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Yehouda Chaki was born in Athens in 1938, lived in Tel Aviv from 1945 until 1960, and then emigrated to Montreal, Canada in 1962.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 that is 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. |
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Born Born in Athens, Greece in 1938 Lives in Montreal, Québec (Canada) since 1963 Education 1952-56 Studied under Prof. Joseph Schwartzman, Tel Aviv, Israel 1958-60 Avni Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel, under Stematsky, Mokadi, Streichman 1960-63 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France under Prof. Bercier Public Collections Abitibi-Price Aird & Berlis, Toronto Aldo Group Avmor Beaverbrook Art Gallery Beit Yad leBanim Museum, Holon Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba (mural) Bentall 5, Vancouver Beth Tikvah, Montreal Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Calgary Petroleum Club, Calgary Campbell, Godfrey & Lewtas, Toronto Canadian Consulate, New York Canadian Embassy, Argentina CIL Collection, Montreal Claridge, Montreal Coca-Cola Limited, Montreal Concordia University, Montreal Congregation Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem, Montreal (Tapestry) Cormark Securities Inc. Desjardins Ducharme, Montreal Digital Equipment, Toronto Eretz Israel Museum, Israel Fogler, Rubinoff, Toronto Fort Lauderdale Museum, Florida Gaz Metropolitain General Electric, Toronto Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto Hotel Intercontinental, Toronto Husky Oil, Calgary Hydro Québec, Montreal Imperial Oil Limited, Toronto Jerusalem City Hall, Israel La Corporation du Groupe La Laurentienne, Monteal Lavalin Inc, Montreal Loewen, Ondaatje. McCutcheon, Toronto Loto-Québec Collection, Montreal Montefiore Club, Montreal Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Mouvement Desjardins, Quebec Murray Axmith, Toronto Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal Musée d’Art Juif, Paris Musée de Toulon, France Musée de foyer d’Israël, Belgium Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent Museo de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro National Assembly, Québec City Olympia and York Petrocan, Calgary Philadelphia Museum Plutonic Power Corporation Reitman Collection, Montreal Rose Museum, Boston Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal Royal Bank of Canada, Place Ville-Marie, Montreal (commission) Security Pacific Bank, Toronto Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue, Montreal (Tapestry) Shell Resources, Calgary SOQUIP, Montreal SOQUIP, Quebec The Robert McLauglin Gallery, Ontario Tory, Tory & Bennington, Toronto Université de Montréal, Montreal University of New Brunswick Museum, Fredericton, New Bruswick Selected Solo Exhibitions 2011 Galerie St. Laurent + Hill, Ottawa 2010 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia Four Seasons: JMSB Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec 2009 Chaki: After the Toba River, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Gallery De Novo, Sun Valley, Idaho 2008 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia 2007 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Ontario 2006 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery Vancouver, British Columbia Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2005 McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario Buschlen Mowatt Gallery,Vancouver, British Columbia UNB Art Center, Fredericton, New Brunswick 2004 Galerie deBellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Ontario 2002 Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2001 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery,Vancouver, British Columbia Hart House Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2000 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario 1999 Waddington & Gorce, Montreal, Quebec 1998 Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1997 Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1996 Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1995 Waddington & Gorce, Montreal, Quebec Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1994 Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1993 Odon Wagner Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1992 Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario Waddington & Gorce, Montreal, Quebec 1991 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 1990 Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario Galerie Madeleine Lacerte, Quebec City, Quebec Galerie Barbara Silverberg, (ceramics) Montreal, Quebec 1989 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia Galerie Daniel, Montreal, Quebec 1988 Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario 1987 Galerie Madeleine Lacerte, Quebec City, Quebec Galerie Daniel,Montreal, Quebec 1986 Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario 1985 Galerie Daniel, Montreal, Quebec 1984 Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario 1983 Arras Gallery, New York City, New York Galerie Lacerte-Guimont, Quebec City, Quebec Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario 1982 Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario 1981 Galerie Don Stewart, Montreal, Quebec Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario 1979 Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Ontario 1977 Goldmann Gallery, Haifa, Israel 1976 Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario Galerie Gilles Corbeil, Montreal, Quebec 1975 Arras Gallery, New York City, New York Modern Art Gallery, Old Jaffa, Israel 1974 Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario 1973 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, Quebec 1972 Pucker/Safrai Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 1971 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, Quebec Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario 1969 Modern Art Gallery, Old Jaffa, Israel Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario 1968 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, Quebec 1967 Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario 1966 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, Quebec 1964 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, Quebec Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1963 Gallery 1640, Montreal, Quebec Montreal Gallery, Montreal, Quebec Beit Yad leBanim, Holon, Israel 1962 Musee du foyer d’Israel, Brussels, Belgium Gallery 22, Oslo, Norway Selected Group Exhibitions Chaki has participated in over 450 group exhibitions in galleries across North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. |
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