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MAIJA KURSEVA
Born in 1981 in Lielplatone, Latvia
Education
2008-2006 MA - Latvian Academy of Art, Department of Visual Communication, Riga, Latvia
2004 Berlin Art University (UdK), Department of Visual Communication, Berlin, Germany
2006-2002 BA - Latvian Academy of Art, Department of Visual Communication, Riga, Latvia
2002-1999 Riga Secondary School oh Arts and Crafts, Riga, Latvia
Creative work
Since 2010 Teacher of composition and screen printing at the Art Academy of Latvia, Movement. Image. Sound department, Riga, Latvia
2019-2017 Founder and director of “Low” gallery
2018-2012 Co-founder and editor of illustration and drawing magazine "Popper"
Since 2010 Riga Zine Fest program manager
Solo shows
2023 It's Getting Dark, PAPER POSITIONS AWARD by Kaiserwetter, 2022, Berlin, Germany*
2022 Tension, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2019 Black Lines, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2018 Investigation, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2017 Underground, gallery LOW, Riga, Latvia
2016 Checkered Order, Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2014 Series, Jūras vārti, Ventspils, Latvia
2010 Three-Legged Case, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
Group exhibitions
2023 Don't Cry! Feminist Perspectives in Latvian Art: 1965-2023", Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia*
2022 ES_TEXT, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2022 Minaki & Friends, Mianki.Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2022 PAPER POSITIONS Berlin 2021, Maksla XO Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
2021 Mini Print, Next Curve Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Line Archive, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2010 Weekly Revelation. Spring, art space - Tu jau zini kur, Riga, Latvia
2019 Talk to Me, Akiereyi Art Museum, Akeireyi, Iceland
2018 Once Two, Low gallery, Riga, Latvia
2017 New Acquisitions of the LNMA. The 21st Century - the Exhibition Hall Arsenals of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2017 Title Doesn’t Matter, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2017 Purvitis Prize 2017, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia*
2016 Light at the end of the cable – works from the State-owned collection of the future Latvia Museum of Contemporary Art, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia*
2016 Expanding the Scope of Printmaking – Tajuaņa Culture centre, Taiwan
2016 Printmaking in, Endla theatre, Pärnu, Estonia
2016 Lediņš. Between this and the other, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2015 A bigger peace, a smaller peace, Latvian Railway History Museum, Riga, Latvia
2015 Self-portrait, Maksla XO gallery, Riga, Latvia
2015 Systems, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2015 30 of 30, Kuldiga Artists’ Residence gallery, Kuldiga, Latvia and Lithuanian Artists’ Union, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Above the ground, gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia and gallery Malonioji6, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 1st Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial “Culture Line”, Kauno paveikslų galerija, Kaunas, Lithuania*
2015 Popper, gallery Alma, Riga, Latvia
2014 The Self, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2014 Popper, Jūrkalnes tautas nams, Latvia
2014 Connecting Points, Kaņepes Culture Centre, Riga, Latvia
2014 Sveika, galva!, Latvian Railway history museum, Riga, Latvia
2014 Grafika-S, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2013 ...lai gadījums kļūtu par notikumu..., Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2013 Odd Case, Art Museum of Tukums, Latvia
2013 Night Ride, Miit, Riga, Latvia
2013 Series, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2013 Summertime Readings, Cēsis Art Festival, Latvia and Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius (CAC), Lithuania
2013 The Witness, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2013 Scores for Indeterminate Places, Kaņepes Culture Centre, Riga, Latvia
2013 Astral Blackout, Kalnciema Quarter Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2012 Patience, Kaņepes Culture Centre, Riga, Latvia
2012 Degradation, Kaņepes Culture Centre, Riga, Latvia
2011 Is It That He Does Not Seek the Truth, But Does Want to Influence?, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2011 Woman's Space, Barona Street 2, Riga, Latvia
2011 Cold Soup, Helsinki Comics Centre Helsinki, Finland
2011 Zero Point, VEF Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2011 Tallinn Print Triennial, KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 A Smiling Lady On A Tiger. Kunst aus Riga, Städtische Galerie Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2010 The Way, Riga Airport, Latvia
2010 Cause and Effect, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2010 NextComic, Linz, Austria
2010 Riga Rings Out, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostok, Germany
2010 Ligatura, Poznan, Poland
2009 Boomfest, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009 Right Time Right Place, Valka, Latvia
2009 Art Vilnius, LITEXPO, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009 Spin, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2009 Submergence, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
2009 Verloren in der Stadt, LCB, Berlin, Germany
2009 Tell Me More…, Andrejsala, Riga, Latvia
2008 International Poetry Film Festival ZEBRA, Berlin, Germany
2008 Fluid State, M’ATUVU Creative Shopwindow, Brussels, Belgium
2008 Five to Five, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2008 Norlevo Fm, Scenography for UMKA.LV Puppet Theatre Play
2008 Permanent Green, Isola, Milan, Italy
2008 BUKET, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2008 Drawing, Gallery “Māksla XO”, Riga, Latvia
2008 Time Will Show, Museumsberg Flensburg, Flensburg, Germany
2007 Candy Bomber, Exhibition Hall “Arsenāls” of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2007 Changing Felt, Tāšu Manor, Liepāja, Latvia
2007 In the Beginning Was the Word, Poetry Days, Riga, Latvia
2007 Mobile Museum, Andrejsala, Riga, Latvia
2007 Urbanologic, Andrejsala, Riga, Latvia
2007 Extreme Crafts, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
2007 RigaREVIEW, Gallery “NGBK”, Berlin, Germany
2007 Granddady Garage, Andrejsala, Riga, Latvia
2006 MODA:KAPUT, Andrejsala, Riga, Latvia
2006 Language of Street #2, Jelgava, Latvia
2006 Feuerzug, Gallery “Schweiss Laden”, Berlin, Germany
2006 Group U25| Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery “K-Māksla?”, Karosta, Latvia
2006 MULHOUSE 006, Mulhouse, France
2006 Acuraugs, Gallery “Betanovuss”, Riga, Latvia
2005 Identity, Strasbourg University oh Decorative Art, Strasbourg, France
2005 Jukas, Exhibition Hall “Arsenāls” of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2004 Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary
2004 Bad Sheet Stories, Szentendre, Hungary
Residencies
2020 Kai, Tallinn, Estonia
2019 International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
2019 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2013 Iaspis, Umea, Sweeden
Awards
2022 PAPER POSITIONS AWARD by RKA, Berlin, Germany
Works in Public Collections:
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
Latvian Contemporary Art Museum Collection, Riga, Latvia