With my new guide on street art, I want to help the general public understand the added value street art brings to our city and its walkability. In this section, I'm hoping to facilitate the connection between the general public who would like to hire artists to add art in and around their home and the artists.
There are many great organizations helping artists get commissions or grants, and facilitating community projects (check Mural Routes resource page, StreetARToronto artists database, The PATCH Project services page, etc) but I feel there is a missing link between the artists and potential smaller clients who generally don't know how it works, what costs are involved, who can do what.
For the time being, I will simply be adding, on a regular basis, names of artists I have admired in the streets of Toronto, whose name I could identify, often with the help of their fellow artists, with some links to see what they do. (Note that this page also lists artists whose public art can be seen in the guide and international muralists who don't live around the GTA.)
For the SECOND PHASE of this page, I am hoping to pass on information I will get directly from artists I can interview, with information about what kind of commission they accept (ex. do they do garage doors? backyard fences? indoor wall?), what style they want to do (ex. their own creations? reproductions? what style do they want to tackle?) and what kind of price range clients can expect. It won't be an endorsement on my part but simply a resource to finally get that garage door painted. Bear with me, work in progress...
Nathalie Prézeau (Author/self-publisher of Toronto Street Art Strolls)
Adrian Hayles productions
Adrian Sawtay Hayles
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto and ThePatchProject
Allan Bender
Allan Bender
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto, Mural Routes
Alexa Hatanaka
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto and Mural Routes
Andrea Manica
Andrea Manica
You can also contact the artist through: ThePatchProject
Bell Box Murals Projects
You can also contact the artist through: Mural Routes
Bert Nils
Bruno Smoky
Bruno Sant’Angelo M. Revitte
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto and ThePatchProject
Chad Tyson
Chad Tyson
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Chris Perez
Chris Perez
You can also contact the artist through: ThePatchProject
Christiano De Araujo
You can also contact the artist through: ThePatchProject and StreetArtToronto
Dan Bergeron
Dan Bergeron
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Dillon Nusca
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
EGR
Erica Balon
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Emilia Jajus
Emilia Jajus
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto, Mural Routes and ThePatchProject
Emanuel Ciobanica
You can also contact the artist through: ThePatchProject and StreetArtToronto
Fiya Bruxa
Gilda Monreal
Gabriel S.
Gary Smith
Gary Smith
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Herakut
Hera and Akut
Herman Mejia
Herman Mejia
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Jarus
Emmanuel Jarus
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Jeff Blackburn
Jeff Blackburn
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto and ThePatchProject
Jerry Rugg
Jerry Rugg
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto, Mural Routes and ThePatchProject
Jim Bravo
Jim Castillo Henriquez Bravo
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto and ThePatchProject
John Kuna
John Kuna
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Jose-Gabriel
José-Gabriel Fernandez
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Li-Hill
Aaron Li-Hill
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Marianne Lovink
Marianne Lovink
Mediah
Evond Blake
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Misha Hunter
Misha Hunter
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Nick Sweetman
Nick Sweetman
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto, Mural Routes and ThePatchProject
PA system
Alexa Hatanaka, Patrick Thompson
You can also contact the artist through: ThePatchProject
Pua69
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Richard Mongiat
Richard Mongiat
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Rob Matejka
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto and Mural Routes
Robin Hesse
Robin Hesse
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto and Mural Routes
Sarah Collard
Sarah Collard
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto and ThePatchProject
Scott Eunson
Scott Eunson
You can also contact the artist through: ThePatchProject
Sean Martindale
You can also contact the artist through: ThePatchProject
Shalak Attack
Elisa Monreal
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto and ThePatchProject
Spectrum Art Projects
Faile, Maya Hayuk, Jesse Harris, Andrew Schoultz
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Spud1
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Tim Skynz
Tim Skynz
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Tommy Matejka
Tommy Matejka
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
Tyler Fauvette
Tyler Ramsey
Victor Fraser
Victor Fraser
You can also contact the artist through: StreetArtToronto
