Maija Kurševa has graduated from the Art Academy of Latvia Department of Visual Communications; she has also studied at Berlin University of Arts. She has participated in group exhibitions in Riga, Vilnius, Berlin, Moscow, Tallinn, Brussels, St Petersburg, Bremen, Helsinki and elsewhere; she has also had several solo shows.
At the moment Maija Kurševa is active in the artists’ collective “Popper Publishing“, is among organisers of the Riga Zine Festival, as well as teaches screenprinting and illustration at the Art Academy of Latvia
"Studija Library” is a series of books providing a comprehensive insight into the Latvian art scene of the turn of the 21st century. Each book includes a basic text, an interview, a selection of images as well as full translation into English. The first book of the series was published in 2008.
