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 an Executive Board 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.