About
Josefine Fredrica
Josefine Fredrica is a fashion artist and designer based in Norrköping, Sweden. She graduated with a master in Fine Arts Fashion Design from The Swedish School of Textiles in 2023.The core of her work is upcycling of materials and memories, connecting environmental and social values with the body as display. With a focus on nostalgia and storytelling, she uses her own as well as others’ memories to give them new settings and values, by the means of a deep interest in both physical and psychological memories. The work builds from both different psychological fields like therapy and body language, as well as from other creative fields like photograhpic and fictional writing methods. The human psyche is ever present in her work, as a catalyst for what nostalgia is and how it can affect us as individuals, in relationships and as a society, as well as how it can be used as a progressive method in art. In a constant dialogue between past, present and future, presence and abscence, private and public, creator and audience, 2D and 3D, these physical and psycological memories are used to twist and turn the past, and evoke feelings of identification and empathy in dress. The purpose of her work is to develop the upcycling field by broaden the perspective of what it can involve, as well as add to the discussion of what fashion can be by questioning the purpose of garments and explore its therepeutic values. She is committed to involvement in a wide spectrum of creativity, both in the early conceptualization, the practical execution and the visual communication of her own and others’ work.
Education
MFA Fashion Design / The Swedish School of Textiles, Sweden [2021-23]
BFA Fashion Design / The Swedish School of Textiles, Sweden [2018-21]
Fashion & Textil Design / Textilakademin, Sweden [2016-18]
MFA Fashion Design / The Swedish School of Textiles, Sweden [2021-23]
BFA Fashion Design / The Swedish School of Textiles, Sweden [2018-21]
Fashion & Textil Design / Textilakademin, Sweden [2016-18]
Recognitions
Selected for Slow Fashion Show 2024 / Czech Republic+Sweden [2024]
Shortlisted in Arts Thead x Gucci Global Design Graduate Show 23 / UK [2023]
Nominated by The Swedish School of Textiles for the 2023 Nordic Council Environment Prize / Sweden [2023]
Rewarded from Estrid Ericson’s Foundation / Sweden [2023]
Rewarded from Robert A:son Byttner’s Scholarship Fund / Sweden [2022, 21]
Rewarded Norrköping’s Municipality's Culture Scholarship for Young Promising Talents / Sweden [2021]
Rewarded from The Foundation of Thure Johan and Hilma Janse’s Memorial Fund / Sweden [2016]
Selected for Slow Fashion Show 2024 / Czech Republic+Sweden [2024]
Shortlisted in Arts Thead x Gucci Global Design Graduate Show 23 / UK [2023]
Nominated by The Swedish School of Textiles for the 2023 Nordic Council Environment Prize / Sweden [2023]
Rewarded from Estrid Ericson’s Foundation / Sweden [2023]
Rewarded from Robert A:son Byttner’s Scholarship Fund / Sweden [2022, 21]
Rewarded Norrköping’s Municipality's Culture Scholarship for Young Promising Talents / Sweden [2021]
Rewarded from The Foundation of Thure Johan and Hilma Janse’s Memorial Fund / Sweden [2016]
Selected Group Exhibitions & Shows
Class of 23’ MA Degree Work Showroom / Paris Fashion Week, France [2023]
Class of 23’ MA Degree Work Show & Showroom / Stockholm Fashion District, Sweden [2023]
MOMENTUM Exhibition / Textile Fashion Center, Sweden [2022]
EXIT21 Digital Show / London Fashion Week, UK [2021]
