Murals

Mural Locations

  • Tinkiling & B-Boy

    This mural highlights the importance of dance in FilipinX culture through the ages. The FilipinX dancer on the right is doing a traditional dance called the “Tinikling”, mimicking a bird’s speed and grace as it navigates bamboo poles. The bird behind the woman is known as “Tikling” which is what inspired the traditional dance.

  • The Labyrinth of Lifelong Learning

    The labyrinth in this mural was initially designed by Anne Nesbitt, a labyrinth instructor at Creative Retirement Manitoba. The creation of this piece was a collaborative and matriarchal one too, where women from all over the community came together to create it. These were women of various ages, and backgrounds. Each person’s own style came through in a different way in the painting, yet it remained as one image. The labyrinth is a metaphor for the journey of life, and many spectators of the mural have said it brings them peace and relaxation.

  • Power Play

    This mural celebrates Winnipeg’s passion for hockey and the return of the Winnipeg Jets to the NHL in 2011, after the franchise had been absent from the city since 1996. It represents an evolution of one’s career in the sport, starting out playing as kids on a homemade outdoor rink, to playing professionally in an arena with a crowd of thousands of fans. In the centre of these two scenes, displays many of the trophies and achievements of Winnipeg Hockey stars. such as Johnathan Toews and Bobby Hull. It includes also many trophies such as The Allan Cup, Smythe Trophy, Calder Cup and the Avco Cup. Other symbols such as the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose logos are seen throughout, as well as the Winnipeg Golden Boy standing at the very top. Golden scrolls list various Manitoba hockey players throughout history.

  • Burbon Street Mural

    Design-wise this was relatively simple one for me. The owner of the Bourbon Street Cafe provided a lot of the pictures of things that he wanted on the wall representing Bourbon Street. So I had a theme, and all the source materials! He had photos for me so all I had to do and is piece everything together into a cohesive scene. I made a few things up and it was done. In fact I don’t think I made a rough sketch before I started; I just went in there with my photographs and I designed it in my head; I used the photographs with the overhead. This was the first location I used the overhead projection method. The people of the Bourbon Street Cafe were fantastic and a big help. They’d give me hamburgers! It was really nice. I’ve never experienced a job site where I’ve had quite that level of kindness and generosity and good will and warmth conveyed to me.

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    Garage door mural by Kara Pyle for the 2023 KJ BIT Laneway jam, with the theme “GLOW.” Supported by Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Arts Council.

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    Garage door mural by Erika James and Andre Castro for the 2023 KJ BIT Laneway jam, with the theme “GLOW.” Door painted by Tito JH. Supported by Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Arts Council.

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    Waterfront BIA utility box artwork by Nelson Wu (@instant_onion). Original artwork was part of “Midsummer Mix Vol. 1” including music by biosphere, as part of a “Playing in Public” series led by The Bentway Conservancy and sponsored by the Waterfront BIA.

    The Waterfront BIA decided to expand on Nelson’s art with a more permanent home by adding it to the utility boxes along Toronto’s waterfront.

  • Sea Goddess

    Large bunker mural at Coronation Park done in aerosol by FPMONKEY, titled “Sea Goddess” and supported by stART Toronto. Features a sea goddess character with a dragon like body wrapped around the back, building an island that contains the Toronto skyline, with yachts on the water. The theme given was “the Land.”

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    Mural by Ashton Hawk for the 2022 KJ BIT Laneway jam, with the theme “INSPIRE.” Supported by Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Arts Council.

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    Mural by Phillip Saunders (@ahayahisone) for the 2022 KJ BIT Laneway jam, with the theme “INSPIRE.” Supported by Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Arts Council.

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    Collaboration mural by Moises/Luvs and Hotsnackz for the 2022 KJ BIT Laneway jam, with the theme “INSPIRE.” Supported by Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Arts Council.

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    Mural by Que Rock (@miangunclan) for the 2022 KJ BIT Laneway jam, with the theme “INSPIRE.” Featuring graffiti style lettering and a character painting.