Maisa Imamović

Who is she?

Maisa Imamović (BiH/NL, 1994) is a researcher, web designer/developer, and experimental educator. She critically studies the role of the single user and user behaviors generated by code. She codes to challenge the ideology of user-friendliness, support cultural platforms, respond to political gems, and socialize. Text + Code are her main mediums. In 2022, her first book The Psychology of the Web Developer, Reality of a Female Freelancer was published by the Institute of Network Cultures. In the academic year of 2024-2025, she taught creative coding and the history of cyberfeminism as an adjunct professor at USC Media Arts Practice, UCLA Design Media Arts, ArtCenter Interaction Design, CalArts Critical Studies and Integrated Media. She holds an MA degree in Aesthetics & Politics from the California Institute of the Arts. In 2025, her second book entitled Maisa in Webland: Detouring UX Destinies was published by Set Margins. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Media Arts + Practice at the University of Southern California.

Maisa and her dog Kaya, home 2026.

Hey to: maisaimamovic@gmail.com
Available for more work: October, 2026

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This website is not a CV per se, but absolutely inspired by the template of one. The list below is a collection of facts related to my practice. Some of these facts represent commissioned projects, proof of work, labour of love - they all track moments in my life + career that I humbly consider as personal traces of success. Users can highlight them for a more linear reading experience.

