Born in 1982 in Gdynia, Poland, is a distinguished contemporary painter whose work delves into the realms of psychological and abstract expression. Her technique involves applying diluted acrylic paints on raw, untreated canvas, producing dynamic, matte surfaces that play with color and texture. Her compositions are notable for their spatial complexity, where the interaction between background and foreground is explored through textures and the fluid transition from opacity to transparency. Her creative process is deeply meditative, allowing the paint to seep into the canvas in a manner that fosters a deep internal connection.
A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland, Aleksandra Szewczuk has exhibited her work in numerous esteemed venues. Her notable exhibitions include the National Painting Competition in Bydgoszcz, the XIII Triennial of Small Painting Forms in Torun, and the III Pomeranian Art Triennial in Sopot. Internationally, she has showcased her work at the National Exhibition Center in Quebec and the Contemporary Art Center El Gallery in Elblag. Her paintings are featured in prominent public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Art in Sopot and significant post-war collections in London, with further representations in cities like New York, Sydney, Montreal, Düsseldorf, Stockholm, Rome, Lisbon, and the Dominican Republic.
Feeling Red
By Aleksandra Szewczuk
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aleksandra Szewczuk, born in 1982 in Gdynia, Poland, is a distinguished contemporary painter whose work delves into the realms of psychological and abstract expression. Her technique...
Acrylic
Untitled
By Aleksandra Szewczuk
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aleksandra Szewczuk, born in 1982 in Gdynia, Poland, is a distinguished contemporary painter whose work delves into the realms of psychological and abstract expression. Her technique...
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Borders
By Aleksandra Szewczuk
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aleksandra Szewczuk, born in 1982 in Gdynia, Poland, is a distinguished contemporary painter whose work delves into the realms of psychological and abstract expression. Szewczuk's te...
Acrylic
Blue State 5/2025
By Aleksandra Szewczuk
Located in Miami Beach, FL
“State” is an intimate series of works that functions as a visual diary – a record of emotional states, passing moods, internal tensions, and external stimuli. It’s a kind of noteboo...
Canvas, Acrylic
We Make It Through
By Aleksandra Szewczuk
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series consists of ten paintings, with two remaining unsold including this one, the series was made during the world lockdown. Aleksandra Szewczuk, born in 1982 in Gdynia, Pol...
Canvas, Acrylic
Behind the Scenes
By Aleksandra Szewczuk
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aleksandra Szewczuk, born in 1982 in Gdynia, Poland, is a distinguished contemporary painter whose work delves into the realms of psychological and abstract expression. Her technique...
Canvas, Acrylic
Fields 22/1
By Aleksandra Szewczuk
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aleksandra Szewczuk, born in 1982 in Gdynia, Poland, is a distinguished contemporary painter whose work delves into the realms of psychological and abstract expression. Szewczuk's te...
Acrylic
$14,000
H 66 in W 78 in
Spray - large, soft, bright, blue, pink, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Large scale, colorful abstract painting, with pink, orange and purple against a pale blue ground. Milly Ristvedt approaches color in her work with sincere consideration and expertise...
Canvas, Acrylic
$69,000
H 79.5 in W 147 in
Increments - colourful large scale arrangement, small squares, acrylic on panels
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A monumental work, comprised of 66 small square panels, each painted with a single orthogonal, are installed in a precise grid: six high and ten across. The orthogonal panels are pai...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$24,000
H 48 in W 117 in
Glide - large, purple, pink, hues, striped, abstract, acrylic on shaped canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Gradient bands of washed violet turn to dust rose in this shaped canvas from 1968 by Milly Ristvedt. From the first part of her career, this powerful painting is rooted in the tenets...
Canvas, Acrylic
$32,000
H 66 in W 96 in
Champ - modern, contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colorful abstract acrylic painting is by Canadian artist Milly Ristvedt. Inspired by modernist mentors, in the 1970s Milly Ristvedt used simple formats on raw canvas to displa...
Canvas, Acrylic
$34,500
H 78 in W 78 in
Procession - large, red, blue, pink, contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Swipes and shapes in rust orange, bubble gum pink, aqua, ultramarine and black move in an orchestrated procession across a soaked charcoal ground in this acrylic by Milly Ristvedt. This large, square acrylic canvas is a poetic narrative of space, light, texture and movement through the application of color. Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
Canvas, Acrylic
$15,000
H 30 in W 60 in
Indivisible - pink, purple, blue, abstract, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Modern, grid, abstract. In the hands of master colourist Milly Ristvedt, the classic grid pattern becomes more than a ‘container’ for colour. Hailed by critics and collectors as one ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$22,000
H 72 in W 48 in
Blue Bouquet - contemporary, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A celebration of beautiful blues—this abstract painting by master colorist Milly Ristvedt continues to explore form and color. The background is a soft wash of blue and generous brus...
Canvas, Acrylic
Intervals - contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this bold new abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt vertical lines of colour in various widths pop against a soft, fluid burgundy canvas. As always, the colour palette—bright pink, ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$11,000
H 36 in W 48 in
Winter Solstice - purple and green grid, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A Canadian artist created this abstract painting, its geometric pattern in green and indigo blue. Milly Ristvedt’s masterful and intuitive use of color and geometric form are evide...
Canvas, Acrylic
$38,000
H 90 in W 72 in
Spring - large, bright, yellow, orange, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Passages of butter yellow, rose and light green float on a washed spring yellow ground in this elegant abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt. Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe...
Canvas, Acrylic
$25,000
H 78 in W 78 in
Everything and Nothing - monochromatic, contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt is regarded as one of Canada’s finest abstract artists. A masterful colourist, this piece is rendered in subtle monochromatic tones—vertical bars of gray--dove to lig...
Canvas, Acrylic
$11,500
H 48 in W 36 in
Breathing Space for Agnes - large, bright, yellow, stripes, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Vertical stripes of buttercup yellow and cloud blue are each separated from the other by a mere whisper of white canvas. The verticals appear to breathe rhythmically against the picture plane in this homage to American painter Agnes Martin. They evoke Martin's delicate, meticulously penciled grid works and her pursuit of inner peace. Milly Ristvedt, MA, RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. At 24, her work was included in the Centennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario...
Canvas, Acrylic
Summer Time
By Aleksandra Szewczuk
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aleksandra Szewczuk, born in 1982 in Gdynia, Poland, is a distinguished contemporary painter whose work delves into the realms of psychological and abstract expression. Szewczuk's te...
Acrylic
Numbers
By Aleksandra Szewczuk
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aleksandra Szewczuk, born in 1982 in Gdynia, Poland, is a distinguished contemporary painter whose work delves into the realms of psychological and abstract expression. Szewczuk's te...
Acrylic