Canada, Montreal: Aug. 9 & 10 - Under Pressure 2014

Under Pressure 2014
Official: https://m.facebook.com/events/898088090217144

Under Pressure is the largest and longest running event of its kind all across North America. Under Pressure is a graffiti festival which focuses on community development, artist empowerment as well as positive youth development through ownership and responsibility of a shared space. Currently heading into its nineteenth year this festival is the longest running graffiti and hip hop festival in existence. The main reason it has been able to be sustained for so long is because it is an event done by the community for the community, everyone who works on keeping it alive does so on a volunteer basis.

The festival takes place over two days, during the first full-week weekend in August. Throughout the two days stages are given over to performers from across the country to keep the crowd lively and the bboy and bgirl battle which always goes down on Sunday afternoon. There is a kid’s area for the little ones to get creative and a skate ramp set up over the course of the two days for open jams and a competition as well.

Susan says: Please tell everyone. This is a world-class event.

Call for artists: Canada, Montreal: Under Pressure 2013

International, National and Local Writers who wish to register to paint at Under Pressure 2013 email register@underpressure.ca

This year we will be reducing the amount of people painting and giving each writer MORE SPACE as per their requests in the last few years!!! We are looking for ONLY THE BEST this year! Graffiti writers who want to bring UP the next level!

https://www.facebook.com/events/592588270775735/
http://www.underpressure.ca
http://www.freshpaintmtl.com

New podcast: The Lantern - about graffiti, street art, art and politics

(just a teaser)

Bookmark or subscribe to the YouTube channel to see it when it comes out (soon).

Canada, Toronto: April 2, 2013: Hidden Toronto book launch

Hidden Toronto - by Kathy Toth
A photo book exploring graffiti in the hidden corners of Toronto

(Toronto) Hidden Toronto by Kathy Toth is a new photobook launching April 2 (5-8pm) at Swipe Design @ 401 Richmond. Graffiti in Toronto and how Rob Ford has driven artists to legitimacy and pushed then underground as well.

Graffiti once considered a truly underground art form developed in Toronto a little later then other US and European cities under liberal circumstances and benefited from the many legal spaces where artists could paint free of harassment. This has remained constant for almost twenty years, however with the election of Rob Ford and his limited understanding of the art form and extremely conservative 'buffing' policy, artists have taken their work in droves to hidden spots which now get painted more often. This includes less trafficked areas such as drainage channels, bridges, overpasses and abandoned buildings which are featured in 'Hidden Toronto'.

Many of these spaces are only seen by the artists and urban explorers and require a fair bit of trekking and specific instructions (or luck) to find, making them more special then coming across work in Rush Lane. While graffiti is an ephemeral art form, political policies as well as developments have changed our city on many levels and even the underground elements reflect this. 

Gentrification aside, some elements of the city still remain hidden just below the surface and new work and spaces are out there to be discovered and this book features imagery from these locations which not only document the artwork and spaces themselves, but also the mood.

Kathy Toth is a local commercial photographer and visual artist whose documentary projects focus on elements of the urban, industrial and built environment. She has documented graffiti in Toronto for almost 20 years and this is her first solo photo book project. She has exhibited her paintings and photography extensively and is currently working on related projects.

You may view her work here www.ktoth.ca and view the Hidden Toronto website: http://cargocollective.com/hidden416/


Hidden Toronto - Kathy Toth
Released : April 2013
Hardcover, 8.74 x 11.25 59pp
ISBN : 978-0-9917777-0-9
Photo book format with 52 images

April 2 (5-8pm) at Swipe Design @ 401 Richmond

Canada, Montreal: April 10-26, 2013 - STARE

Stare: Star d'un Soir

Yves Laroche gallery in Montreal

info about the Stare show

New book: Hidden Toronto

Hidden Toronto

It's not really a graffiti book, more a book showcasing the places and environments where graffiti springs up, by one of Canada's most dedicated graffiti documentary photographers, Kathy Toth. There are three sections, the city, bridges and drains which have an illustration and short text briefly explaining the role of each in the urban environment.

http://cargocollective.com/hidden416/

Released : February 2013.
Hardcover, 8.74 x 11.25,  55pp
ISBN : 978-0-9917777-0-9
Photo book format with 42 images + (2) 8"x10" (open edition) signed prints

Saskatoon: Graffiti art show dedicated to memory of artist

cjme.com/story/graffiti-art-show-dedicated-memory-artist/77273
RIP Spencer Robinson

"We Needi Graffiti" group show runs through October 5. The SCYAP Art Centre is located at 253 3rd Ave. S., Saskatoon, Canada.

Canada, Montreal: August 11-12: Under Pressure 2012

http://www.underpressure.ca

Canada, Toronto: July 5-28, 2012: CASE

 

CASE

TWIST Gallery
1100 Queen Street West

TORONTO

Gallery Hours 11am - 6pm / Tuesday - Saturday

closes July 28

Twist Gallery presents a solo exhibition of all new work by one of Canada's most notable graffiti artists CASE.

