For the past month I’ve been noticing these large portraits posted on walls throughout the city.  Turns out this is part of a large global street art project called Inside Out or the Inside Out Project.

INSIDE OUT is a large-scale participatory art project that transforms messages of personal identity into pieces of artistic work. Upload a portrait. Receive a poster. Paste it for the world to see.

Inside Out Art Project, Hamilton, Ontario, John & Main St.

John between King & Main

Inside Out Project, art, street art, Hamilton, Ontario, King William & John

King William, west of John

Inside Out Art Project, street art, Hamilton, Ontario, James St. north & mulberry

at James north & Mulberry

Inside Out Project, art, street art, Hamilton, Ontario, King William & John

King William west of John

When I was in Toronto over the weekend I saw Inside Out portraits pasted up on walls there too.  Some people might not welcome this type of street art, but I like the way it interacts with passerbys and how it brings a personal story to public places.  I love even more that this is a global project.  You can see a map here of people all around the world who have participated in Inside Out.