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Illustrator and Arts Educator Fredde Lanka

Swedish artist Fredde explores and celebrates queer culture and community in his work. Beyond Pride month tokenism, Fredde thinks creating around these values may well have meant some big brand, big money projects won’t have come his way. But it leaves him feeling fulfilled and that’s worth a whole lot more.

Episode 270 of the Being Freelance podcast, hosted by Steve Folland, Fredde Lanka, Fredrik Andersson, titled "Illustrator and Arts Educator Fredde Lanka" was published on March 13, 2022 and runs 43 minutes.

March 13, 2022 ·43m · Being Freelance

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Swedish artist Fredde explores and celebrates queer culture and community in his work. Beyond Pride month tokenism, Fredde thinks creating around these values may well have meant some big brand, big money projects won’t have come his way. But it leaves him feeling fulfilled and that’s worth a whole lot more.

Episode Description

Creating posters for queer club nights, meant the work of Fredde Lanka (AKA Fredrik Andersson) was plastered all over London and that brought him more projects.

But it was when those nights shut in lockdown that things really picked up - he started connecting directly with his audience, creating portraits.

Now he splits his time between illustration, ceramics, teaching and running an art project for young queer people. The mix stops him being bored and leaves him feeling good.

Fredde can see that creating work that explores his queer values may well have meant some big brand, big money projects won’t have come to him (beyond Pride month tokenism). But this work leaves him feeling fulfilled and that’s worth a whole lot more.


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