Born 1979, Chicago, IL
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Represented by David Kordansky Gallery, LA and NYC and moniquemeloche, Chicago
Education
2015
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2008
MFA, Sculpture, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
2001
BA, Studio Art, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Days Later, Down River, moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
Days Later, Down River, Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL
2022
Long Kwento, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
2021
The Answer Is The Waves Of The Sea, moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
Long Kwento, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2019
All The While I Thought You Had Received This, moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
Maia Cruz Palileo, curated by Isabel Manalo, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
2018
The Way Back, Taymour Grahne, London, UK
Meandering Curves of a Creek, Pioneer Works, curated by Vivian Chui, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Dear, dear, dear, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Guavas and Ferns, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
Lost Looking, Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, curated by Jordan Buschur, New York, NY
2009
Lola’s House, Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
The Outwin: American Portratiure Today, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI (forthcoming)
The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA (forthcoming)
2023
Seven Rooms and a Garden, Moderna Museet, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm
The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
Downbeat Denniston Hill, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
This Too Shall Pass, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
Gathering, Five Myles, Brooklyn, NY
Presence in the Pause: Interiority and its Radical Immanence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha NE
Walk Against the Wind, Micki Meng and Parker Gallery, New York, NY
Felix Art Fair, moniquemeloche, Los Angeles, CA
Expo Chicago, moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Spirit in the Land, Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC
2022
The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
Wonder Women, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, NY, curated by Kathy Huang
A Point Stretched: Views on Time, San José Museum of Art, San José, CA
Ghost of Empires I, Ben Brown Gallery, Hong Kong
Wonder Women, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
Ghost of Empires II, Ben Brown Gallery, London, UK
The Nature of Family Portraits, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
Art Basel Miami Beach, moniquemeloche, Miami FL
Contemporary Filipino American Art, LH Horton Jr. Gallery at San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
Our Blue Planet: Global Visions of Water, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Our Island, Their People: Becoming an Archipelago, Pintô International, New York, NY
2021
Contemporary Domesticity, Taymour Grahne Projects, London, UK
2020
RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting, PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montréal, Quebec
All of Them Witches, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
Nova, Art Basel Miami Beach, moniquemeloche, Miami, FL
2019
Them, Perrotin, New York, NY
The Empathy Lab, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cultural Cousins, Chashama, New York, NY
I'm Made of Water, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2018
Gold, Yutaka Kikutake Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Face of the Future, The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
Junk Envy (Two-person show with Jordan Buschur), Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH
Cast of Characters, Bureau of General Services Queer Division, New York, NY
Queering Space, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
USPS, Kakha Bendukidze University Campus, Tbilisi, Georgia
2017
Found: Queer Archaeology; Queer Abstraction, The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, curated by Avram Finkelstein, New York, NY
The Alchemical Trace: Transformation and Resilience in Recent Work by LGBTQAI Artists,
curated by Ray Hernández-Durán, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM
Life and Living, organized by Deli Gallery, Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Kingston, NY
Crossing Borders and Globalization, New York Foundation for the Arts, McKinsey & Company, New York, NY
(De) Centered, curated by Janna Añonuevo Langholz and Isabel Manalo, WAS Gallery, Washington D.C.
Immigrant Artist Benefit, New York Foundation for the Arts, curated by Kate Bellin, Brooklyn, NY
Voyager, St. Joseph’s College Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Melted City 4, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines & ISB Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
2016
Distansya, Filipino American Museum at Ace Hotel, curated by Edwin Ramoran, New York, NY
A Verdant Summer, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
BAHAY:home, Rogue Space, organized by Advancement for Rural Kids, New York, NY
Well Travelled, Corridor Gallery, curated by Meridith McNeal, Brooklyn, NY
On Knowing Unknowing: A Material Narrative, Ortega y Gasset Projects, curated by Zahar Vaks, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Inside/Outside: Works from the Skowhegan Archives, Common Street Arts, curated by Michelle Grabner, Waterville, ME
+1 + 1, MADE and LABspace, TSA/Satellite Art Fair, Miami, FL
