Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017

The MURAL International Public Art Festival was back for its 5th edition from 8th June to 18th June 2017, presented by Fido in collaboration with Sonnet Insurance.

The ten-day MURAL Festival activities and events took place in a free-access pedestrian zone located in Saint-Laurent Boulevard between Sherbrooke Street and Mont-Royal Avenue. Some twenty new murals created this year now enhance an already impressive and well-rounded route of artwork from the Quartier des spectacles up to Mile End, adding to the permanent public legacy of over eighty major works created by the Festival since 2013.

Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit Julien Gagnon

New for this 2017 edition, MURAL extended its reach to include Old Montreal also presented its third annual Mural Art Fair (Foire d’art mural or FAM) at the Marché Bonsecours.

This years muralists included; Ron English (USA), INSA (UK), 1010 (Germany), Mad C (Germany),
Ricardo Cavolo (Spain), Fintan Magee (Australia), Ruben Sanchez (Spain), Nuria Mora
(Spain), Smithe (Mexico),Onur (Switzerland), Fluke and Dodo from A’Shop, Ola Volo (Canada), SbuOne (Canada), Scribe csx (Canada), Kevin Ledo (Canada), Monosourcil (Canada), Mort (Canada), Aydin Matlabi (Canada), Miss Me (Canada) and Aaron Li-Hill (Canada).

Check out the images below and see why Montreal is definitely on the Street Art Map! …

SBU ONE, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
Miss Me and Aydin Matlabi, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
Ruben Sanchez, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
Ricardo Cavolo, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit Davi Tohinnou.
INSA, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017.
Kevin Ledo, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit Davi Tohinnou.
Fintan Magee, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit Daniel Weintraub.
Onur, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit Instagrafite
Dodo Ose, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
Li Hill, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
1010, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit Instagrafite
Nuria Mora, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @Halopigg
Mort, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit Gaspardnhms
Monosourcil, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
Ron English, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
Ola Volo, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
Fluke Daniel, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
INSA, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
Joe Iurato, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
Scribe CSX, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit @halopigg
Jason Wasserman, Mural International Public Street Art Festival, Montreal, Canada 2017. Photo credit Instagrafite

 

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