in Petite-Patrie

(Above two photos) In the spring, before putting together the Plaza Walls project, the AG Crew came up with this wall in a Plaza St-Hubert back alley. The first photo shows Senck ‘s half and the second one shows Snipes . Check out the Retrospective of 2016 murals and other painted street art for more by the latter artists.

Apashe in Pointe St-Charles

Apashe at a Pointe St-Charles basketball court.

Apashe in Dorval

Apashe at the PSC legal graffiti wall

A’Shop wall featuring Shadow (middle ground level), Zek (above, plus background), Monk.e (left) and Ankh One (right)

Awe for the 2016 edition of Under Pressure

Axe (bottom left) and Fleo (bottom right) under an older Serack piece in industrial Montreal

Bacon on letters and figurative piece at Plaza Walls

Two sides of Bacon for Plaza Walls: figurative at ground level and letters on the roof.

Beaf at the Lachine legal graffiti wall

Beaf at the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

Block in Rosemont

Block in Rosemont.

Bosny in Rosemont

Bosny playing games with our perception, in Rosemont. More by Bosny under ‘Pask’ below.

Cemz / Benny Wilding at Plaza Walls

Crane at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Havok and Fezat representing Crazy Apes for the 2016 edition of Under Pressure

Akuma (letters) and Fezat and Korb on toys, representing Crazy Apes for the 2016 edition of Under Pressure

Crane (letters) and Fezat and Korb (toys) representing Crazy Apes for the 2016 edition of Under Pressure

Crane at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome . Bombing Science filmed the making of this piece, check it out on Youtube . More by Crane under ‘Crazy Apes’ and ‘Naimo’ below.

Mistx (letters) and Korb (toys) representing Crazy Apes for the 2016 edition of Under Pressure

(4 photos above) The long Crazy Apes wall for the 2016 edition of the Under Pressure Festival is shown over the four photos above. Letters are by Havok (1st photo), Akuma One (2nd photo), Crane (3rd photo) and Mistx (4th photo). Characters are by Fezat (mostly to the left) and Korb (mostly to the right). Akuma One and Korb also made it into the Retrospective of 2016 murals and other painted street art

Debza at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Debza in Rosemont

Debza at the PSC legal graffiti wall

EK Sept at the Rouen legal graffiti wall

Ekes at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Ekes doing Aero’s name in Rosemont

Ekes doing the name of his buddy Aero in Rosemont. More by Ekes under ‘203 crew’ near the top of this post.

Eskro in Rosemont

Eskro in Rosemont

Five Eight (left) and Dré aka Earth Crusher (right and reaper drone in the middle) for Plaza Walls

Fleo in St-Henri

Fleo in St-Henri. More by him above under ‘Axe’ and below under ‘K6A’.

F.One at the Papineau legal graffiti wall

F.One at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Glare in upper Plateau

Glare was in town very early in the year and left us this piece.

Grab in Rosemont

Grab also visited us, this is one of the few pieces he did whilst in town.

Haks at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Haks at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Haks at the Lachine legal graffiti walls

Hrkr at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Jaker at the Lachine legal graffiti walls

Jaws in Hochelaga

Jaker at the Lachine legal graffiti wall.

Kzam in Hochelaga

(Above two photos) The Jaws (top) and Kzam (bottom) pieces above were found in Hochelaga and count as one entry in this retrospective.

Jmoe (top) and Timer (ground level) at the Lachine legal graffiti walls

Jmoe and Timer at the Lachine legal graffiti wall. Jmoe is also featured below on characters alongside pieces by Killa EF and Legal.

Under Pressure 2016 K6A wall featuring Axe (racoons), Serak (bottom left), Otak (middle left), Satyr (top left), Fleo (top right), Dodo Osé (middle right) and Fluke (bottom right)

Kemr on a 123Klan wall in the Plateau

It’s always a treat when Kemr pays us a visit. Here’s a great piece done on a Plateau wall curated by 123Klan.

Killa EF (letters) and Jmoe (character) in Monkland Village

Killa EF on the side of a garage in Monkland Village. The Darth Vader character is by Jmoe (scroll up for letters by him, under his name). The front of this garage also made it into this retrospective, check it out below under ‘Legal’.

Koal on a SPK wall in St-Henri

Koes (left) and Pane (right) in an abandoned building

Combo of Koes/Kues (left) and Pane (right) found in a dark abandoned spot.

Kwest at Plaza Walls

Kwun in Little Italy

We were blessed with this majestic graff mural by Kwest especially for Plaza Walls.

Peace in Little Italy

(Above two photos) Kwun (top) and Peace (bottom) in Little Italy. Scroll down for more by Peace.

Lamo at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Lamo at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Legal (letters) and Jmoe (character) in Monkland Village

Legal on letters and Jmoe on character. Check out Killa EF above for the side of this Monkland Village garage.

Legal (letters) and Jmoe (character) at Plaza Walls

Legal on letters and Jmoe on character, at Plaza Walls.

Legal in Little Italy

Legal in Little Italy.

Leaza aka Liza in Rosemont

Liza in Rosemont.

