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 GalleryNew 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