Alexandra Zizmor is a Chicago-based artist whose acrylic-and-ink portraits are defined by flat planes of color, decisive line, and decorative patterning. Her solitary, stylized figures combine graphic immediacy with an elusive psychological presence.

Zizmor earned an M.A. in Connoisseurship of Twentieth-Century Art from Christie’s Education in New York. Her study of modern and contemporary art sharpened her eye and continues to inform her practice. Her debut solo exhibition, Shana: My Muse, was presented by the Derfner Judaica Museum in New York and featured in The New Yorker.

After a decade away from the studio, Zizmor returned to artmaking in 2022 with a newly defined visual language. She is now on the artist roster at Air Studio + Gallery, and her work was selected for both the 2024 and 2026 Art for Life Chicago juried exhibitions at the Merchandise Mart.