Chloe Chlumecky, an artist to watch

All over Canada right now, a few days after Christmas and a couple before New Year’s, people are settling into comfortable places (like this room) for a brief respite from the cold, dark, busy winter. (Above: 6:01 p.m., Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in.)

Chloe Chlumecky, the gifted figurative artist behind these works, gets the point. She’s good at “capturing the beauty in overlooked, quiet moments that reveal the essence of human experience,” her gallery says.

Chlumecky takes reference photos of everyday scenes to create intimate, autobiographical paintings. 

Chlumecky is currently on show (through Jan. 24, 2026) in a group exhibition called Unpopular Opinion with Tacit Collective and Abbozzo Gallery. See more on Chlumecky’s Instagram, here.

This exhibition brings together women artists working across painting, textile, and mixed media, each unapologetically disrupting expectations of what art by women “should” be. From quiet subversions to loud confrontations, the works challenge dominant narratives, question the familiar, and reject the need for palatable agreement – Chloe Chlumecky

A recent Fine Arts graduate from the University of Windsor, Chlumecky has been exhibited across Canada and the U.S., and she has received multiple grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Council for the Arts.

At Taglialatella Galleries, here.

At Tacit Collective, here.

Chloe Chlumecky’s website, here.

At Crown and Press, here.