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Curriculum Vitae

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

  • 2025 Oct 30 – Nov 30 — She Also Served: Canadian Jewish Servicewomen in the Second World War, presented by the Toronto Holocaust Museum, curated by Jennifer Eiserman (Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History) and Saundra Lipton (Librarian Emerita, University of Calgary). Artists: Razieh Alba, Alysa-Beth Engel, Anne Petrie, Lily Rosenberg, Talie Shalmon, Jules Schacter, and Susan Turner. Ekstein Family Learning Lab, Toronto Holocaust Museum. Hours: Mon–Thurs 3–5, Sun 10–5, Wed Nov 5 & Wed Nov 19 open until 8pm.

  • 2025 Dec 1 – 10 — Off the Wall, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto

  • 2026 Jan 23 – 25 — Postcards From the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Berry Campbell Gallery, 524 W 26th Street, NYC 10001

  • 2025 Jan 24 - 26 — Postcards From the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, Berry Campbell Gallery, 524 W 26th Street, NYC 10001

  • 2024 Sep-Oct — International Art from the Pinacoteca Bitola Collection, Florina, Greece

  • 2024 Sep — Art Biennale Bitola, curated by Vlado Goreski, Municipal Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece

  • 2024 Aug 21 – Sep 7 — TOMPE2024, TAP Centre for Creativity, 203 Dundas Street, London, Ontario (catalogue)

  • 2024 Sep 3-15 — BFA Queen's University Alumni Exhibition, Union Gallery, Kingston

  • 2023 Nov — International Biennial of Miniature Graphics, Bitola, Macedonia

  • 2023 Apr – Jun — PRINT2023, John B. Aird Gallery (group online), juried by Pudy Tong and Brenda Webster Tweel. The Aird Gallery’s online project with downloadable PDF publication. Catalog | Details

  • 2023 Mar 18 - Apr 1 — Alysa-Beth Engel: Prints, Paintings, & the Potential of Everything (solo), 777 Richmond St., Toronto

  • 2023 Jan 4 – 31 — The Potential of Everything (solo), Deer Park Public Library, Toronto

  • 2023 Jan 5 – 8 — Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS (group), Ortuzar Projects, New York

  • 2022 Dec 15 – 22 — A/P Holiday Fundraiser and Market, Open Studio, Toronto

  • 2022 Dec 7 – 14 — Off the Wall (group fundraiser), Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto

  • 2022 Oct — Art Gallery of Mississauga’s 35th Anniversary Benefit Auction, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga

  • 2022 Aug 17 - 27 — The Ontario Miniature Print Exhibition (TOMPE2022), Satellite Project Space, London, Ontario (catalogue)

  • 2022 Jun 15 - Aug 27 — In Two Places (group), The Brighton Storeroom, St. George, Barbados

  • 2022 Jun 15 - Jul 2 — In Two Places (group), Satellite Project Space, London, Ontario; catalogue essays by Patrick Mahon and Allison Thompson; made possible with a London Arts Council CAIP 2021 Grant

  • 2022 May — She Also Served: Jewish Canadian Servicewomen in the Second World War (Banners), (group), curated by Jennifer Eiserman and Saundra Lipton, Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta

  • 2022 Jan 8 - 14 — Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS (group virtual), New York City

  • 2021 May — She Also Served: Jewish Canadian Servicewomen in the Second World War (group online), curated by Dr. Jennifer Eiserman and Saundra Lipton, funded by the Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary

  • 2021 Dec 7 – 16 — 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, Cultural Pluralism in the Arts (CPAMO), Daniels Spectrum, Toronto

  • 2020 Nov 20 - 2021 Mar — Murmuration, 50th-anniversary community installation, Open Studio, Toronto

  • 2020 Nov 20 - 2021 Mar — Murmuración, group installation curated by Andrea deBruijn & Heather J.A. Thomson, Open Studio Shop, Toronto

  • 2020 Jul 29 - Aug 15 — TOMPE2020, Satellite Project Space, London (Ontario), juried for Print London by Helen Gregory, Libby Hague, and Andrew Kear (catalogue)

  • 2021, 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, New York City

  • 2019 Jan 10 - Mar 15 — VAM41, Art Gallery of Mississauga, juried by Charmaine Lurch, Cole Swanson, and Denis Longchamps, curated by Mandy Salter

