Ania Freer is an Australian-Jamaican artist, filmmaker, cultural researcher, and curator based between New York City and Jamaica. Working in installation, film and curating, Ania uses oral histories to explore identity through themes of resistance, labour, folklore, craft traditions, race and class. Her films work to disrupt imperialist narratives and recenter marginalised voices. Ania is the founder of Goat Curry Gallery, a platform which features artworks from Jamaican craft producers along with her documentary series Real Talk, an intimate collection of video portraits from across Jamaica. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Film Theory from the University of Sydney.

Ania’s work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Jamaica and her film, Strictly Two Wheel, won Best Documentary Short at Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival. She is a Caribbean Film Academy Fellow, New Local Space Kingston Curatorial and Art Writing Fellow and is the recipient of the American Australian Association Arts Fund scholarship. Ania was awarded residencies at Art Omi, Ox-Bow and Artist in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE). Her work has been featured in Jamaica Journal, Forgotten Lands and DIZZY Magazine.