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“This mural was created by transforming collected data of Winnipeg experiences into various patterns, colours and textures. In this process, a new representation of the city was created.”
Sponsored by: Synonym Art Consultation, Graffiti Art Programming, Downtown Winnipeg BIZ, Benjamin Moore, United Rentals and Wall-to-Wall Mural Festival
This mural is displayed on the wall of Main Street Project’s seating portal, which was designed by architecture students at the University of Manitoba in 2021. The structure is meant to provide those experiencing homelessness a place to sit and place their belongings, while also shielding them from the wind and harsh Winnipeg weather. This mural was installed in 2022, depicting an array of buffaloes and flowers which represent the respect in which artist Jordan Stranger has for those who work and reside around the Mural Street Project building.
Mural for Remax Ultimate in aerosol, of a woman riding a bike in the Toronto city scape, with her bike basket full of houses.
Acrylic traffic box mural of a northern leopard frog and a midland painted turtle, both species in danger of disappearing in Ontario.
Illustrative design of a floating figure in a space suit saying “Hello!”
Mural in collaboration with Sovereign State & Trinity Bellwoods BIA of a tiger on a green background in aerosol.
Spray painted bell box mural of ferns and other plants in various shades of green, with a blue background
Pink floral mural design in acrylic
“The revenge of the killer koala… sneakily disguised as Mr. Hipster, he was going to reclaim his territory and regrow his family’s traditional forest..! This is his portrait of right before it all went down!”
This piece was created in collaboration with both Kayla Bellerose and Mackenzie Brown. The portrait of Amy wearing a buffalo robe is a recreation of an original photograph by Yamuna Flaherty, a photographer and friend of Amy’s. The circle behind Amy’s portrait is the sun with 7 beams of light representing the 7
Sacred Teachings of Truth, Honesty, Respect, Humility, Love, Wisdom, and Courage. Amy Willier embodied these teachings with the way she lived her life with family and community. The symmetrical butterflies represent the transformation of coming from darkness into light, and we chose the colour orange to honour
the children being found at unmarked mass graves in residential schools across Canada, and green to honour the intergenerational healing of our future generations. Amy advocated for Orange Shirt Day for years, so we know that she is now a helper in the spirit world bringing home the children who never
made it back to their family.
“The bull is the representation of strength and fertility, with a masculine energy. But to balance this, there is a woman that since the beginning of humanity is also a representation of strength and fertility. I wanted to show that within everything, there is a unity of two “opposites” a little bit like yin and yang. There is always feminine within masculine and vice-versa. On another level, this woman is carrying a bird mask. The bird is the animal that is ruling over the sky, the air, that is the spirit. The bull and the woman have the opposite energy but are marching in the same direction. The bull also has decorative paint, like if he was going to be part of a magical ritual, maybe a sacrifice. But what is important is that this bull and this masked woman are part of the same cycle, they are unified, they are life and death, fertility and desert. They are opposite and the same. Opulence and soul.”
A mural that took 14 days to paint, Pandora’s Snail looks like a page from a timeless storybook you could get lost in. Rich blues and pink adorn the cerebral clowns on Kayla’s canvas, between whom sits an ancient snail. What secret’s loom inside this snail? What stories do these characters bring to the Beltline? Inspired by the Cirque du soleil show KOOZA, Kayla says “The mural is about two curious but mischievous clowns about to open Pandora’s snail to release chaos onto the world. The snail is a slow moving creature making it easy to catch and open with the key. The mural uses costumes and motifs from KOOZA to tell a brand new story created by MILKBOX.
Black, white and gray mural of keys on the wall of Fairfield Commercial Real Estate.
Four-storey-high painting on Boardwalk Equities Inc.
It was the first mural done by Sam Hester.
In a special mural that was designed to ‘Commemorate Canada’ through generous funding from The Government of Canada, the artist was asked to ruminate on the nuances of the era we are in through his installation. In response to this Alex Kwong brings us a beautiful mural capturing a pivotal moment in time between father and daughter. Depicting Curtis and his daughter Odette on a warm summer afternoon in Calgary, Kwong hopes to expand on the idea of love and how individual relationships can serve as starting points to greater connections with friends, family, and most importantly ourselves. Loving connections in these most familial relationships can be a window into our true nature and the realization that we are all in fact connected and one. Kwong is an exceptionally skilled local artist whose large scale figurative works have become well known in Western Canada.
“I want to highlight the vegetation that takes control of the territories affected by forest fires. The black morel (edible) is presented in this work as a symbol of renewal. Life always resumes no matter what. Ferns are also present in post-fire areas.”
Freehand painting of a six-story-high, whimsical mural on 17th Avenue. It depicts the personal baggage of how an average person lives with everyday.
“To Party in 2020 is a hopeful thought for the present and the future. Daniela has always thought the idea of a party was conceptually strange, especially after attending her first “friend” party as a teenager. While there is a universal experience of people around the world coming together to celebrate, story tell, and bond over experiences that make up a party – the realities of the past and present means that not everyone has or is allowed to party in the same way. To Party in 2020 already exists in some places in the world, like social media, discussions, among groups of friends, and communities. But here’s to hoping that it can exist in real life, here and around the world.” Sponsored by Signex Manufacturing, Downtown Winnipeg BIZ, Graffiti Art Programming, Synonym Art Consultation, and Wall to Wall Mural Festival.
Located on the St. Charles Hotel in the Exchange District, this mural was created by Fosh Signs, a sign company in Winnipeg. They were requested by a client to make a retro-style Pepsi sign.
Created by art city, an all ages community art studio program, this mural consists of various non-representational shapes with eyes on them, giving them life. The colour palette for this mural was inspired by the buildings and art installations around the location. This piece was expanded in 2021 with the addition of a second level and a large storage crate, painted with the same pattern.
This mural was funded by Daanook restaurant, located in the Exchange District. The left panel reads “Being a refugee is part of the story, not the whole story,” and the right side “They left not because they wanted to.” Bistyek, a Syrian born artist from Afrin reflects on his own experience as refugee through this mural. The bright colours relate to his feelings and experiences of war as something vivid, yet painful.
Painted on the side of African Food General, this mural creates the illusion of a detailed building on a simple stone wall. To the left of these buildings is a sign which contains a list of the businesses which once resided in this building strip.
Ola’s female characters symbolize empowerment – they carry a message of liberation in a world without prejudice where people are free to choose their own path. The characters take up large walls, occupy public spaces and inspires everyone to take their own leap. Ola’s hope is to connect people with this Mural through its folkloric aesthetics, as folklore itself is a universal visual language.
“A visual conversation between two people. Through mark making, textures, shapes and positive and negative overlap, the duo immerse themselves in a large scale intuitive abstract language . They also enjoy highlighting the materiality of the wall and or the surface they work with . Thus creating an important presence to the materiality of the place they are working in.”
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