Frances Breden
Image of Frances Breden, a white woman with long brown hair, wearing a black baseball cap that says "worm", a black hoodie, and an apron in a colourful ceramics studio

Frances Breden is a curator and artist dedicated to community-based and collective art-making in digital and IRL spaces. She has a special interest in collective writing and self-publishing practices, from online workshops, to memes, to zines.

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Projects

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COVEN BERLIN

COVEN BERLIN is a queer art collective focused on feminism, love, gender, and sexuality. Here are some of COVEN's exhibitions, artworks, events, and more!
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Sickness Affinity Group

Sickness Affinity Group (SAG) is a group of art workers and activists who work on the topic of sickness/disability and/or are affected by sickness/disability.
Two people sit in the U-Bahn. Their faces are covered by large newspapers in black and white saying

eigenart

Starting at the end of 2021, I was the editorial lead of eigenart Magazine, the student magazine of the University of the Arts Berlin.
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PRESENTS

PRESENTS is an experimental, accessible video art screening series I co-curate with RA Walden.
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Complainers & Killjoys

Together with Cem A. and Harley Aussoleil, Complainers & Killjoys (formerly HÖR NY) is a collective which offers workshops on criticizing the art world and its institutions through memes.
Collage of a candle, the globe, and red, green, and white string on a background of outer space.

Making Queer - nGbK Vermittlungsstipendium

A workshop series looking at the intersection of queer identity and experimental arts practice.