About Felicia Fortes

Illustrator, graphic designer, and artist Felicia Fortes paints, illustrates, designs, and writes from her studio on Ringön, an industrial and creative area in her hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden. She studied art, literature, and illustration at the University of Gothenburg.

Illustrator

Felicia Fortes is recognized for her editorial illustrations in newspapers and magazines as Dagens Nyheter, Göteborgs-Posten, Kommunalarbetaren, and Filter.

Her debut as a children’s book illustrator came with  Addis afro in 2024, followed by Kattkriget and High-five in 2025.

Graphic Designer

As a graphic designer Felicia mostly designs for cultural projects and institutions like Göteborg Film Festival, Världskulturmuseerna, Nordiska Folkhögskolan, several book projects and exhibitions. In the commercial arena she worked as an art director for MQ Market. 

Artist

As an artist, Felicia has made wall paintings with girls tackling everyday relations. In her art, she explores family memory, sad fairytales, and her suburban upbringing. She has also inspired others with her 100-day projects, Imaginary Places, and Fortes’ Fauna.

Educator

With a background in teaching, Felicia knows how to package and share her knowledge in workshops and lectures and has been a recurring guest educator at several places for many years. Her workshops are built out of her curiosity and her everyday findings as an illustrator and artist, from inspiring sessions on arbitrary storytelling, inner landscapes, and collaborative image-making, to name a few. Her lectures span areas like ideation, creative processes, and business planning. Currently, Felicia is the illustration teacher in the course Bilderbok (focused on graphic novels and children’s books) at Sörängens folkhögskola.

Moderator

You can also hire Felicia Fortes to moderate talks on topics like movies, children’s book illustration, contemporary art, and peculiar cultural phenomenons.