Founded in 2021, Bootlegger Magazine was created to allocate a space for Montreal’s up-and-coming artists to showcase their work without restrictions. Bootlegger Magazine is an effort at uplifting the creative youth beyond the limits of traditional art institutions. It serves as a physical anthology of underground talent. The team behind Bootlegger is devoted to offering a platform for innovative artists that are underrepresented in the conventional art world.

Its curation is led by a playful, eclectic and contemporary vision that stays dynamic by covering a broad range of artwork. Bootlegger Magazine involves a limitless variety of styles and mediums, with a focus on those that are often overlooked by traditional publications. From painting to nail art, textiles, tattoos, all the way to graphic design and ceramics, Bootlegger is about inclusivity and celebration, and aims to archive the current artistic zeitgeist. It immortalizes the work of promising young talent outside of the confinement of the digital world.