To celebrate the return of the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Galerie LeRoyer will hold an exhibition of new works by renowned Canadian street artist, Stikki Peaches. The exhibition will run from June 16th to July 10th at the gallery at 45 Saint-Paul West Street.

Stikki Peaches grew up in Montreal watching the Formula One races of the ‘80s and ‘90s, and his new body of work celebrates drivers from every era of the sport, from Niki Lauda to Lewis Hamilton. A devout Street-Artist, Stikki Peaches approaches his canvases the same way he creates his murals. He uses layers of material to mimic the years of graffiti, stickers, posters, and urban debris that have weathered the walls, alleyways and bricks of the Mile-End and Plateau, his admitted “playground”, amongst other global metropolises.

“I don’t have any paintings without street art”, he says, “without that, there’s no show”. A true mixed-media artist, Stikki Peaches is precise and resourceful from start to finish; after sourcing the perfect image of his subject, he collages the work to reimage it before his two-step tattooing takes place. First, he sketches the tattoos, and then embellishes them with ink before laying the piece on canvas and applying the wood panelling. Commenting on trends and drawing from the years of “caked on” graffiti, Stikki Peaches’ intricate tattoo work, with each thematically relevant design, symbol, and remark, forces the viewer to peel back the layers of material and ink to decipher the true subject of each piece.