Curriculum Vitae
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
April - June PRINT 2023 presented by John B. Aird Gallery (group online) juried by Pudy Tong and Brenda Webster Tweel. The Aird Gallery’s online project with downloadable PDF publication
March 18 - April 1, 2023 Alysa-Beth Engel: Prints, Paintings, & the Potential of Everything, 777 Richmond St. W. Suite 2028, Toronto
(SOLO) Jan 4 – 31, 2023 The Potential of Everything, Deer Park Public Library, Toronto
Jan 5 – 8, 2023 Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, (group), Ortuzar Projects, NY
Dec 15 – 22, 2022 A/P Holiday Fundraiser and Market, Open Studio, Toronto
Dec 7 – 14, 2022 Off the Wall (group fundraiser), Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
Oct 2022 Art Gallery of Mississauga’s 35th Anniversary Benefit Auction, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga
August 17 - 27, 2022 The Ontario Miniature Print Exhibition (TOMPE2022), Satellite Project Space, London (catalogue)
15 June - 27 August, 2022 In Two Places (group), The Brighton Storeroom, St George, Barbados.
15 June - 2 July, 2022 In Two Places (group), Satellite Project Space, London, Ontario catalogue essays by Patrick Mahon and Allison Thompson.
May 2022, She Also Served: Jewish Canadian Servicewomen in the Second World War (group) curated by Dr. Jennifer Eiserman and Saundra Lipton, The Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta
Jan 8-14, 2022, Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, (group virtual), NYC
Dec 7 – 16, 2021, Art in the Time of Healing: The Importance of IBPOC Arts in Planetary Renewal, visual art by Quentin VerCetty, Gustavo Artigas, and Alysa-Beth Engel as part of The Gathering Divergence Multi-Arts Festival, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto
May 2021 - Present, She Also Served: Jewish Canadian Servicewomen in the Second World War (group online) curated by Dr. Jennifer Eiserman and Saundra Lipton, Jurors: Dr. Jennifer Eiserman, Associate Professor, Department of Art, University of Calgary; Saundra Lipton, Adjunct Librarian, University of Calgary; Dick Averns, Canadian Forces Artist; and David Bercuson, Department of History, University of Calgary.
Nov 20, 2020 – March 2021, Murmuration, 50th-anniversary community installation, Open Studio Main Gallery
Nov 20, 2020 – March 2021, Murmuración, group installation curated by Andrea deBruijn & Heather J.A. Thomson, Open
Studio Shop, for PUERTOGRAFICO, SGC International, Puerto Rico, postponed (COVID-19) to 2023
Jan 8-15, 2021, Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, (group virtual), NYC
July 29 - Aug 15, 2020, TOMPE2020 Satellite Project Space, London (ON)
Juried by Helen Gregory, Curator, McIntosh Gallery, Libby Hague, Independent Artist, Andrew Kear, Head of Collections, Exhibitions and Programs, Museum London
2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 - Postcards From The Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, (group) Bortolami, Gallery 524, Luhring Augustine, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, Cheim & Reid, Metro Pictures, NYC
Jan 10 – March 15, 2019 VAM41 at Art Gallery of Mississauga, juried by Charmaine Lurch, Cole Swanson and Denis Longchamps, Curated by Mandy Salter (AGM)
November 28 – December 15, 2018 – Get Noticed at Red Head Gallery, Curated by Jamie Angell (Angell Gallery) and Niki Dracos (General Hardware Contemporary)
Nov 29 – Dec 31, 2018, Varied Edition Featured Artist, online Open Studio
May 4, 2017- Member’s Ink, Open Studio
April 2017 – CDECA’s Art Alley, Old Mill Inn, Toronto
Nov 25- Dec 17, 2016 – Prêt-à-Emporter, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal
Oct 1, 2016, Nuit Blanche – Refresh, organized by Sonya Filman and Tobias Williams, 401 Richmond
Oct 28-31, 2016 - /edition art fair, Open Studio booth, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
July 30-Aug 22, 2015- The Open Studio Sessions: A Group Exhibition Celebrating 45 Years of Open Studio
June 21 – July 6, 2014 – Slide Show (group), loop, Toronto
March 29 – April 3, 2011 – Meditation: new paintings by Alysa-Beth Engel, Liss Gallery
July – Aug. 2006 – Somersault, (group) Sotheby's Olympia (catalogue), London, UK
August 2005 – Hidden Talent, (group), Sotheby's Bond St. (catalogue), London, UK
June, Sept. 2004 – Alysa-Beth Engel New Paintings, Chelsea Bridge Studios, London, UK
Sept. 2004 – Alysa-Beth Engel & Daphne Talmor, curated by Dillon & Sykes, Troubadour Gallery, London
Sept 2004 – Sotheby's Staff Exhibition, Sotheby's Bond St. (catalogue), London, UK
Sept. 2003 – Behind the Hammer, (group) Sotheby's Bond St. (catalogue), London, UK
Oct. – Nov. 2001 – Breathless, (solo exhibition), Live Art Space, Toronto
June 2001 – Don't Give Up Your Day Job, (group show) curated by Juno Youn, S.P.I.N. Gallery
July 2000 – The Dignity of Women & Children Art Exhibition (catalogue). The Rotonda, City Hall, Toronto
Sept. 1998 – Feb. 1999 – Paintings by Trias Gallery Artists, Alliance Theatre Exhibition co-curated by the Gallery and Christopher Estridge, Toronto
1997 – An Exhibition of Open Studio Artists, Arts & Letters Club, Toronto
1997 – Group Show of Guest Artists, Gallery 104, Scollard Street Cooperative
July 1-31, 1997 – Alysa-Beth Engel Recent Works, invited to exhibit by Dana Holst Ace Bakery, Toronto
1998 - Works On Paper (group), AGO Art Rental & Sales Gallery
1995 - Alysa-Beth Engel Recent Work, Hallway Exhibition Space, Open Studio
1994 - B.F.A. '94 On View, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
1993 - Emily Carr College of Art and Design Summer Show, Vancouver
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, SELECTED PUBLISHED WRITING
November 2022 – Present Artist Board Member, Open Studio
2020 “How COVID is Delaying Baby and Toddler Developmental Milestones” yummymummyclub.ca
2020 Home For the Holidays: Temple Sinai High Holy Days 5781, Illustrations and Art
2019 Volunteer curatorial services for CPAMO’s IBPOC Women in the Arts Exhibition, 918 Bathurst
Nov 17, 2019 “Engel: Jewish Identity As A Contemporary Canadian Artist,” Canadian Jewish News, perspectives
2016 – Present Member of Open Studio Contemporary Printmaking Centre
2006 Exhibition Organizer, Curator, and Catalogue Editor, Somersault: Sotheby's Staff Exhibition, UK
2002 - 2006 Valuations Counter Representative, Gallery Viewing Staff, Sotheby's, Olympia, London, UK
March – April 2002 Curator, Moments, The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario
July – October 2001 Curator, Open Studio @ 360, The Restaurant at the CN Tower, Toronto
2001 "Perspectives on Open Studio" DA 49, Porcupine's Quill, Fall/Winter, pp.26-37, edited by Don McLeod.
