Alysa-Beth Engel is an artist, writer, and yoga instructor. Her visual art is informed by Jewish identity, motherhood, and her thirty-year meditation and yoga practice. Alysa serves as a member of Open Studio in Toronto, where she was previously the archivist and sales manager. She has curated several exhibitions, was an art consultant at a commercial gallery, and was a contributing writer for D.A. published by the Porcupine's Quill. While living in London (UK), Alysa worked at Sotheby's and had a painting studio in Battersea. Alysa studied printmaking at Queen's University, where she was the Studio Technician. She learned intaglio at the Santa Reparata Studio in Florence (Emily Carr). Alysa is a member of the Authors Guild (USA) and Print London (ON). Her art has been exhibited nationally and abroad and is included in corporate, public and private collections.