Mural street artwork or art refers to large or small murals that are found within the city of Toronto as defined by me. I don’t claim to be an expert as I am learning about public art as I go.
These are images that I have captured around town going back as far as 2014. Some of these pictures are done with spray or aerosol, others are actually hand painted.
They appear in different forms, some of them maybe on a wall, others on the sidewalk. But to me they define what I consider to be mural.
Murals with the city might be done by a local artist or someone who is town doing a special project.
What is most captivating is the long lasting nature of a mural. Something that was done in a short period of time (perhaps even a day) has a long lasting impact that changes the cityscape forever.
College Street Art Some recent finds all along or around College Street between Spadina and Dufferin. Pryze Bar Graffiti I just noticed this for the first time. It used to be a nightclub that was called ‘Pryze Bar’ and before…
More Underpass Park Street Art First up Happy New Year Everyone ! I wish you all the best in 2020 ! I can’t wait for mural season to begin ! Anyway.. I am going to start off the new year…
Underpass Park Mural Project More from the Underpass. Even though most of these were done in the summer of 2015 I just saw them for the first time this week. I was surprised that most of them were tag free…
Underpass Park Mural Project Checked out Underpass Park this weekend. I’ve been by here before but it’s usually full of skateboarders. So you really can’t take in all the artwork – it’s really noisy too. With the holiday happening this…
Kizmet32 Truck Graffiti Found another Kizmet32 truck out in the wild. Not sure if it was on delivery or not. Gabriel Kizmet painted a fleet of trucks for Henderson Brewing back in September of 2018. This one was finished in…
Fats Patrol with Peru143 & Alex Bacon Mural Back in August Fats Patrol along with Peru143 and Alex Bacon did a series of murals that covered 4000 square feet. It’s hard to capture this in photos but you can see…
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…
Quickie Street Art Post A couple of fairly new finds I wanted to share ! A mural downtown.. along with graffiti and a labyrinth ! Justus Becker Mural First up is this mural that was completed back in September for…
Psyblimation Street Art Here are some of the murals – mostly garage doors – that I have discovered by Psyblimation. He is an emerging street artist. @psyblimation Purple Pikachu Garage Door Mural Finally got to meet this Psyblimation a month…
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…
“Our Street Car” by Jacquie Comrie Art @jacquiecomrie I finally got to see this by Jacquie Comrie ! This street car has been on Instagram a zillion times (and on the news) but I didn’t get to see it in…
Cosby Hayes with Sarah Painter Murals Had the pleasure of meeting Cosby Hayes and Sarah Painter this weekend. They painted a couple of murals in the city together. Cosby and Sarah are both super nice and their artwork is really…
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…
