Alexandra Zizmor is a Chicago-based contemporary artist whose figurative paintings explore the face as a mask—suggesting character while resisting easy interpretation. Working primarily in acrylic and ink, she renders her subjects in flattened compositions distinguished by bold color, graphic line, and intricate pattern.

She holds an MA in Connoisseurship of Twentieth Century Art from Christie’s Education in New York, where her studies in modern and contemporary art continue to inform her practice.

Zizmor’s debut solo exhibition, Shana: My Muse, presented her mixed-media works at the Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection and was featured in The New Yorker. After stepping away from the studio amid the demands of her corporate career, she returned to painting in 2022, shifting her focus to portraiture.

She is on the artist roster at Air Studio + Gallery. Her work was selected for the 2024 and 2026 Art for Life Chicago juried exhibitions at the Merchandise Mart. Works from her Chasing Beauty series will appear in the forthcoming memoir, the design of me, by the late Chicago designer and Design Applause founder Ron Kovach.