Yehouda Chaki
Canadian
Yehouda Chaki was born in Athens in 1938, lived in Tel Aviv from 1945 until 1960, and then emigrated to Montreal, Canada in 1962 where he continues to live and work. From 1967 until 1989, Chaki was head of Painting and Drawing, Department of Fine Arts, at the Saidye Bronfman Centre. Presently, he still acts as an artistic advisor for the centre.
Chaki was educated both in Tel Aviv and at the École des Beaux Arts, Paris. He began exhibiting in group exhibitions in 1959, and solo exhibitions in 1962. Chaki is represented in collections around the world, and the subject of “Chaki: A Language of Passion”, published by Buschlen Mowatt Fine Arts, Vancouver, 1994.
The essence of Chaki’s work has been described as a collision of the outside world with the artist’s innermost visceral perceptions. His most recent work: landscapes and still-life’s, are created by selecting and assembling commonly known elements of nature so as to present us with a newly ordered vision of the world. Although no element in his artworks can be traced to actual places and plants, he presents us with a believable reality yet entirely of his own making. The essence of the painting is to be found in their execution. Shapes are defined by forceful lines or clashes of colour, distance is conveyed by subtle shadings contrasting with brutal overlaps, light and mood proceed from chromatic interplays laced with telling brushwork.
Emotion and reason coexist and complement each other in these works. Reason being the product of Chaki’s extraordinary drawing skill, emotion guiding his sense of colour. When read in depth, a landscape done by Chaki leaves us with substantial intellectual pleasure and vast emotional enrichment.
Excerpts from “Introduction”, “Chaki: A Language of Passion”, by Leo Rosshandler, IAAC.
Notable Public & Private Collections
| Abitibi-Price | Aird & Berlis, Toronto |
| Aldo Group | Avmor |
| Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredricton, NB | Beit Yad leBanim Museum, Holon, Isreal |
| Ben-Gurion University, Isreal | Bentall 5, Vancouver, BC |
| Beth Tikvah, Montreal, QC | Brookfield Asset MGMT Inc., Toronto, ON |
| Calgary Petroleum Club, Calgary, AB | Campbell, Godfrey & Lewtas, Toronto, ON |
| Canadian Consulate, New York, NY | Canadian Embassy, Argentina |
| CIL Collection, Montreal, QC | Claridge, Montreal, QC |
| Coca-Cola Limited, Montreal, QC | Concordia University, Montreal, QC |
| Cormark Securities Inc., Toronto, ON | Desjardins Ducharme, Montreal, QC |
| Eretz Israel Museum, Israel | Fort Lauderdale Museum, FL |
| Gaz Metropolitain, Montreal, QC | General Electric, Toronto, ON |
| Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto, ON | Hotel Intercontinental, Toronto, ON |
| Husky Oil, Calgary, AB | Hydro Quebec, Montreal, QC |
| Imperial Oil Limited, Toronto, ON | Jerusalem City Hall, Israel |
| Lavalin Inc, Montreal, QC | Loto-Quebec Collection, Montreal, QC |
| Montefiore Club, Montreal, QC | Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, QC |
| Mouvement Desjardins, QC | Murray Axmith, Toronto, ON |
| Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal | Musee d’Art Juif, Paris, France |
| Musee de Toulon, France | Musee de foyer d’Israel, Belgium |
| Musee du Bas-Saint-Laurent, QC | Museo de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| National Assembly, Quebec City | Petrocan, Calgary, AB |
| Philadelphia Museum, PA | Reitman Collection, Montreal, QC |
| Rose Museum, Boston, MA | Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal, QC |
| Security Pacific Bank, Toronto, ON | Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue, Montreal, QC |
| Shell Resources, Calgary, AB | SOQUIP, Montreal, QC |
| The Robert McLauglin Gallery, ON | Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC |
| University of New Brunswick Museum, NB |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2019 | Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ON |
| 2018 | Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC |
| 2017 | Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto, ON |
| 2016 | Galerie St. Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON |
| Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC | |
| 2015 | Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto, ON |
| 2014 | Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC |
| Galerie St. Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON | |
| 2012 | Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, ID |
| Gallery Jones, Vancouver, BC | |
| Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB | |
| Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC | |
| 2011 | Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto, ON |
| Galerie St. Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON | |
| 2010 | Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| Concordia University, Montreal, QC | |
| 2009 | Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ON |
| Gallery De Novo, Sun Valley, ID | |
| 2008 | Buschlen Mowatt Gallery Vancouver, BC |
| 2006 | Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ON |
| 2005 | McIntosh Gallery, London, ON |
| Buschlen Mowatt Gallery,Vancouver, BC | |
| UNB Art Center, Fredericton, NB | |
| 2004 | Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON |
| 2002 | Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ON |
| 2001 | Hart House Gallery, Toronto, ON |
| Buschlen Mowatt Gallery,Vancouver, BC | |
| 2000 | The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON |
| Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC | |
| 1999 | Waddington & Gorce, Montreal, QC |
| 1998 | Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ON |
| Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC | |
| 1997 | Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, AB |
| 1996 | Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ON |
| 1995 | Waddington & Gorce, Montreal, QC |
| Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, AB | |
| 1994 | Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, ON |
| Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC | |
| 1993 | Odon Wagner Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC | |
| 1992 | Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, ON |
| Waddington & Gorce, Montreal, QC | |
| 1991 | Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| 1990 | Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, ON |
| Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, ON | |
| Galerie Madeleine Lacerte, Quebec City, QC | |
| Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, QC | |
| 1989 | Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| Galerie Daniel, Montreal, QC | |
| Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, ON | |
| 1987 | Galerie Madeleine Lacerte, Quebec City, QC |
| Galerie Daniel, Montreal, QC | |
| 1986 | Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, ON |
| Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, ON |
Selected Group Exhibitions
Chaki has participated in over 450 group exhibitions in galleries across North and South America, Europe and the Middle East since 1959.
Education
| 1960-63 | Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, under Prof. Bercier |
| 1958-60 | Avni Academy, Tel Aviv, Isreal, under Stematsky, Mokadi, Streichman |
| 1952-56 | Studied under Prof. Joseph Schwartzman, Tel Aviv, Israel |
