Yehouda Chaki (b. 1938 - 2023) is a distinguished Canadian painter whose career spans more than six decades, marked by vibrant colour, gestural brushwork, and subject matter ranging from figuration and landscape to complex abstractions. Born in 1938 in Chania, Crete, and having survived World War II and the Holocaust before immigrating to Israel and later to Canada in the 1960s, Chaki’s work channels a life shaped by memory and resilience; his early figurative pieces and cityscapes evolved into luminous, mosaic-like compositions and lyrical canvases that celebrate nature, and human experience. A respected educator and recipient of numerous honors, including representation in major public and private collections across Canada and internationally, Chaki is known for his expressive use of color and layered, textured surfaces—works that combine narrative impulse with a contemporary painterly energy and continue to influence successive generations of Canadian artists.