  • 2018 Nov 28 - Dec 15 — Get Noticed, Red Head Gallery, curated by Jamie Angell and Niki Dracos

  • 2018 Nov 29 - Dec 31 — Varied Edition Featured Artist, Open Studio, Toronto

  • 2017 May 4 — Member’s Ink, Open Studio, Toronto

  • 2017 Apr — CDECA’s Art Alley, Old Mill Inn, Toronto

  • 2016 Nov 25 - Dec 1 — Prêt-à-Emporter, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal

  • 2016 Oct 1 — Nuit Blanche – Refresh, organized by Sonya Filman and Tobias Williams, 401 Richmond, Toronto

  • 2016 Oct 28 - 31 — /edition art fair, Open Studio booth, Metro Toronto Convention Centre

  • 2015 Jul 30 - Aug 22 — The Open Studio Sessions: A Group Exhibition Celebrating 45 Years of Open Studio, Toronto

  • 2014 Jun 21 - Jul 6 — Slide Show (group), loop, Toronto

  • 2011 Mar 29 - Apr 3 — Meditation: New Paintings by Alysa-Beth Engel, Liss Gallery, Toronto

  • 2006 — Somersault (group), Sotheby's Olympia, London, UK (catalogue)

  • 2005 — Hidden Talent (group), Sotheby's Bond St., London, UK (catalogue)

  • 2004 Jun, Sep — Alysa-Beth Engel: New Paintings, Chelsea Bridge Studios, London, UK

  • 2004 Sep — Alysa-Beth Engel & Daphne Talmor, curated by Dillon & Sykes, Troubadour Gallery, London, UK

  • 2004 Sep — Sotheby's Staff Exhibition (group), Sotheby's Bond St., London, UK (catalogue)

  • 2003 Sep — Behind the Hammer (group), Sotheby's Bond St., London, UK (catalogue)

  • 2001 Oct - Nov — Breathless (solo), Live Art Space, Toronto

  • 2001 Jun — Don't Give Up Your Day Job (group), curated by Juno Youn, S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto

  • 2000 Jul — The Dignity of Women & Children Art Exhibition, The Rotonda, City Hall, Toronto (catalogue)

  • 1998 Sep - 1999 Feb — Paintings by Trias Gallery Artists, Alliance Theatre Exhibition, co-curated by Christopher Estridge and Trias Gallery, 80 Spadina, Toronto

  • 1997 — An Exhibition of Open Studio Artists, Arts & Letters Club, Toronto

  • 1997 — Group Show of Guest Artists, Gallery 104, Scollard Street Cooperative, Toronto

  • 1997 Jul 1-31 — Alysa-Beth Engel: Recent Works, invited by Dana Holst, Ace Bakery, Toronto

  • 1998 — Works On Paper (group), AGO Art Rental & Sales Gallery, Toronto

  • 1995 — Alysa-Beth Engel: Recent Work, Hallway Exhibition Space, Open Studio, Toronto

  • 1994 — B.F.A. '94 On View, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston

  • 1993 — Emily Carr College of Art and Design Summer Show, Vancouver

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SELECTED PUBLISHED WRITING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2024 Nov — Art + Meditation with Alysa-Beth Engel, Jewish Futures: Art + Culture Salon, Toronto

  • 2024 — Repose by Alysa-Beth Engel, Niv Arts and Culture, Issue 22, Summer/Fall

  • 2023 Oct 18 — Free Inclusive Guided Meditation with Alysa-Beth Engel, Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto

  • 2023 Jun 4 — Free Printmaking Workshop with Alysa-Beth Engel, Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto

  • 2022 – Present — Artist Board Member, Open Studio Contemporary Printmaking Centre

  • 2021 – Present — Artist Member, Print London

  • 2016 – Present — Artist Member, Open Studio Contemporary Printmaking Centre

  • 2019 – 2021 — Volunteer, Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO)

  • 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 by Alysa-Beth Engel

  • 2019 — Volunteer Curatorial Services, CPAMO’s IBPOC Women in the Arts Exhibition, 918 Bathurst, Toronto

  • 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

  • 2002 Mar - Apr — Curator, Moments, The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario

  • 2001 Jul - Oct — Curator, Open Studio @ 360, invited by Robert Birch for The Restaurant at the CN Tower, Toronto

  • 2001 — "Perspectives on Open Studio," DA 49, Porcupine's Quill, Fall/Winter, edited by Don McLeod

  • 2000 — Co-Curator and Catalogue Editor, SEARCH, Open Studio, Toronto

  • 2000 — "The Art of Isabel Cleland Rowe," DA 46, The Porcupine's Quill, Spring/Summer

  • 1999 Oct 26 — Interview on City TV Breakfast Television (Live Eye) with Jennifer Peck about Dana Holst's Boudoir Exhibition, Open Studio, Toronto

  • 1999 Mar 3 — Interview on Design for Living with Kimberly Seldon, The Life Network, about art collecting

  • 1998 Dec 3 — Interview on Toronto Heartbeat, EZ Rock 97.3 FM, with Andrea Rooz about Open Studio

  • 1998 Nov 23 — Interview on City TV Breakfast Television with Jennifer Peck about Open Studio

  • 1999 — Contributed report, "Zone", on Monica Biagioli's exhibition and artist book, DA 44, The Porcupine's Quill, Spring, pp.44-45

  • 1995 - 1997 — Artist Renter, Open Studio, Toronto

  • 1994 - 1995 — Volunteer, Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art, Toronto

  • 1993 - 1994 — Print Technician, Queen's University, Kingston

  • 1997 Mar 4 — Art Collecting Expert on CBC TV/Marketplace segment, Toronto

  • 1997 - 2002 — Print Sales Manager / Archivist, Open Studio, Toronto

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SELECTED PRESS

  • 2022 Aug — "In Two Places: An Exchange Between Barbados and London, ON," Barbados Visual Art Magazine

  • 2022 Jun 13 — Joe Belanger, "London, Barbadian Printmakers Featured in Joint Exhibitions," The London Free Press

  • 2022 May 4 — "Online Exhibit Pays Tribute to Jewish Canadian Women Who Served in The Second World War" (image reproduced of Engel’s Jacobs, Spiegel, and Bennett Also Served), Alberta Jewish News

  • 2022 Jan 27 — "Meet Photographer Marnie Salsky," Kultura Collective

  • 2021 Jun 25 — Sam Margolis, "Honouring Women’s Courage"

  • 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 Winter — Viia Beaumanis, "Red Alert: Canada’s Top Party Thrower Meets Canada’s Top Partygoer," Fashion Magazine, 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, p. 17

  • 2004 Sept 2 — "London for Free: Sotheby’s Staff Exhibition 2004," Metro Life, p. 27

  • 2004 Sept — "Behind the Rostrum," ReFresh, Diary, p. 10

  • 2004 Aug 28 — Harry Hawkes, "Perfect Picture of Home-Grown Talent," Birmingham Post, p. 48

  • 2004 Aug — "Sotheby’s Staff Show is a Must, Says Simon de Burton," Fabric, Heirlooms

  • 2004 Aug 12 — Noreen Caffrey, "From Van Gogh to a Van Driver," Westminster & Pimlico News, p. 5

  • 2000 Jun 17 — Gary Michael Dault, "Search at Open Studio," Gallery Going, The Globe & Mail

 
SELECTED EDUCATION AND AWARDS

  • 2023 — Mapping Your Story with Barbara Radecki, University of Toronto Continuing Studies

  • 2005 — Chelsea College of Art and Design, Portrait Drawing and Painting Short Course

  • 2000 — The Dignity of Women & Children Community Award, City Hall, Toronto

  • 1990–1994 — Queen's University, Bachelor of Fine Art (Class One)

  • 1993 — Queen's Appeal Undergraduate Scholarship, awarded for high academic standing

  • 1993 (summer) — Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Florence, Italy

  • 1991 (summer) — University of Toronto, Modern Theatre, University College


 
COLLECTIONS

  • Accenture

  • BMO Financial Group

  • The Business Development Bank of Canada

  • Howard, Barclay, and Associates

  • Pinacoteca Bitola, Macedonia

  • Print London Archives

  • 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, University of Toronto

  • Open Studio, Archives

  • Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie

  • Smokestack, Hamilton

  • Private Collections in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Holland, Israel, Japan, UK, and USA

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