About
Freddie Maria Tetzlaff is a visual artist based in Hamburg/Germany.
Their work has a focus on illustrations, objects and moving images which ranges from personal projects including self-publishing and commercial work.
Freddie Maria graduated with a BFA in Illustration at the „University of applied Science, Department Design“ in Hamburg (DE) and with a MFA in Visual Communication at "Konstfack" in Stockholm (SE).
Feel free to contact them for commissions or collaborations or just to say hi!
Contact:
maria.tetzlaff@riseup.net
Their work has a focus on illustrations, objects and moving images which ranges from personal projects including self-publishing and commercial work.
Freddie Maria graduated with a BFA in Illustration at the „University of applied Science, Department Design“ in Hamburg (DE) and with a MFA in Visual Communication at "Konstfack" in Stockholm (SE).
Feel free to contact them for commissions or collaborations or just to say hi!
Contact:
maria.tetzlaff@riseup.net
Grants, Fellowships and Residencies
2025 Upcoming: Kunstnerhuset ART 56, Hvide Sande, Denmark - Residency
2024 Björkö Konstnod - Walking as practice, Sweden/Björkö - Residency
2021 Hamburger Zukunftsstipendien für Bildende Kunst und Literatur der Behörde für Kultur und
Medien in Kooperation mit der Hamburgischen Kulturstiftung und dem Berufsverband
bildender Künstler*innen - Grant
2020 Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Foundation - Grant
2017 Place of the chord, Malcom Island, Canada/ BC - Residency
2017 The James Black Gallery,Vancouver, Canada/ BC - Residency
2016 Pentiment - International Summeracadamy for Art and Design- Fellowship
2016 “Queer Comics and Zines Minifestival”, funded by "Gleichstellungsmittel der HAW Hamburg"
Exhibitions (selection)
2025 Upcoming: Kunstnerhuset ART 56, Hvide Sande, Denmark
2025 Lines Fiction, Kunsthaus Erfurt
2024/25 Lines Fiction, Kunstraum Kreuzbeug, Berlin
2024 100% FUX, Frappant, Hamburg/ DE
2024 „I would buy a pony for you!“, „Magnus-Hirschfeld-Centre“, Hamburg/ DE
2023/24 „I would buy a pony for you!“, Sakuku, Göttingen/ DE
2023 100% Fux, Frappant, Hamburg/ DE
2022 Anonymous Drawing, HYCP VEDDEL SPACE, Hamburg/DE
2022 Windowshop-screening, Curated Animations, Room for Illustration, Hamburg/DE
2022 Ilustro Festival Belgrade, category - personal projects, Belgrade/RS
2021 WOW! An inclusive exhibition „Atelier HoLa“, Galerie Ladöns, Hamburg/ DE
(Pojectmanagemant and curation)
2020 Graduates of Konstfack, Stockholm/ SE
2019 Students of Konstfack - Internationales Comicfestival Stockholm/ SE
2018 Fumetto - international Comicfestival, Lucerne/CH
2018 Print Ready, Vancouver/CA
2017 old journals, The James Black Gallery, Vancouver/ CA
2016 “Aber Übermorgen“, Comicfestival Hamburg/ DE
2016 Womens international Comic Art Festival, Brussels/ BE
2016 Milch und Kohle, Fumetto – International Comicfestival, Lucerne/ CH
2015 L‘épouvantail , BDFIL, Festival de Bande Dessinée, Lausanne/ CH
2013 COMICLEBEN-COMICLIFE, Museum for Art und Crafts, Hamburg/ DE
2013 Milch und Kohle, Fumetto Comicfestival, Lucerne/ CH
2012 HOME SWEET HOME, NEXTCOMIC Festival, Linz/ AU
2012 Ligatura Comic Festival, Posen/ PL
2012 Grimm Project, Goethe Institue, Rome/ IT
2012 “laub”, Neurotitan, Berlin/ DE
Education
2018 - 2020 Master of Arts in Visual Communication,
Konstfack - University of Crafts, Art and Design, Stockholm/ SE
2009 - 2016 University of Applied Science, Department Design - Illustration, Hamburg/DE
Teaching, curation and projects
06/2025 - 07/2025 Upcoming - Lecturer in free drawing at Fachschule für Gestaltung, Hamburg
03/2025 - 06/2025 Lecturer at University of Europe for Applied Science -
Illustration programme at Campus Hamburg
03/2025 Lecturer in free drawing at Schlei-Akademie
01/2025 - curr. Production assistant at Klabauter Theater, Hamburg
01/2020-12/2021
09/2024 - 02/2025 Lecturer in free drawing at htk academy
2021 - 2023 Curation and organizational work at “Galerie Ladöns”, Gängeviertel e.V., Hamburg
2020- 2022 Project leader for the inclusive studio „Atelier HoLa“, Das Rauhe Haus, Hamburg