Topalli-Shabani is the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Arts, at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj, where she has worked since 2022.

She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in 2005 at the State University of Tetova in Tetovo, North Macedonia, and her Master’s Degree in 2008 at the University of Prishtina in Prishtina, Kosovo. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Art History and Archaeology in the Faculty of Philosophy at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia.

She started her career in 2006 as a teacher of primary and secondary education in Ferizaj, Kosovo. In 2016, she transferred to Česk Zadeja Arts School in Ferizaj, where she taught painting until 2022.

She is the founder of the international mural festival, Mural Fest Kosova, as well as being the Curator from 2016-2024. She is also a member of the Management Board of the Art Gallery in Ferizaj, Kosovo.

She was the Vice President, from 2011-2014, as well as the President, from 2014-2016, of the Zef Kolombi Association of Figurative Art in Ferizaj, Kosovo.

As a reputable artist both in Kosovo and abroad, she has curated 9 personal exhibitions and over 50 collective exhibitions, in many countries such as Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania, Turkey, Switzerland and France. She has participated in many local and international conferences, presenting her art to a diverse audience. She has been declared Artist of the Year by the Municipality of Ferizaj.

She has been profiled in various local and international media, such as L’Espace, The Daily Telegraph and Jutarnji, as a tribune of her goal of the development of art culture in Kosovo.