Creation/Satori TM Montreal tour

NYC to Montreal from Satori Movement on Vimeo.
This past week the Team Manager of Creation Skateboards n Satori Movement, Travis Knapp-Prasek, visited us in Montreal. Here is his video reporting the roots n culture n skating n art that he enjoyed with us. Enjoy!!

Spray-paint jams collabo blog parties you missed..

The last couple of weeks I've been doing collabos with Monk-e In Hochelaga (Montreal), and then more recently with Col Wallnuts in Brooklyn. Unfortunately I spaced in posting the info on this blog, so these jams are now history, but just keep an eye on my facebook for the next ones.

Visionary Graffiti in Huff Post!

I was super stoked on Wednesday when I was part of a Visionary Graffiti article in the Huffington Post along my friend n artist Xavi. It should be some pretty wide exposure for a bridge between the street art n visionary communities I've been building the past few years. Go n check it out HERE.

On the news for Under Pressure

I was on the Montreal evening news again yesterday, as I got interviewed during Under pressure graffiti Festival. Always happy to spread the word on the positive side of street arts. To see it, go to this LINK .

Vans Mural video

Vans Mural by Chris Dyer at Projet 45 from Vans Canada on Vimeo.
Vans shoes just put out this video of the mural I painted for them recently at Projet 45 DIY skate park. Warning, I am skating in it!!

New Italy Art Journey Video

Today I am releasing my newest video. In this quick fun one I am taking an art seminar in a small Italian village along some epic visionary artists and also do an effort to combine those vibes with some spray paint art for the locals n fellow students/teachers. Hope you enjoy!!

Back from Italy!!

 So, I haven't made a post on this blog for over a month cause I was off travelling and doing art away from computor boxes. I spent 3 weeks of this time in a small Eco village called Torri Superiori in Italy, where I took a visionary art techniques intensive with epic artists like Amanda Sage, Andrew Gonzalez, Maura Holden, Laurence Caruana, etc. In between learning the ancient Misch technique, I also got to give a quick "visionary graffiti" workshop, which was a first but wont be the last!
After that I kept on cruising with my dear wife Valerie (celebrating our 2nd year anniversary) to epic Florence and Geneve in Switzerland. The world is full of great art and natural beauty, and Im always happy to see that. Anyways, here's a couple of pics but if you want to see more you can go to my Facebook. A lil video about it will also be in the works.

Quintin Co. Video of me in Los Angeles

Here is a quin n fun video that Quintin Co. hats just released about my resent visit to Los Angeles. We did a collaboration hat together so they filmed and edited this piece to help me get the word out. If you would like a hat, you can get them HERE.

Timelapse of Belgium Collabo with Bue n Scarpulla

 Last week I jammed a garage door in Gent Belgium with a couple of local painters from there. Bue the Warrior and Scarpulla collaborated with me as you can see on this fun time lapse. You can see the whole report and pictures on the Belgium Street Art Webpage here: http://streetartbelgium.com/2012/06/chris-dyer-bue-the-warrior-and-sam-scarpulla-timelapse/ .

My Murals on Fat Cap

Fat Cap is a huge street art webpage from France. This week my own art was included into their pages. You can check it out here: http://www.fatcap.com/artist/chris-dyer.html .

Massivart Mural video.

Here is a video that Massivart did of the spray paint job we did for them last week, for the Fete des Neiges Festival happening these weekends in Park jean Drapeau. Fun times with artist friends.

Mural for Fete des Neiges Festival

The last 2 days I was out in Ile Saint Helene, aka Jean Drapeau Park doing a job for "Massivart": spray-painting up a little cottage for the upcoming "Fete des Neiges" festival this weekend. It was the first time Ive done this in sub zero temperatures and though freezing fingers and wet bums aren't so fun, I was hyped on the challenge, new experience and stoked on the results of vibrant color against white snow all around.

My graff in Thrasher

My good friend Barry Walsh just got a full page picture in the latest Thrasher Magazine. It is in a 2 page article about the move of the Big O pipe. Behind him we can see the spray paint piece I did for Creation Skateboards. Its funny, cause it is exactly 5 years from the 2 page article I got on my art in Thrasher. Pretty stoked to be in it again.

Montreal Graffiti Blog Post

An awesome article just came out on the "Montreal Graffiti" Blog, by Kris Murray. Check it out!! http://mtlgraff.blogspot.com/2011/12/postive-creations-chris-dyer-book.html?showComment=1324484596148#c3130654933252143964

Montreal Book Launch!!!

This coming Friday the 16th wil be my big Book Launch at Under Pressure's street art gallery "Fresh Paint" (180 Ste. Catherine East) in downtown Montreal. I will be selling and singing 100 copies of my book. I will also be showing a bunch of my skateboard graphics and my friend Barry Walsh will be showing his Boom Box Collection. For Music we will have Mossman (reggae) and Spoony Bee (hip hop). There will be free beers provided by Pabst Blue Ribbon and Vans will be raffling some shoes too. So make sure to come by for a fun time with us!!

Miami Art Basel Pix

Last wek I was flown down to Miami for teh Art Basel activities. Though I was initially just supposed to represent at Moksha Art Fair, I ended also participating at Scope, The Fountain and Primary Flight. I go to do some art with friends and see way more. I made a Facebook album to share all that magic, so check it
H E R E.

Also, Safewalls, the arts organisation of Cirque du Soleil reported all the action, you can see here: http://www.safewalls.org/news/safewalls-x-en-masse-x-primary-flight/ .

Skatebot #3 for Cease It group Show

This Friday was the big Opening party of "Cease It 2" a Installations group show that included popular Montreal Art organizations like Under Pressure, En Masse, Massivart, Paprimase and Decover. I was invited to be part of it cause I had my first Skate robot available for it. But then the building we where storing it in got condemned, so that piece is locked in and will probably still be in there when the building is demolished.... Because of this, my partner in that project Yannik Malek built me a 3rd Skate bot will the last of my broken deck stash and I quickly painted it up this past Thursday afternoon, along my new intern assistant James Farrell.

Anyways, Cease it will be open for at least a month at "Fresh Paint Gallery" (180 Saint Catherine East, Montreal). Here some amazing pictures by Adida Fallen Angel of the Skatebot production day and the opening the following night: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150908342875381.760836.691325380&type=1 .

My art in Big O report on the mainstream news

A couple of days ago Canada's main TV channel, CBC, had a report on their news show about Montreal's classic skate spot, The Big O (I am local from). In this report you can see lots of my good friend Barry Walsh talking infront of one of my spray paint pieces and also my new Big O Sanctuary graphic. I hope things go well with the transportation!!

Latinarte Festival Mural

This past Sunday I was part of Latinarte Festival. It was a a rainy day but the beats where tight and I got to do a spray paint mural collaboration with 2 great Montreal artists: Monk-e and Aishaa. We had fun and ended up with this nice piece. This will be displayed next Friday the 7th of October at a concert with "Heavy Sounds". For details of that, go HERE.

Im Creation Skateboards new Brand Manager!!

It is obvious that I like painting on classic skate spots, cause in that way we can all skate on the art itself. Yesterday I did this simple piece at the infamous Big O Pipe. Lettering is not my strength but I wanted to big up Creation, the Cali skate brand I have been doing graphics since 2004. They are now promoting me to brand manager so I am stoked on the potential!
Creation also sets the intention for what I think skateboarding is about, as opposed to the stereotypical Destruction we're usually boxed in. In the pic Marc Tison shows a creative lip slide, with no destruction needed.