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NOWMaisa is a participating member of Olia Lialina’s Lattice Lab Reclaiming the Interface at transmediale 2027.
NOWMaisa is writing an essay TCC Girls.
NOWMaisa is making a website for Justin Close.
NOWMaisa is making a website for Sara Ballout.
NOWMaisa is making a website for Studio Adna i Ajna.
NOWMaisa is making a website for Vera Hofmann.
2026Maisa teaches a class: Advanced Web Technologies at ArtCenter | Interaction Design.
2026Maisa makes a website for Fondazione Maitreya in collaboration with Gianandrea Polleta. [opens in a new tab, documentation coming in summer]
2026Maisa gives a "Legal Artist Talk" during Peer2Peer: A Critical Internet Studies Gathering in LA @Feminist Center for Creative Work (FCCW). [opens in a new tab]
2026Maisa's work gets featured in Contemporary Lynx. [opens in a new tab]
2026Maisa organizes Applied Saturdays, 6-27 June @Rip Space. [opens in a new tab]
2026Maisa gets interviewed by Sampson Ohringer for: Artillery Mag on KCHUNG Radio. [opens in a new tab]
2026Maisa gets interviewed by Patrycja Rozwora for: Kitchen Conversations. [opens in a new tab]
GOOD NEWSMaisa is awarded a Center for Ethnographic Media Arts Graduate Fellowship(CEMA) for 2026–27.
2026Maisa gets interviewed by Suzanne van Heerde for: Can Artistic Research be Commodfied?. [opens in a new tab]
2026Maisa converses with Tom Leeser during exhibition e/Crit -s @PHASE Gallery. [opens in a new tab]
2026Maisa gives a "Legal Artist Talk" during a law symposium A Million Little States @USC Gould School of Law. [don't click, documentation in summer]
2026Maisa develops PUBLIC_BETA program in collaboration with STRP (Soft, Slow and Powerful edition). [opens in a new tab, documentation coming in summer]
2026Maisa gets interviewed by Geert Lovink about her second book: Maisa in Webland: Detouring UX Destinies. [opens in a new tab]
2026Maisa and Qianqian Ye perform a dialogue What’s More Important Than Two Women Talking About Teaching Creative Coding in the Age of AI? for an event Synthesis || @Spectra Studio. [opens in a new tab]
2026Maisa reads Spleak (first chapter from first book) for an event Around the Bloc @Wende Museum. [opens in a new tab, documentation coming before summer]
2026Maisa makes a website for Laura Mrkša. [opens in a new tab, documentation coming in summer]
2025Maisa's second book: Maisa in Webland: Detouring UX Destinies gets featured in Naive Weekly. [opens in a new tab]
NOWMaisa writes her second book: Maisa in Webland: Detouring UX Destinies. [opens in a new tab, documentation coming in summer]
2025Maisa makes a website for Ksenia Perek's ILEGALL. [opens in a new tab, documentation coming in summer]
2025Maisa makes a new website for VEIN.AGENCY. [opens in a new tab, documentation coming in summer]
2025Maisa organizes Really Radical Return to School, 19-21 September @Rip Space. [opens in a new tab]
2025Maisa exhibits her drawings during Algorithms and Untitled Drawings of Unmeasured Dimensions @MM/DD/YYYY gallery.
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2025Maisa completes Work-Trade Residency at High Desert Test Sites.
2025Maisa critiques in class: Studio/Critique at CalArts | Integrated Media.
2025Maisa teaches a class: Reading and Writing the Web at USC | Media Arts + Practice.
2025Maisa teaches a class: Interactive Prototyping 2 at ArtCenter | Interaction Design.
2025Maisa exhibits her drawings during PAST FUTURE PRESENT SPACE TIME DEADLINE @MM/DD/YYYY gallery.
GOOD NEWSMaisa gets accepted into the PhD program in Media Arts + Practice at USC! ☀︎
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2025Maisa teaches a class: Interactivity at UCLA | Design Media Arts.
2025Maisa teaches Winter Session: From Me to You - Coding to Socialize at CalArts | Art & Technology.
2025Maisa teaches Winter Session: Open-Source, Again at CalArts | Critical Studies.
GOOD NEWSMaisa receives Curator/Researcher Fund, from Mondriaan Funds, to write her second book with a publisher Set Margins.
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2024Maisa teaches a class: Advanced Platform at USC | Media Arts + Practice.
2024Maisa teaches a class: Cyberfeminism + Coding at CalArts | Critical Studies.
2024Maisa gives a guest lecture 4CHAPTERS ON WEB DESIGN at Rice University, Department of Art.
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2024Maisa completes a 5 month AI research fellowship at Parallax Futures, Berkeley.
2024Maisa graduates from MA Aesthetics & Politics at the California Institute of the Arts.
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2024Maisa writes an interview with Alexander Galloway for the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
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2023Maisa completes a Curatorial Fellowship at Visions2030.
2023Maisa writes an essay For an Imperfect Website: The Rise of Folder Templates for the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
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NOWNOW NOW..Life and Work of Maisa Imamović featured in Metropolis M. [opens in a new tab]
2023Maisa writes an essay For an Imperfect Website: Authenticity Revisited for the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
2023Maisa teaches a section on Cyberfeminism in Andrew Culp's Cyberpunk class.
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2023Maisa writes an essay For an Imperfect Website: The most vandalized form of art in the 21st century for the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
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GOOD NEWSMaisa receives Prins Bernhard Culture Fund to study in California.
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2022 Maisa writes a feature article about Petrit Halilaj's work for Metropolis M. [opens in a new tab]
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2021 Maisa writes A Poem about Venice Biennale 2021 at the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
2021 Maisa writes a report SWIPE RIGHT! Data, Dating, Desire for the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
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2021 Maisa writes Not everything grows exponentially at the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
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2021 Maisa writes an interview with Damir Imamović in Bosnian for the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
2021 Maisa writes an interview with Damir Imamović for the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
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2020Maisa writes an essay 1902 words of guilt for Platform BK. [opens in a new tab]
2020Maisa writes an essay Solo Dancing through Corona at the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
2020Maisa writes an essay Aesthetics of Boredom in times of Corona at the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
2020Maisa writes an essay Is noise the only thing we can hear? For Sonic Acts Academy. [link no longer exists]
2020Maisa writes an interview with [ ] behind Sunday at Bob’s. [opens in a new tab]
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2019 Maisa writes an interview with Omsk Social Club + !Mediengruppe Bitnik for the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
2019 Maisa writes a report Financial Hacking for MoneyLab#7 at the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
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2019 Maisa makes a website for Orszagvaros project. [link no longer exists]
2019 Maisa writes What is the idea behind Walky-Worky? at the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
2019 Maisa makes a first paid website for Ayesha Ghaoul. [link no longer exists]
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2019 Maisa writes a report The Carrier Bag Theory of Non-Fiction for the Institute of Network Cultures. [opens in a new tab]
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GOOD NEWSMaisa receives Berlage Fund for her graduation project.
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2017 Maisa interns for MacGuffin Magazine.

Book Tour Deets :''')

14/12/2025 — rile*, Brussels (BE/EU) ➪

18/12/2025 — Varia, Rotterdam (NL/EU) [+workshop] ➫

20/12/2025 — San Serriffe, Amsterdam (NL/EU) ➬

16/01/2026 — JOAN, Los Angeles (CA/US) ➭ [+workshop ➪]

25/01/2026 — Gray Area, San Francisco (CA/US) ➮

07/02/2026 — High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree (CA/US) ➯

17/03/2026 — Laichter House, Prague (CZ/EU)➬ [+workshop ➪]

19/03/2026 — transmediale studio, Berlin (DE/EU)➫ [+workshop ➬]

24/03/2026 — Falmouth University | Graphic Design, Online.