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Curriculum Vitae

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

  • 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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