Bio
Alexandra Salzmann is a Toronto-based painter working in gouache, acrylic and oil, with a focus on landscapes and urban landscapes. Mostly self-taught, her practice is rooted in capturing the delight and joy of a scene with interesting light or colour relationships.
Salzmann works both on location and in the studio. Her plein-air practice is driven by a desire to feel present in a place and capture something true about it. That same attentiveness carries into her larger studio works, paintings built from bold colour relationships, textured brushwork, and an instinct for the moment that makes a place come alive.
Artist Statement
Through bold colour and textured brushwork, Alexandra Salzmann captures the moments that make a place worth remembering. A golden light in a city laneway, an afternoon in the park, a vast Canadian landscape stretching to the horizon. Her paintings find beauty and joy in the everyday, transforming ordinary scenes into something luminous and alive.
Working on location and in the studio, Alexandra paints both the urban landscapes of her home city of Toronto and the natural world beyond it. Her plein-air practice keeps her connected to the places she paints, absorbing the light, the atmosphere, and the feeling and delight of being there.
Arts and cultural training and learning:
2024 Urban Landscapes 2-Painting the urban landscape- Toronto School of Art by Bryan Harvey
2024 Portrait Painting 2- Painting the portrait with a live model-Toronto School of Art by Ian Baggley
2023 Urban Landscapes 1-Painting the urban landscape- Toronto School of Art by Bryan Harvey
2022 Figure Painting-Painting the figure with a live model- Toronto School of Art by Ian Baggley
2022 Color Mastery Online course by Lena Rivo
2019 Avenue Road School of Art-Acrylic Painting-Martha Johnson
Past and Current Shows:
2026- Elora Plein Air Art Festival
2025- Urban Sketchers Toronto: Group Exhibition
2025- Paint Ontario Juried Art Show
2024-Color and Form Society's 72nd annual Juried Exhibition-Honourable mention
2024-Sketch the Junction Plein Air Competition-3rd Place
2024-Timeless Terrains-Women's Art Association of Canada-Dignam Gallery
2024-All You can Eat-Northern Contemporary Gallery
2024-The Toronto Show-Gallery 1313
2024 Fresh-Next Generation Arts. Juried Art Show.
2023 Under100 Holiday Art Show- Northern Contemporary Gallery
2023 A Nightmare on Roncesvalles- Northern Contemporary Gallery
2023 Emerging Expressions Group Show- Toronto School of Art
Media and Publications:2024 Yoonyen Issue 1 by Sara Purves