Friederike (Fredi) Rahn was born in 1966 in Harlow, England. She studied ceramics at Sheridan College, ON, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Since 1990, she has maintained an active studio practice in Vancouver.

Fredi has participated in artists’ residencies at Watershed, Maine, the Archie Bray Foundation, Montana, and participated in the Mexico/Canada ceramics exchange in Puebla, Mexico and the Banff Centre.

She teaches at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. Fredi makes utilitarian tableware with strong decorative elements. Her work is exhibited across Canada and the United States.