top of page
17919344819371715.jpg

ARTIST CV

Artistic and cultural work presented to the public

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                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 / N. Vancouver Community Arts Council / Vancouver BC

2007                The Valley of Search / Artist: photography / Latitude 53 / Edmonton AB

1999                Women in Photography / Artist: photography / Anna Leonowens Gallery / Halifax NS

 

Arts and cultural work experience and community collaboration activities

2023/current    Building Vibrant Communities; Find Your Bliss / Expressive Arts Workshop / Strathcona Library / Edmonton Public Schools; Bruyer & Mackay LLP / NDT Global / Edmonton, AB; Nisku, AB; Sherwood Park, AB

2023/ current   Arts Classes for Children / Art Can Rescue the World / Edmonton, AB

2023/ current   Arts Based Mental Health Counselling / Art Can Rescue the World / Edmonton, AB

2014                Truth and Reconciliation Art Project / Baha’i Children’s Class / Collaboration with Bent Arrow Organization / Edmonton AB

2019/ current   Team Building Through Expressive Arts / Edmonton AB

2000 – 2014    Photography and Video/ Montreal, QC; Lucknow, India; Edmonton, AB

 

Teaching and mentorships

2022                Building Vibrant Communities / Junior Youth Empowerment Program / Edmonton AB

2019                Building Vibrant Communities / Alberta Baha'i Winter School / Edmonton AB

Volunteer and art donations for non-profit

2024                Art for Auction / Mile Zero Dance / 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 / Adults and children / Edmonton, AB

 

Residencies

2023                Nina Haggerty Arts Centre/ RBC Emerging Artist Program/ About: mentored artists with disabilities and received mentorship from arts professionals / 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=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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 / About: 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 / About: 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, Dancer, Collaborator / Beyond the Frame Collective

2022-present   Member / Alberta Society of Artists

bottom of page