“I don’t paint real places. The landscapes I paint are imagined – they are more like emotional responses to places I have seen or felt.”
—Alexander McKenzie
Born in Sydney in 1971, Alexander McKenzie trained at the Julian Ashton Art School before completing studies at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW. Over the past two decades, he has developed a distinct visual language that references European Romanticism, historical topography, and the metaphysical traditions of painting.
McKenzie is a nine-time finalist in the prestigious Archibald Prize and has exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions across Australia, the United Kingdom, and Asia. His work is held in significant public and private collections, including the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Parliament House, and Artbank. In 2016, McKenzie was commissioned to design the stained-glass windows of the Anzac Memorial in Sydney’s Hyde Park—a project that further cemented his status as a leading Australian artist working with themes of memory, landscape, and national identity.
McKenzie is represented in Sydney and London, and his paintings continue to be sought-after by collectors for their emotional depth, formal elegance, and timeless quality.