Lilian R. Engel was born in Brazil but grew up in Rhode Island from the age of 2. She earned a B.A in Technical Theatre/Liberal Arts from Rhode Island College before moving to New York City. Ms. Engel received a Certificate in Commercial Arts from the Center for the Media Arts and took courses at the School of Visual Arts. She attended open sketch classes at the Art Students League of New York where she discovered sculpture, her artistic passion ever since.