Education

• Ontario Academic Credit in Art; Sienna, Venice & Florence, Italy

• Nova Scotia College of Art and Design; Halifax, Canada

• Concordia University; Montreal, Canada

• BA in Communication, Minor in Photography (2001)

• St. Stephen’s College; Edmonton, Canada

  • Graduate Certificate in Spiritually Focused Expressive Arts (2022)

• City University of Seattle; Edmonton, Canada

  • Masters of Counselling second year

Selected shows

• "Glimpses of the Divine Springtime" Solo Show, Bleeding Heart Art Space Edmonton AB, April 2023

• Night of Artists Art Walk and Gala, Group Show, Edmonton, AB, March 2023

• Night of Artists, LOVE Exhibit, Group Show, Edmonton AB, February 2023

• Eternal Summer, Group Show, Multicultural Heritage Centre, Stony Plain, AB, December 2022

• Night of Artists, Opening Exhibit, Edmonton AB, December 2022

• Nowadays Group Show, Florence Contemporary Gallery, December 2022

• Colours of the Soul Group Show, New Art Project, December 2022

• SkirtsAFire Festival; Live Painting, Edmonton AB; March 2022

• Lois Hole Library; “Isolation Art”; Solo Show; Edmonton AB; January 2022

• Lois Hole Library; “Art Can Rescue the World”; Solo Show; Edmonton AB; December 2021

• Blue Sky Lofts, “Smalls” Group Show; Edmonton AB, November 202

• Body Beautiful, Group Show, Multicultural Heritage Centre, Stony Plain, AB, 2021

• Remedy Cafe, “One Fire”, Solo Show; Edmonton AB; October 2021

• Whyte Ave Art Walk, Group Show; Edmonton AB; July 2021

• Harcourt House, Group Show; “PandemArtium”; Edmonton AB; June 2021

• Women Artists Born Global, March Exhibition, Group Show; Online Gallery March 2021

• Bleeding Heart Art Space Social Media Takeover. Solo Show; Edmonton AB; February 2021

• Edmonton Public Library “IMAGINE”, Group Show; Edmonton, AB; September 2020

• Women Artists Born Global, Summer 2020 Exhibition, Group Show; Online Gallery June 2020

• Ridvan Festival; Live Painting; Edmonton, AB; May 2020

• Roots on Whyte -Solo Show; Edmonton, AB; January 2020

• “A Face in the Crowd” Group Show, Edmonton AB; October 2019

•  “Whyte Ave Art Walk”, Group Show; Edmonton, AB; July 2019

• Harcourt House, Group Show: “Metaphor and Art”; Edmonton, AB; June 2019

•  “YEG Canvas” Group Show; Edmonton, AB; June 2019

• Art Mentorship Society of Alberta Group Show “Art Market”; Edmonton, AB; June 2019

• Ridvan Festival; Live Painting; Edmonton, AB; May 2019

• Art World Expo, Group Show; Edmonton, AB; April 2019

• Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Solo Show, “Heal Me”; Edmonton, AB; March 2019

• Remedy Cafe, Solo Show, “Intuit”; Edmonton, AB; March 2019

• Alberta Baha’i Winter School, Art for Auction; Edmonton, AB; February 2019

• Bleeding Heart Art Space, Group Show “Open Walls”; Edmonton, AB; December 2018

• Art Mentorship Society of Alberta Group Show “Hark! An Exhibition of Angels”; Edmonton, AB; December 2018

• C-Tribe Festival; Live Painting, Edmonton, AB; November 2018

• Birthday Gala Art Mentorship Society of Alberta, Group Show; Edmonton, AB; November 2018

• Art From the Unknown, Group Show; Edmonton AB; October 2018

• Art Mentorship Society of Alberta, Group Show; Edmonton, AB; September 2018

• Harcourt House, Group Show “In Search of the Human Essence”; Edmonton, AB; July 2018

• Art Mentorship Society of Alberta, Group Show; Edmonton, AB; November 2017

• Art Mentorship Society of Alberta, Group Show; Edmonton, AB; September 2016

• North Vancouver Community Arts Council, Group Show “Homesick”; Vancouver, BC; May 2016

• Art Gallery of Alberta, Group Show, “Showcase”; Edmonton, Alberta; May 2016 

• Latitude 53, Solo Show, “The Valley of Search”; Edmonton, Alberta; July 2007 

• Art Gallery of Alberta, Group Show; Edmonton, Alberta; May 2007

• Anna Leonowans, Group Show, “Women in Photography”; Halifax, Nova Scotia; November 1999 

• Group Show, “Advanced Colour Photo”; Halifax, Nova Scotia; November 1999

Grants Awarded

• Edmonton Arts Council Small Project Grant; January 2019

Press

• Very Much Alive: Stories of Resilience, Anthology February 2021

• Edmonton Public Library Q&A: Art, Life and Creativity, January 2021

• Podcast Interview on A Baha'i Perspective March 2020

• “Children’s Classes and Arts”, Baha’i Community of Edmonton, film interview October 2019

• “I Paint the Spiritual World”, Sonjel Vreeland; www.bahaiblog.net  August 2019

• AR Productions -Edmonton Whyte Ave Art Walk 2019 - The Art of Ania Telfer – July 2019

• “Emerging Transformed: Ania Telfer at AWE – Edmonton”, Monika Blichar; May 2019; www.artworldexpo.com

Other Arts Experience and Projects

• Featured on Abstract Arts Mag, New_And_Modern and, Studio View Daily

• Workshop Facilitator: Creating Community through the Arts; 2019

• Weekly Volunteer Arts Based Programming Teacher for children; January 2007 – present

• Self-published Board Book, “Valleys of Wonder: Selections from the Writings of Baha’u’llah”; 2017

• Collaborative Art Project with my volunteer children’s class for Bent Arrow Organization for Reconciliation; 2014