Maria Juur (born 15 March 1988), better known by her stage name Maria Minerva, is an Estonian musician and activist. Maria Minerva is the recipient of two

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. Her releases have received critical acclaim from music publications such as

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and

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. One of Maria Minerva's early supporters was the influential pop critic Simon Reynolds. She was named as one of the seminal Los Angeles artists by

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and appeared on Estonian World's annual "Top 12 Most Outstanding Estonian Women in the World" list. Maria graduated from the

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and

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, where she studied with British cultural theorist

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. Her father Mart Juur is an Estonian humorist, writer and TV/radio personality. As of 2018, Juur was a member of the Estonian Greens political party.

Collaboration with Cherushii

Chelsea Faith a.k.a. Cherushii was one of the 36 victims of the

2016 Oakland warehouse fire The Ghost Ship warehouse fire was a fire that occurred in a former warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland, California, that had been converted into an artist collective with living spaces. The fire occurred on December 2, 2016, at ...

. In 2019, the EP ''Cherushii & Maria Minerva'' was released, which had been nearly completed before Cherushii died and includes repurposed tracks from previous Cherushii releases.

Discography

* ''Sacred and Profane Love'' 12" EP (100% Silk, 2011) * ''Cabaret Cixous'' CD/LP (Not Not Fun, 2011) * ''Noble Savage'' 12" EP (100% Silk, 2011) * ''Tallinn At Dawn'' CS (Not Not Fun, 2011) * ''Nii hea'' with Ajukaja, 10" Single (Pudru Kuul, 2012) * ''The Integration LP'' with LA Vampires (Not Not Fun, 2012) * ''Will Happiness Find Me?'' CD/LP (Not Not Fun, 2012) * ''Bless'' 12" EP (100% Silk, 2013) * ''Histrionic'' LP (Not Not Fun, 2014) * ''C U Again'' with Ajukaja, 12" EP (Pudru Kuul, 2014) * ''S/T'' with Cherushii, 12" EP (100% Silk, 2019) * ''Soft Power'', CS (100% Silk, 2020)

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