EXIT21 Exhibition & Showroom / Stockholm Fashion Week, Sweden [2021]
Eternal Fashion - An Exhibition About our Times / Sofiero Palace and Park, Sweden [2021]
Designers Knit Exhibition / The Textile Museum of Sweden, Sweden [2019-20]
TVÅTUSEN KNIT ON Show / Studio HPKSM, Sweden [2019]
Textilakademin tolkar ‘Form Follows Fiction: The Face of God’ Exhibition / Vandalorum Museum for Arts and Design, Sweden [2017-18]
Class of 23’ MA Degree Work Showroom / Paris Fashion Week, France [2023]
Class of 23’ MA Degree Work Show & Showroom / Stockholm Fashion District, Sweden [2023]
MOMENTUM Exhibition / Textile Fashion Center, Sweden [2022]
EXIT21 Digital Show / London Fashion Week, UK [2021]
EXIT21 Exhibition & Showroom / Stockholm Fashion Week, Sweden [2021]
Eternal Fashion - An Exhibition About our Times / Sofiero Palace and Park, Sweden [2021]
Designers Knit Exhibition / The Textile Museum of Sweden, Sweden [2019-20]
TVÅTUSEN KNIT ON Show / Studio HPKSM, Sweden [2019]
Textilakademin tolkar ‘Form Follows Fiction: The Face of God’ Exhibition / Vandalorum Museum for Arts and Design, Sweden [2017-18]
Press
BRICKS / UK [Apr 2024]
Damernas Värld / Sweden [Mar 2024, Aug 23]
Asterisk / Sweden [Feb 2024]
LUNCH Journal / UK [Sep 2023]
UNPOLISHED MAGAZINE / Poland [Jul 2023]
mother may i forgive you / Italy [Nov 2022]
The Forumist / Sweden [Jul 2022]
Plaza Magazine / Sweden [No. 194 Jun 2022]
Scandinavian MIND / Sweden [May 2022, Issue 3 Apr 22, Sep 21]
DN / Sweden [No. 2022-04-19 Apr 2022]
ODALISQUE Magazine / Sweden [Mar 2022, Apr 21]
1 Granary / UK [Sep 2021]
Vogue / US [Sep 2021]
Elle / Sweden [No. 8 Aug 2021]
Mordant Magazine / UK [Vol. 4 Jul 2021]
Teeth Magazine / UK [May 2021]
SICKY MAGAZINE / UK [Nov 2020]
BRICKS / UK [Apr 2024]
Damernas Värld / Sweden [Mar 2024, Aug 23]
Asterisk / Sweden [Feb 2024]
LUNCH Journal / UK [Sep 2023]
UNPOLISHED MAGAZINE / Poland [Jul 2023]
mother may i forgive you / Italy [Nov 2022]
The Forumist / Sweden [Jul 2022]
Plaza Magazine / Sweden [No. 194 Jun 2022]
Scandinavian MIND / Sweden [May 2022, Issue 3 Apr 22, Sep 21]
DN / Sweden [No. 2022-04-19 Apr 2022]
ODALISQUE Magazine / Sweden [Mar 2022, Apr 21]
1 Granary / UK [Sep 2021]
Vogue / US [Sep 2021]
Elle / Sweden [No. 8 Aug 2021]
Mordant Magazine / UK [Vol. 4 Jul 2021]
Teeth Magazine / UK [May 2021]
SICKY MAGAZINE / UK [Nov 2020]
Stockists
Cay Collective / Sweden [2024-]
Fashion PWR / Sweden [2024-]
LUNCH CONCEPT / UK [2023-]
Slow Fashion Hub Market / Sweden [2024]
Pop Up Gallery / Sweden [2024]
á la London Design Market / Sweden [2023, 24]
Rian Design Museum Store / Sweden [2024]
Myrorna Second Hand Pop Up Shop Window / Sweden [2024]
Svensk Form Stockholm Design Market / Sweden [2023]
Arbetets Museum Design Market / Sweden [2023]
Textile Fashion Center Design Market / Sweden [2022, 23]
The Forumist Store / Sweden [2022-23]
033 RETRO / Sweden [2022-23]
F/ACT Movement x Way Out West Festival Pop Up Store / Sweden [2022]
Cay Collective / Sweden [2024-]
Fashion PWR / Sweden [2024-]
LUNCH CONCEPT / UK [2023-]
Slow Fashion Hub Market / Sweden [2024]
Pop Up Gallery / Sweden [2024]
á la London Design Market / Sweden [2023, 24]
Rian Design Museum Store / Sweden [2024]
Myrorna Second Hand Pop Up Shop Window / Sweden [2024]
Svensk Form Stockholm Design Market / Sweden [2023]
Arbetets Museum Design Market / Sweden [2023]
Textile Fashion Center Design Market / Sweden [2022, 23]
The Forumist Store / Sweden [2022-23]
033 RETRO / Sweden [2022-23]
F/ACT Movement x Way Out West Festival Pop Up Store / Sweden [2022]