Yehouda Chaki is a Greek-Israeli-Canadian artist whose paintings have been exhibited around the world.
Chaki was born in Athens and then moved to Tel Aviv with his family, where they lived from 1945-1960. He studied art in Tel Aviv and in Paris, at the School of Fine Arts.
In 1959, Chaki began producing and exhibiting large-scale painted works, quickly becoming an internationally-renowned artist. In 1962, he immigrated to Canada; he has lived and worked in Montreal ever since. Chaki is known for painting vivid natural landscapes that mix the physical and visceral world, as well as lush still-lifes which feature bursts of bright colours and strong lines. His work is represented in collections world-wide.
From 1967-1989, he was the head of Painting and Drawing in the Department of Fine Arts at Montreal’s Saidye Bronfman Centre, where he remains the artistic advisor today. He was also the subject of the 1994 book Chaki: A Language of Passion.