2000 SEARCH, Exhibition Co-curated with Brian Hobbs and Dana Holst, catalogue editor, Open Studio
January 1997 – 2002 Print Sales Manager / Archivist, Open Studio, Toronto (Design For Living With Kimberly Seldon, The Life Network, Image reproduced, CBC TV/Marketplace, March 4, Image reproduced)
2000 "The Art of Isabel Cleland Rowe" DA 46, published by The Porcupine's Quill, Spring/Summer, pp.34-39
1999 "Zone", contributed report on Monica Biagioli's exhibition and artist book for DA 44, published by The Porcupine's Quill, Spring, pp.44-45
1995 – 1997 Artist Renter at Open Studio Toronto
1994 – 1995 Volunteer at Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art
1993 –1994 Print Technician Queen's University
SELECTED PRESS
2016 – Kristie MacDonald, “The Open Studio Print Archive: Archiving Within an Artist-Run Centre” Printopolis, edited by Tara Cooper and Jenn Law, p. 225
2011 – R.M. Vaughan, “Alysa-Beth Engel: Meditation at Liss Gallery,” The Globe & Mail, Globe Arts, R20
2007 – Viia Beaumanis, “Red Alert: Canada’s Top Party Thrower Meets Canada’s Top Partygoer,” Fashion Magazine, Winter 2007 pp. 86-94 Image reproduced
2006 – Martin Hemming, "26 July - 6 August. Sotheby's Olympia, London W14. Somersault. Go head over heels for art by the auction house's employees in this selling exhibition." The World of Interiors, Serious Pursuit
2006 – Helen Crockett, “Somersault at Sotheby’s, Diary, Grove Magazine, p17
2004 – “London For Free: Sotheby’s Staff Exhibition 2004,” Metro Life, Thurs Sept 2, p.27
2004 – “Behind the Rostrum,” ReFresh, Diary, September, p.10
2004 – Harry Hawkes, “Perfect Picture of Home-Grown Talent,” Birmingham Post, Saturday, August 28, p.48
2004 – “Sotheby’s Staff Show is a Must, Says Simon de Burton,” Fabric, Heirlooms, August
2004 – Noreen Caffrey, “From Van Gogh to a Van Driver,” Thurs. Aug 12, Westminster & Pimlico News, p.5
2000 – Gary Michael Dault, "Search at Open Studio," Gallery Going, The Globe & Mail, Saturday, June 17
2000 – Media to Medium, hosted by Mellissa Marr and Jennifer Weiser, CIUT, 89.5 FM, Friday, June 16, Interviewed by Jennifer Weiser about the Search exhibition and symposium, Open Studio, Toronto
1999 – City TV Breakfast Television (Live Eye), October 26, Interviewed by Jennifer Peck about Dana Holst's Boudoir exhibition and Open Studio
1999 – French Language Television (CBLT), six o'clock news, September 28, Isabelle Hemard spoke about Lint, Love, & the Fine Art of Laundry
1999 – On the Forefront, Ryerson TV, September 27, Spoke about: Lint, Love and the Fine Art of Laundry
1999 – Design For Living With Kimberly Seldon, The Life Network, March 3, Spoke about collecting art. Image
1998 – Toronto Heart Beat, EZ Rock 97.3 FM, December 3 Interviewed by Andrea Rooz about OS’s A.P. Sale
1998 – City TV Breakfast Television (Live Eye), November 23 Interviewed by Jennifer Peck about Open Studio
1997 – CBC TV/Marketplace, March 4, Image reproduced
SELECTED ARTS EDUCATION
Mar 2005 Chelsea College of Art and Design Portrait Drawing and Painting Short Course
1990 - 1994 Queen's University, Bachelor of Fine Art (Class One)
1993 Queen's Appeal Undergraduate Scholarship, awarded for high academic standing
Summer 1993 Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Florence, Italy
Summer 1991 University of Toronto, Modern Theatre, University College
COLLECTIONS
Accenture
BMO Financial Group
The Business Development Bank of Canada
Howard, Barclay and Associates
Queen’s University Archives
Russell Hill Chiropractic & Natural Health
Smart Card Systems for Health
The Yoga Studio
Big Picture Group
Body Body Wear
The Donovan Collection, St. Michael’s College, U of T
Open Studio, Archives
Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie
Private Collections in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Holland, Israel, Japan, UK and USA