Queer/Art/Mentorship Annual Exhibition, Leslie + Lohman Prince Street Project, New York, NY
No Rush, No Dawdle, Lower East Side Printshop, curated by Dahlia Elsayed, New York, NY
Published by the Artist, International Print Center New York, organized by Erik Hougen, New York, NY
2014
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artists Grant Recipients, Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY
Studio Sessions, Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY
Secret City, Dixon Place, New York, NY
2013
Pluto, Present Company, Brooklyn, NY
Potluck Situation, chashama, Brooklyn, NY
The People’s Laundromat Theater by Shani Peters, The Laundromat Project Create Change Residency Project, Harlem, NY
2012
This House is Not a Home, South Side Hub of Production, Chicago, IL
Soldier’s Tale, Composer’s Alliance at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY
Miniature Quartet, Composer’s Alliance at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New
York, NY
2011
View Finder, curated by Eun Young Choi, ArtGate Gallery, New York, NY
Bronx Calling: The First AIM Biennial, curated by José Ruiz and Wayne Northcross, The Bronx Museum of the Arts and Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
Penetrating the Space, HERE Art Center, New York, NY
Fenced and Stitched, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, NY
Shakeout IV: Life Preservers curated by Jessica Shaefer, Marina 59, Far Rockaway, NY
Mining Between, Arts @ Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
Studio LLC, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Jamaica, NY
2010
About Me:, curated by Nora Lawrence, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
Penetrating the Space, Dixon Place, New York, NY
Curate NYC, Rush Arts Gallery, Essex Street Market, New York, NY
Crown Heights Film Festival, Five Myles, Brooklyn, NY
The Sea Giveth, The Sea Taketh Away, curated by Jessica Shaefer, Marina 59, Far Rockaway, NY
2009
Joan Mitchell Foundation 2008 MFA Grant Recipients, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
Linking Language and Lexicons, Literally and Laterally, Bushwick Beta Spaces, Brooklyn, NY
2008
MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, New York, NY
Awards / Fellowships
2023
Gold Art Prize 2023 Finalist
2022
Oscar Williams and Gene Derwood Award, New York, NY
2020
Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists, New York, NY
2019
Art Matters Grant, Art Matters Foundation, New York, NY
2018
Painters & Sculptors Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
2017
Travel and Study Program Grant, Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, MN
2015
Fellowship in Painting, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Queer/Art/Mentorship, Visual Arts Fellow, New York, NY
2014
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, New York, NY
2012
Outstanding Innovative Design, Nominee, New York Innovative Theater Awards, New York, NY
2009
Astraea Visual Arts Fund Award, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, New York, NY
2008
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
Joseph Skinner Fellowship in Art, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
2007
Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Graduate Investment Program Research Grant, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Print Publications
2019
DeLand, Lauren, Reviews: Maia Cruz Palileo, Art in America, May
Rouse, Sara, Maia Cruz Palileo: “All The While I Thought You Had Received This” Monique Meloche Gallery, New Art Examiner, March/April
2018
Budick, Ariella, Beautiful imagery from an ugly past, Financial Times, May
Legaspi, Joseph O., Special Section Philippine-American Lit, World Literature Today, March-April
2017
Brask, Jens-Peter, Brask Studio Visits III, Brask Publications
Levine, Shira, For Us, By Us, Pride Life, June
2016
Teotico, Jack, Stories from Home, Art+ Magazine, March
2015
Iversen, Kristin, Inside the Artist’s Studio, Brooklyn Magazine, Spring
D’Agostino, Paul, 5 Brooklyn Artists You Need to Know, L Magazine, Spring
2011
Webster, Andy, Support From a Love Sprite and Some Fractured Friends, New York Times, October
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Edited by Heng-Gil Han and Lori Otiz, 2011 Studio LLC, December
2009
Armetta, Amoreen, 2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation Recipients Exhibition Catalogue, June
Sering, Tara FT, Looking Homeward, Contemporary Art Philippines Magazine, Feb-March
Online Publications
2023
Almeda, Francine, Days Later, Down River: The Path to Follow, Sixty Inches From Center, May
Curtis-Evans, Kayla, I See Myself in You, Office Magazine, May
Rigou, Vasia, Cross-Cultural Historical Perspectives With a Side of Magical Realism, Newcity Art, May
Liu, Sophia,Interview with Maia Cruz Palileo, Surging Tide, April
Durón, Maximiliano, The Best Booths at LA’s Felix Art Fair, January
2022
Binlot, Ann, 11 Artists We Have Our Eyes On at This Year's Miami Beach Expo, High Snobiety, December
Dozier, Ayanna, The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel in Miami Beach 2022, Artsy, November
Mauer, Claudia, Ghosts of Empire II, curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Alethea Magazine, July
Gordon, Len, Ghosts of Empire II Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Art Plugged, July
History and Legacy Reconsidered in the Now: Ghosts of Empire II at Ben Brown Fine Arts London, 1883, July
Ghosts of Empires II: An Exhibition Articulating Black and Asian Diasporic Experiences, Artlyst, Ben Brown Fine Arts, July
2021
Dozier, Ayanna, Artists Are Reimagining The Family Portrait To Be More Inclusive, Artsy, April
