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Graffiti Granny / Mémé la Main — A’Shop (original); TYXNA (2023 reinterpretation), Montréal

Graffiti Granny mural by ASHOP Crew in Montreal, showing a towering grandmother with glasses and a spray can among doves and colorful street scenery.
Artwork FileMontréal · Canada

Graffiti Granny / Mémé la Main

Repainted2023

A'Shop (original); TYXNA (2023 reinterpretation) · 2013; redone 2023 · Montréal

Photo: Kris Murray, as credited by Street Art Utopia.

A'Shop painted a grandmother spraying colour into the sky for Montréal's MURAL festival in 2013. TYXNA reinterpreted Mémé la Main at the same corner in 2023, so the original photograph records an earlier version. Source Source Source Checked

💡 4 things to know

  1. The original grandmotherMy Modern Met's July 2013 report shows A'Shop's brightly dressed figure on the side of a building. Source Checked
  2. A named cornerStreet Art Cities identifies the original at Bar Big in Japan on Saint-Laurent. Source Checked
  3. A new versionTYXNA credits ZekOne, Dodo, Fuse and AnkhOne for its 2023 reinterpretation. Source Checked
  4. The change is documentedA photograph taken on June 18, 2023 explicitly compares TYXNA's updated version with the A'Shop original. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

Boulevard Saint-Laurent at Avenue des Pins, Bar Big in Japan, Montréal, Canada Source Other source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 20134 Jul

    Contemporary coverage of the original A'Shop mural

  2. 201710 Aug

    Street Art Cities record marked hunted; not an asserted capture date

  3. 2023

    TYXNA reinterprets Mémé la Main

  4. 202318 Jun

    Photograph of the updated version · camera date

  5. 20263 Jun

    CityNews recalls the 2023 refresh

Green stamps are dated photographs; amber stamps are records or reports. Publication and upload dates are not camera dates. A dated sighting does not guarantee the work remains in place today.

✅ The facts

Original artist
A'Shop Source Checked
Original year
2013 Source Checked
Festival
MURAL Source Checked
Reinterpretation
TYXNA, 2023 Source Checked
2023 artists
ZekOne, Dodo, Fuse and AnkhOne Source Checked
Corner
Saint-Laurent and Des Pins Source Checked

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All sources & image credits

Photo: Kris Murray, as credited by Street Art Utopia.

Last checked: 23 October 2026 · How we verify art