ARTIST CV
Artistic and cultural work presented to the public
2025 Featured at HelloArt, The Switch Properties Edmonton
2024 O Fleeting Shadow / Theatrical Live Painting / Painter, Performer, Collaborator/ Bleeding Heart Film and Art Night / Bleeding Heart Art Space / Edmonton AB
2024 Edmonton Bar Association, Judges’ Dinner / Live Painting / Edmonton AB
2024 Polish Art of Edmonton / Polish Cultural Society of Edmonton / Edmonton AB
2024 Featured at Epcor Qualico Tower and Edmonton City Centre Mall, Edmonton AB 2024 Immortal Realm / Theatrical live painting, Painter / Performer, Dancer, Collaborator /
Unveiling Cabaret / Beyond the Frame Collective / Mile Zero Dance / Edmonton AB 2024 Chromatic Conscious / Theatrical live painting, Painter, Performer, Dancer, Collaborator
/ Unveiling Cabaret / Mile Zero Dance / Outside the Frame Collective / Edmonton AB 2023 Silent and Present / Artist: paintings / Bleeding Heart Art Space
2023 If Walls Could Talk, If Floors Had Eyes/ Artist: paintings and ceramics / Stollery Gallery/
Edmonton, AB
2023 Glimpses of the Divine Springtime / Artist: paintings, floral installation / Bleeding Heart
Art Space / Edmonton AB
2023 Love / Artist: paintings / NOA Gallery / Edmonton AB
2022 Eternal Summer / Artist: paintings / Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery / Stony
Plain, AB
2022 Opening Exhibition / Artist: paintings / NOA Gallery / Edmonton AB 2022 SkirtsAFire Festival / Artist: Live Painting / Edmonton AB
2022 Isolation Art / Lois Hole Library / Edmonton AB
2021 Smalls / Blue Sky Lofts / Edmonton AB
2021 PandemArtium / Artist: painter / Harcourt House / Edmonton AB
2021 March / Artist: painter / Women Artist Born Global / Online
2021 Social Media Takeover / Artist: painter / Bleeding Heart Art Space / Edmonton AB 2020 Imagine / Artist: painter / Stanley Milner Library / Edmonton AB
2020 Summer / Artist: painter / Women Artist Born Global / Online
2020 Ridvan Festival / Artist: Live Painting / Edmonton AB
2019 A Face in the Crowd / Artist: painter/ Edmonton AB
2019 Metaphor and Art / Artist: painter / Harcourt House / Edmonton AB
2019 YEG Canvas / Artist: painter / Edmonton AB
2019 Ridvan Festival / Artist: Live Painting / Edmonton AB
2019 Heal Me / Artist: painter / Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital / Edmonton AB
2018 Art Mentorship Society of Alberta / Artist: painter / Edmonton AB
2018 C-Tribe Festival / Artist: Live Painting / Edmonton AB
2018 Art From The Unknown/ Artist: painter / Edmonton AB
2018 In Search of the Human Essence / Artist: film / Harcourt House / Edmonton AB
2018 NextFest / Artist: painter / Edmonton, AB
2017 Art Mentorship Society of Alberta / Artist: painter / Edmonton AB
2017 Valleys of Wonder / Self-published board book / Edmonton AB
2016 Art Mentorship Society of Alberta / Artist: painter / Edmonton AB
2016 Homesick / Artist: photography / North Van. Community Arts Council / Vancouver BC 2007 The Valley of Search / Artist: photography / Latitude 53 / Edmonton AB
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Arts and cultural work experience and community collaboration activities
Building Vibrant Communities; Find Your Bliss / Expressive Arts Workshop / Strathcona Library / Edmonton Public Schools; Bruyer & Mackay LLP / NDT Global / University of Alberta/ Edmonton, AB; Nisku, AB; Sherwood Park, AB
Arts Classes for Children / Art Can Rescue the World / Edmonton, AB
Arts Based Mental Health Counselling / Art Can Rescue the World / Edmonton, AB Truth and Reconciliation Art Project / Baha’i Children’s Class / Collaboration with Bent Arrow Organization / Edmonton AB
Team Building Through Expressive Arts / Edmonton AB
Photography and Video/ Montreal, QC; Lucknow, India; Edmonton, AB
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Teaching and mentorships
2024 Concordia University, guest lectures on the role of art in mental health / Edmonton AB 2019-current Building Vibrant Communities / Junior Youth Empowerment Program/ Alberta Baha’i
Winter school / Edmonton AB
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Volunteer, juries and art donations for non-profit
2024 Art for Auction / Edmonton Bar Association / Edmonton, AB 2024 Art for Auction / Mile Zero Dance / Edmonton, AB
2023 Selection Jury / Bleeding Heart Art Space / Edmonton, AB 2023 Art for Auction / Amy’s House / Edmonton, AB
2022 Art for Auction / Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery /Stony Plain, AB
2019 Art for Auction / Alberta Baha’i Winter School / Edmonton AB
2007- present Arts Workshop Facilitator / Edmonton Baha'i Community / Edmonton, AB
Residencies
2023 Nina Haggerty Arts Centre/ RBC Emerging Artist Program/ Edmonton AB
Artist talks, presentations and articles
2023 Where Creativity Meets Divinity / Presentation / Edmonton Baha’i Community/ Edmonton / https://edmontonbahai.org/art-as-connection-with-the-divine-a-bahai- perspective/
2022 Divine Springtime / Artist Talk / Bleeding Heart Art Space / Edmonton AB
2021 Very Much Alive: Stories of Resilience / Selkie Publications
2021 Q&A: Art Life and Creativity / Presentation / Edmonton Public Library, Edmonton AB
Grants
2023 Artist Driven Major Projects / Edmonton Arts Council
2019 Exploration and Experimentation / Edmonton Arts Council
Media coverage
2024 Renew a Tranquil Conscience Within Me / Interview for Edmonton City Centre Mall / Edmonton AB /
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6aMHXKr_vY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh
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2024 Syrenka Art Exhibition / AR-point99 / interview 2:06-2:35 about: my recent art projects /
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7csxeJj2tAE&ab_channel=AR-point99
2020 Podcast Interview / A Baha’i Perspective / About: how the Baha’i Faith and spirituality have shaped my approach to art making /
https://www.everand.com/podcast/455575577/A-Baha-i-Perspective-Ania-Telfer-A-
Baha-i-Perspective-Ania-Telfer
2021 The Oneness of All Spiritual Life / Contributor to Mediation Project/ Painting / https://www.yogaavecmoi.com/bmpblog/2020/8/11/29365-hidden-word-1-part-i-arabica- k9rch-3yy2c-gbnwl-ggz6j-mmp9n-janlm-nsh2c-ekh4d-emh4d-6bk7k-yc9tj-jart4-d9b2k- r9bze
2019 Educating Children Through Arts / Film Interview / Edmonton Baha’i Community / Edmonton, AB
2019 I Paint the Spiritual World / Sonjel Vreeland / the inspiration behind my art / https://www.bahaiblog.net/image/visual-arts/i-paint-the-spiritual-world-the-art-of-ania- telfer/
2019 Emerging Transformed / Monika Blichar / the role of intuition in my creative process / https://theartworldexpo.com/2019/04/11/emerging-transformed-ania-telfer-at-awe- edmonton/
Memberships
2023-present Member / CARFAC Alberta
2023-present Painter, Performer, AV, Collaborator / Beyond the Frame Collective