Graffiti Street Art found on garage doors and utility boxes in Toronto, Canada. These are photos taken of artwork that is usually done as a defensive measure against graffiti tagging. Artists generally get paid to do this art. Most are hand painted or created with aerosol spray.
The city of Toronto has a program called ‘Outside the Box’ which allows artists to apply to create their work on a Traffic Signal box or even an electrical panel that an internet provider uses like Bell Canada.
Garage door art (usually – found in back alleys) is again a defensive tactic done by home owners who don’t like when they have offensive graffiti ‘tags’ on their garages. When a mural is done on the garage door most of the time time a ‘tagger’ will not tag the mural.
All of the street art photos were taken in the last three years. Again, because its a temporary medium – some of the art that appears may no longer be available for viewing since these photographs were taken.
Urban Exploration Street Art Some recent street art finds from this past weekend ! I’m including a sculpture because … well. ..it was on the street ! Birdo Wall Mural I got to see the new Birdo mural up at…
Morto One Street Art This was commissioned by Duchess Tattoos outside the side of her shop. Morty is the artist. There were cars in front so it was difficult to capture. Not sure if I should post this other one…
Psyblimation Street Art Here are some of the murals – mostly garage doors – that I have discovered by Psyblimation. He is an emerging street artist. ???? シ????????????. @psyblimation ???? Purple Pikachu Garage Door Mural Finally got to meet this…
Laneway Project Alley Street Arts Murals I checked out a couple of alleys that have been beautified by the “Laneway Project’. They are creating street art in …. as you probably guessed.. laneways. Laneways are underutilized in Toronto and this…
Hello Mural by Kirsten McCrea This was Kirsten’s contribution to the Ossington alleyway project a few weeks ago. She goes by Hello Kirsten on Instagram FYI. She uses her distinctive patterns in all of her work. From her website: My…
Ossington Light Laneway Mural Project 2019 This laneway was originally painted way back in 2012. There was even some press about this project back then. There were a lot of really cool murals all along this back alley. It goes…
Wall Expressions 2019 Part Two Part two of Wall Expressions which is a continuation of the same laneway that they did back in 2017. There were less artists this year than in 2017.. about 1/2 I would estimate. Hungr Mural…
Wall Expressions Aerosol Paint Laneway Another quickie post. I’ll probably do another one as there were 15 artists painting last weekend. This organized by Brooke Somerleigh (Spudbomb’s wife). It’s continuation of the project that she put together in 2017. Ted…
KJ Bit Laneway Mural Project Part Two More garage door murals from the laneway project done back in September. There were only 30 artists painting that weekend. Last year they painted the same alley and it was called “Light up…
Kj Bit Collective Laneway Mural Project More from the artists jam that happened a couple of weeks ago. I went back last week because some of the garage doors hadn’t been finished when I was there the week before. FYI..…
Anya Mielniczek & Oriah Scott Collab Mural These artists Anya Mielniczek & Oriah Scott worked together to create this amazing mural to bring awareness about the environment. O hálito.. means the breath. . (goes without saying) breathing is vital for…
More Butterfly Laneway Mural Project This will be my final Butterfly Laneway Project 2019 organized by Nick Sweetman He had a ‘celebration’ last Friday.. (which – I didn’t attend unfortunately) Tomorrow, Friday, September 20, the David Suzuki Foundation, StreetArt Toronto,…
Butterfly Laneway 2019 Garage Door Murals Another butterfly mural collection from Nick Sweetman’s Laneway Project for David Suzuki Foundation. I will post some more of these but as I explained earlier there were a lot of murals. Generally, these projects…
Butterfly Laneway 2019 Mural Project Back on June 21st the 3rd annual Butterfly Laneway Mural Project took place. Nick Sweetman has been organizing them since 2017. He also paints a mural himself. It’s a lot of work ! He has…
KJ Bit Laneway Garage Door Mural Jam Over 30 artists were participating this year. The weather wasn’t the best but that didn’t dampen the mood. I popped by a couple of times to see the ongoing progress. Some of the…
