CURRENTLY ON VIEW
Group Show
September 12 - October 22, 2022
Ghosts of Empires II
Group Show
September 3–October 22, 2022
Wonder Women
Group Show
April 30, 2022 - February 26, 2023
The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
Short Documentary
In the Making, American Masters, A new documentary short film by Ligaiya Romero: Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon available on PBS website
NEWS
Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
The SW Studio Program awards 17 artists with a free studio for one year. That means I'll be moving my studio to Dumbo after 14 years in Sunset Park! There will be an open studios event in April, so please stay tuned.
Video Recording: ReConnect / ReCollect Roundtable
Our roundtable from May 26th at University of Michigan was recorded and is now available to watch. The research from this residency has been informing the new work and was an intense and transformative experience.
RECENT PRESS
Artsy, Artists Are Reimagining the Family Portrait to Be More Inclusive, by Ayanna Dozier
San Francisco Chronicle, Maia Cruz Palileo's solo show weaves personal background with colonial history of Philippines, by Letha Ch'ien
Panorama, Un-Disciplining the Archive: Jerome Reyes and Maia Cruz Palileo, by Ellen Tani
Artsy, 16 Rising Artists of the Asian Diaspora in the United States, by Harley Wong
SSENSE, The Past is Proof Careful Nostalgia & Close History: Changing Our Perception of the Present, by Gaby Wilson
2019 Art Matters Grant Recipient
Hyperallergic, Best of 2019: Our Top 20 United States Art Shows, by Billy Anania
Artnet News, Here Are 6 of the Best ArtWorks at Art Basel Miami Beach 2019, by Andrew Goldstein
Art Basel Stories, Fresh Paint: Seven Artists on the Rise, by Karim Crippa
RECENT NEWS
Solo Show
September 14 - December 4, 2021
Long Kwento, Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
Group Show
July 24 - November 27, 2021
Relations Diaspora and Painting
Esker Foundation, Calgary, Alberta
Catalogue available for purchase here
Art Fair
September 9-12
The Armory Show, Monique Meloche, FOCUS
Javits Center, New York, NY
Solo Show
March 6 - April 10, 2021
The Answer is the Waves of the Sea, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
Digital Catalogue HERE
VIDEO: Virtual Walkthrough HERE
Group Show
April 14 - 25, 2021
Contemporary Domesticity, Taymour Grahne Projects
Noho Studios, 46 Great Titchfield St, Fitzrovia London W1W 7QA
December 2020
I am thrilled to be a recipient of the 2020 Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists!
Established through a provision of the artist’s Last Will and Testament, the Foundation has supported the work and artistic development of individual artists since 2001. Initially nominated by artists and arts professionals from across the country, a second panel of jurors selected four grantees to receive unrestricted funds to work in a technique, medium or discipline that is different from the one for which they are primarily recognized.
I plan to use the grant to learn woodworking to expand my practice.
October 2020
In the Making | American Masters | PBS: A new documentary short film series
click on image to watch full film (US and Canada only)
Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon
Filmmaker Ligaiya Romero explores the life and work of Maia Cruz Palileo, the multi-disciplinary, Brooklyn-based artist who examines themes of migration and the permeable concept of home in her works, inspired by the oral history of her family’s arrival in the United States from the Philippines.
Watch the full film HERE
American Masters and Firelight Media present In the Making, a new documentary short film series following the lives and journeys of eight emerging BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) cultural artists who bring insight and originality to their artistic craft.
Featuring eight cinematic and character-driven shorts by emerging BIPOC filmmakers, In the Making explores the artistic process of up-and-coming creatives through non-fiction storytelling.
July 8 - November 29th, 2020
RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting at PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montréal (Quebec)
PAST
February 8 – April 11, 2020
All of Them Witches at Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
December 5-8, 2019
Art Basel Miami with Monique Meloche Gallery
June 15, 2019- August 11, 2019 / September 3-October 20, 2019
Maia Cruz Palileo at Katzen Arts Center American University, Washington DC
September 19-22, 2019
EXPO Chicago with Monique Meloche Gallery
July 11 - August 24, 2019
The Empathy Lab at Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
June 20 - August 16, 2019
THEM at Perrotin, New York, NY
July 2 - 13, 2019
Cultural Cousins, Chashama, New York, NY
May 25 - June 17, 2019
I'm Made of Water at Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY
February 2 - March 30, 2019
All The While I Thought You Had Received This at Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL
November 3 - December 1, 2018
Gold at Yutaka Kikutake Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
September 25 — October 7, 2018
The Way Back with Taymour Grahne, London, UK
February 2 - November 4, 2018
Face of the Future at The Rubin Museum, New York, NY
June 14 - September 16, 2018
Cast of Characters at LGBT Community Center, New York, NY
August 10 - 24, 2018
Junk Envy: Jordan Buschur and Maia Cruz Palileo at Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH
June 30 - July 7, 2018
USPS at Visual Arts, Architecture and Design School Free University of Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
May 17 - July 8, 2018
Meandering Curves of a Creek at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY