Maija Nürnberger Puriņš

Past becoming present: when a search for identity and heritage is interrupted by the repetition of historical narrative

Maija Nürnberger Puriņš is an artist living and working in Stockholm, Sweden. She is originally from London with both German and Latvian heritage, from which she draws influences for her work. Her interests focus on geopolitics, historical narratives and depictions of journeys and movements of people. She uses drawing as well as the sequential nature of the graphic novel, to explore these various themes. Maija has a BA in Illustration Animation from Kingston University in London (2019) and graduated from Konstfack University in Stockholm with an MA in visual communication (2023).