Ch'ien, Letha, Maia Cruz Palileo's solo show weaves personal background with colonial history of Philippines,San Francisco Chronicle, September
Tani, Ellen, Un-Disciplining the Archive: Jerome Reyes and Maia Cruz Palileo, Panorama Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art, Spring
Wong, Harley, 16 Rising Artists of the Asian Diaspora in the United States, Artsy, May
Pocaro, Alan, Second City Views, The New Criterion, April
2020
Wilson, Gaby, The Past is Proof, SSENSE, June
2019
Goldstein, Andrew, Here Are 6 of the Best ArtWorks at Art Basel Miami Beach 2019, Artnet News, December
Anania, Billy, Best of 2019: Our Top 20 United States Art Shows, Hyperallergic, December
Crippa, Karim, Fresh Paint: Seven Artists on the Rise, Art Basel Stories, September
Anania, Billy, Untethering Filipino History from American Exceptionalism, Hyperallergic, July
Yerebakan, Osman Can, Claiming A Seat At The Table, L'Officiel Art, June
Halpert, Juliana, Maia Cruz Palileo on memory and myth, Artforum, February
Binlot, Ann, Finding my Filipino identity in Maia Cruz Palileo's Art, Document Journal, February
Scott, Chadd, Smaller Museums And Galleries Shining In Chicago's Flourishing Arts Scene, Forbes, February
Capetta, Angela, Figurative Painter Maia Cruz Palileo, February
2018
Fisher, Cora, Critic's Picks, Artforum, June
Kricheff, Sarah, Ancestral Stories: Maia Cruz Palileo at Pioneer Works, All Arts: New York Public Media, May
Blair, Jen Rickard, Migration, Home, and History Through the Eyes of Philippine-American Artists,
World Literature Today blog, February
2017
Shapland, Jenn, The Alchemical Trace, The Magazine, November
Kirschner, Noelani, Portrait of the Artist: Generational Juxtaposition, The American Scholar, June
Añonuevo Langholz, Janna, Kimo Nelson and Maia Cruz Palileo, The Studio Visit, May
2016
Shen, Dani, Permeable Narratives and Landscapes of Home, Wave Hill Blog, March
2015
Piepenbring, Dan, Lost Looking, Paris Review, January
Silverman, Tanya, Paint a Photo’s Story, BreakThru Radio, January
Shih, JoYin, Don’t Forget Us: An Interview with Maia Cruz Palileo, Apogee Journal, March
2014
Teplitzky, Alex, Interview with Studio Artist Maia Cruz Palileo, Chashama Blog, November
2011
Valdez, Aldrin, March Artist of the Month: Maia Cruz Palileo, BRIC Contemporary Art, March
Podcasts / Talks / Television
2023
Episode 152: Maia Cruz Palileo, Cerebral Women Podcast
2022
Articulated: Dispatches from the Archives of American Art, Season 2 Episode 8: By Gut and Heart: Painting with Kay WalkingStick
2021
Global Art Dialogues: Intimacy and Empire in Contemporary Practices, Asian Art Museum San Francisco
2020
Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon In the Making, American Masters, A documentary short film directed by Ligaiya Romero
2018
Episode 12: Chitra Ganesh with Maia Cruz Palileo, Magic Praxis, Studio Art Talks Podcast
2017
Episode 51: Why We Tell Our Stories, Makilala TV, Guest Panelist
Episode 8: Millennial Matriarch, Chroma Collective, The Working Woman of Color Conference and Podcast
Artist Residencies
2021
ReConnect / ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2019
Denniston Hill, Glen Wild, NY
2017
Process Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
Boot Camp, New York Foundation for the Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Winter Workspace, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
2015
Artist-in-Residence, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA
Keyholder Residency, Lower East Side Print Shop, New York, NY
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
2013
Studio Program at Brooklyn Army Terminal, chashama, Brooklyn, NY
2011
New York Art Residency & Studios Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Studio LLC, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY
2010
Artist in the Marketplace (AIM 30), The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Visiting Artist / Panelist
2021
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Artist Fellowship in Painting, Panelist
California College of Art, MFA Dialogues and Practices Seminar, Visiting Artist
Smith College, Visiting Artist Lecture
Rutgers University Camden, Visiting Artist Lecture
Fordham University, Visiting Artist Lecture
Cooper Union, Visiting Artist Lecture
2020
Carnegie Mellon University, Visiting Artist Lecture
2018
Yale University School of Art, Visiting Artist Lecture
Brooklyn College City University of New York, Visiting Artist, MFA Graduate Reviews
2017
Purchase College State University of New York, Visiting Artist, BFA Final Reviews
2016
Lower East Side Print Shop, Keyholder Residency, Panelist
2015
Filipino American Museum, An Intersection of Visual Art and Literature | Luna and Rizal, Artist Talk
Mount Holyoke College, Crafting a Life in the Arts, Panelist and Artist Lecture
2011
ArtGate Gallery, View Finder, Artist Talk
Wave Hill, Bronx Calling: The First AIM Biennial, Artist Talk
2010
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, 2010-2011 Visual Arts Fund Award, Panelist
Bronx River Art Center, About Me:, Artist Talk
Teaching
2018 - 2021
Parsons School of Design, The New School, Part-Time Faculty, New York, NY
Spring 2021
Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Brooklyn, NY
2017 - 2019
Laguardia Community College, City University of New York, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Long Island City, NY
2008-2016
Joan Mitchell Foundation, Artist Teacher, New York, NY
Public Collections
Chapman University, Orange, CA
San José Museum of Art, San José, CA
The Fredriksen Collection, The National Museum, Oslo, Norway
The Library of Congress, Washington DC
The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, NC
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY