Zach Atticus (b. 1992) is a Toronto-based realist painter whose work uses light, colour, and atmosphere to create contemplative scenes of solitude and stillness. After graduating from OCAD University, majoring in illustration in 2015, he switched his focus towards oil painting. He joined his first residency at MOCA (2019–20). Leaving during the pandemic, he developed a series of paintings that captured Toronto’s eerie calm, balancing emotional tension with peace. In 2024, his residency at the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland, broadened his exploration of landscape and technique, while continuing his pursuit of mood and atmosphere in representational painting.