Alex Venezia (b. 1993, Virginia Beach, VA) is a representational oil painter currently living and working in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Drawn to drawing from a young age, Alex’s path toward painting sharpened in high school, where a lesson on Caravaggio's tenebrism, paired with a classroom poster of Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott, ignited a fascination with oil painting’s emotional depth and narrative power.

Largely self-taught, Alex sought out mentorship from a range of artists across traditions and disciplines, forging a personal approach rooted in observation but open to evolving. His process has developed from straightforward transcription to a more inventive, compositional practice.

Recurring through his work is a quiet sense of nostalgia, healing, and hope, a search for images that are at once emotionally resonant and compositionally refined.

Now based at the historic Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, where he teaches figure and portrait painting, Alex works from a north-lit studio that has subtly shaped the character of his recent work. He is represented by Arcadia Contemporary in New York City, and his paintings have received numerous national awards, including multiple first-place prizes from The Portrait Society of America. His work is held in private and public collections, including the New Salem Museum.