His 20 years of urban beautification have spread his notoriety across the globe; showing overseas and throughout the United States including The Armoury in New York City; Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art in Hollywood, CA ; The Graffiti World exhibit at GO Gallery in Amsterdam; and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.Merging his graffiti experiences and his studio study into a style that weaves classical and street art together, while continuing to explore the industrial medium of spray paint without traditional boundaries. CASE has also directed/animated music videos for a number of recording artists including Eminem, Neil Diamond and The Arcade Fire.

Canadian artists repair mural with QR code link to clean image

New book: Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti

http://www.visualorgasm.com

About A'shop's BNB Tribute

Art Crimes featured this exquisite tribute to BNB by Montreal writers. Here's the story about the mural for Bad News Brown, on A'shop.ca.

Canada, Toronto: July 22 - August 31, 2011 - Dalek and Greg Lamarche

Final Week: James Marshall (Dalek) & Greg Lamarche - Geometric Balance

James Marshall & Greg Lamarche
Geometric Balance
July 22 - August 31, 2011

http://www.showandtellgallery.com
1161 Dundas St. West
Toronto, ON
M6J 1X3
Canada

Canada, Ottawa: August 6, 2011: Urban arts festival - Dunbar Bridge

Canada, Montreal: August 13-14, 2011: Under Pressure 2011

UNDER PRESSURE 2011

International Graffiti Convention 16th Edition

Montreal, Qc., Canada

August 13th-14th

more information and writer registration:

http://www.underpressure.ca

http://www.facebook.com/underpressure.ca

Canada, BC, Vancouver: March 1-26, 2011: Unintended Calculations

Unintended Calculations
Remi/Rough, Augustine Kofie, Jerry Inscoe & Scott Sueme, curated by Indigo

Becker Galleries INC
Pier 32. Granville Island
Suite 210 - 1333 Johnston St
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
Canada

Preview of the BC show at graffuturism
http://unintendedcalculations.com/
http://www.beckergalleries.com/
http://www.modahotel.ca/

Canada, ON Toronto: until January 10, 2011: Atrophic Existence

Canada, Montreal: Sept 1-15, 2010: Will Rise - The Seventh Letter Crew

WILL RISE

On Wednesday Sept 1st 2010, Yves Laroche Galerie d'art will be presenting The Seventh Letter Crew’s first Canadian group exhibition entitled Will Rise, held in conjunction with Norm AWR & Basta!

Eponymously named after the 7th letter in the alphabet, these 'Gods of Graffiti’ represent one of the world’s most inspired, racially diverse and prolific graffiti crew ever assembled. Yves Laroche Galerie d'art will be showing new and exclusive works by six of the most influential members of the collective: REVOK, PUSH, NORM, POSE, REYES, and RETNA. 

Le mercredi 1er septembre 2010, en collaboration avec les commissaires invités Norm AWR et Basta!, Yves Laroche Galerie d'art présentera Will Rise, la première exposition canadienne du collectif The Seventh Letter.

Sous le signe du ''G'', septième lettre de l'alphabet, ces génies du graffiti constituent un groupe d'artistes multiculturel prolifique des plus influents. Lors de cette exposition, Yves Laroche Galerie d'art présentera les oeuvres inédites de six des membres principaux du collectif: REVOK, PUSH, NORM, POSE, REYES et RETNA. 

NORM.AWR & BASTA! GUEST CURATORS. COMMISSAIRE INVITÉ.

What you are invited to experience here is some of the world's finest and most reputable graffiti inspired art', says Louis Coupal, the shows’ co-curator and founder of creative agency Basta!. After attending a Seventh letter exhibition in 2005, Coupal developed a strong interest in the collective’s mandate. This spark is what has led the world renowned collective to ignite their first Montreal-based group exhibition.

All are invited to the opening, scheduled for Wednesday, September 1sth 2010 from 6-9 pm at Yves Laroche Galerie d'art. Music provided by DJ Sagewondah (French Connection) & special guests. Artists will be present.

"On vous invite à vivre et témoigner d'un art inspiré du graffiti. Ces artistes définissent les tendances qu'on dit urbaines. Ils sont parmi les plus influents à l'échelle internationale", dit Louis Coupal, commissaire invité et associé principal de la boite de marketing Basta!. C'est en 2005, à San Francisco, qu'il assista à une exposition de The Seventh Letter et d'où l'idée d'enfin inviter le collectif à Montréal lui est venue.

Tous sont invités au vernissage du Mercredi premier Septembre 2010, de 18 à 21 heures. DJ Sagewondah (The French Connection) sera aux platines, avec ses invités spéciaux. Les artistes de The Seventh Letter seront présents.

Canada, Winnipeg: August 5 & 7, 2010: Battle of the Elements

Chino, Erni Vales (P.A.R.T.Y. Paze Newave) and Mr.Wiggles of Rock Steady

Graffiti Gallery
109 Higgins Ave
Winnipeg, Canada
MB R3B 0B6

info@graffitigallery.ca

Canada, Toronto: July 9-August 8, 2010: Anthony Lister