Lyfer at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Lyfer (letters) and Awe (back) on truck; done during the 2016 edition of the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop festival

Bopor in Rosemont

Peyo aka Yope in Rosemont

Lyfer on side and Awe on back of this truck redone during the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop festival. More by Lyfer under ‘203 Crew’ near the top of this post. Awe has also made it in this recap with his own letters, scroll up to his name.

Gaulois in Rosemont

(Above three photos) Mad Rats Crew production in Rosemont featuring the crew’s Bopor (1st photo) and Gaulois (3rd photo), with guest Peyo in between. Scroll down for some solo work by the latter writer.

Meor in the alley between St-Laurent and Clark

Some off-Mural work by Meor

Mersh at Plaza Walls

Mersh for Plaza Walls.

Ms Teri in Monkland Village

Naimo (letters) and Axe Lalime (character) at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Crane (left) and Axe Lalime (right) at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Royal (letters) and Axe Lalime (character) at the PSC legal graffiti wall

(Three photos above) This PSC legal graffiti wall production features Naimo (1st photo), Crane (2nd photo) and Royal (3rd photo), with characters by Axe . More by Crane under his own name and under ‘Crazy Apes’ above. More by Axe under his own name and under ‘K6A’. Axe also made it into the Retrospective of 2016 murals and other painted street art

Naimo in the Plateau

Naimo in the Plateau.

Naimo in the Plateau

Narc in Rosemont

Narc at the abandoned ‘Jailspot’

Noper near the PSC legal graffiti wall

Noper on the wall of this Pointe St-Charles basketball court.

Joint piece by Pask (left) and Bosny (right)

Pask in a St-Henri alley

Pask in a St-Henri production curated by SPK

Peace in a Rosemont alley

Peace in a Rosemont alley. Scroll up for more Peace under ‘Kwun’.

Peyo aka Yope at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Peyo in Rosemont

left half of a POM crew wall in Hochelaga, featuring Elfu (dinosaur), Serum (top right) and Aces (bottom right)

Peyo in Rosemont. Scroll up for more by this writer under ‘Mad Rats Crew’.

right half of a POM crew wall in Hochelaga, featuring EK7

(Above two photos) This Hochelaga spring mural by the POM crew is split over two photos. The first half shows a dino by Elfu and letters by Aces (ground) and Serum (top). The second half shows letters by EK Sept . Scroll up for some solo work by EK Sept and check out the Retrospective of 2016 murals and other painted street art for more by Elfu.

Raes on Mile End garage door

Raes on a Mile End garage door.

Raes at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

Raes in Rosemont

Saner (letters) and Koni HTU (creatures) at the PSC legal graffiti wall

HTU’s Saner (letters) and Koni (characters) at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Scaner piece in upper Plateau

Scaner in upper Plateau.

Scaner chrome in upper Plateau

Scaner in upper Plateau.

Scaner piece in Hochelaga

Scribe in a Rosemont back alley

Scribe mural in Rosemont.

Scribe’s contribution to the 2016 edition of the percussion festival

Scribe ‘s contribution to panels for the Percussion Festival in Verdun.

Shadow on truck side

Truck side by Shadow done during the Hip Hop You Don’t Stop block party. Scroll up to the near-top of this page under ‘Ashop’ for more by Shadow. The artist has also made it into the Retrospective of 2016 murals and other painted street art

Shok at the abandoned “Jailspot”

Shok at the Project45 skatepark

Shok at the Project45 skatepark.

Sino at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel

Skam at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel

Skor piece found under a bridge

Skor under some bridge.

Skor piece in Parc Ex

Skor in a Parc-Ex alley.

Skor in a Ahuntsic alley

Skor in a Ahuntsic alley.

Skor at the PSC legal graffiti wall

Slick in Plateau End

Whilst in town OG Slick contributed this piece to a Plateau wall curated by 123Klan.

Snok (top left), Ason (bottom left), Mask (top right) and Yema (bottom right) at the Lachine legal graffiti walls

This great wall done during this year’s Lachine jam features Snok (top left), Ason (bottom left), Mask (top right) and Yema (bottom right). Scroll down for more Snok and Ason under ‘Vogue’.

Stare in Centre-sud

graf mural by Stare in Mile End

Stare piece in Hochelaga

Stare (bottom) at the Rouen legal graffiti tunnel

Thief in Hochelaga

Trace in Hochelaga

Trace also paid us a visit this year. He did this piece in a production curated by Monk.e in a Hochelaga alley.

Tuna found under a bridge

Tuna at the Papineau legal graffiti wall.

Tuna (letters) and Snikr (fish) at the Papineau legal graffiti wall

Another one by Tuna at the Papineau legal graffiti wall, this time with the help of Snikr on the fish.

Venise in Rosemont

Vogue in Rosemont

Ason in Rosemont

Snok in Rosemont

(Above three photos) This summer production in Rosemont featured Vogue (1st photo), Ason (2nd photo) and Snok (3rd photo). Scroll up for more by Ason and Snok under ‘Snok’.

Vogue at the abandoned Montreal Hippodrome

piece in Hochelaga

Zek (left) and Fluke (right) at Plaza Walls

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