Alexandra Zizmor

Alexandra Zizmor

Alexandra Zizmor has never been entirely sure where the face ends and the mask begins. Working in acrylic and ink, she explores that ambiguity through a theater of figures—part portrait, part disguise—rendered in bold color, graphic line, and intricate pattern.

A Chicago-based artist, Zizmor holds an MA in Connoisseurship of Twentieth Century Art from Christie’s Education in New York. She is on the artist roster at Air Studio + Gallery, and her paintings were selected for the 2024 and 2026 Art for Life Chicago juried exhibitions at the Merchandise Mart. Her work will also appear in the design of me, the forthcoming memoir of the late Chicago designer and Design Applause founder Ron Kovach.

Her debut solo exhibition of mixed-media works, Shana: My Muse, was presented at the Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection in 2009 and was previewed in The New Yorker. After a hiatus from art during her corporate career, Zizmor returned to the studio in 2022, shifting her focus to portraiture.