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Maia Cruz Palileo, The Invitation, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Invitation, 2024

oil on canvas, wood, and glazed porcelain

99 3/4 x 84 x 8 inches
(253.4 x 213.4 x 20.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Invitation, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Invitation, 2024

oil on canvas, wood, and glazed porcelain

99 3/4 x 84 x 8 inches
(253.4 x 213.4 x 20.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Invitation, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Invitation, 2024

oil on canvas, wood, and glazed porcelain

99 3/4 x 84 x 8 inches
(253.4 x 213.4 x 20.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Invitation, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Invitation, 2024

oil on canvas, wood, and glazed porcelain

99 3/4 x 84 x 8 inches
(253.4 x 213.4 x 20.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Invitation, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Invitation, 2024

oil on canvas, wood, and glazed porcelain

99 3/4 x 84 x 8 inches
(253.4 x 213.4 x 20.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Invitation, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Invitation, 2024

oil on canvas, wood, and glazed porcelain

99 3/4 x 84 x 8 inches
(253.4 x 213.4 x 20.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Invitation, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Invitation, 2024

oil on canvas, wood, and glazed porcelain

99 3/4 x 84 x 8 inches
(253.4 x 213.4 x 20.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Invitation, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Invitation, 2024

oil on canvas, wood, and glazed porcelain

99 3/4 x 84 x 8 inches
(253.4 x 213.4 x 20.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Every Which Way the Water Moved, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Every Which Way the Water Moved, 2025

oil on linen

60 x 72 x 1 1/2 inches
(152.4 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Every Which Way the Water Moved, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Every Which Way the Water Moved, 2025

oil on linen

60 x 72 x 1 1/2 inches
(152.4 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Every Which Way the Water Moved, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Every Which Way the Water Moved, 2025

oil on linen

60 x 72 x 1 1/2 inches
(152.4 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Every Which Way the Water Moved, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Every Which Way the Water Moved, 2025

oil on linen

60 x 72 x 1 1/2 inches
(152.4 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Like a Shadow That Cannot Walk, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Like a Shadow That Cannot Walk, 2025

oil on linen

48 x 60 x 1 1/2 inches
(121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Like a Shadow That Cannot Walk, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Like a Shadow That Cannot Walk, 2025

oil on linen

48 x 60 x 1 1/2 inches
(121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Like a Shadow That Cannot Walk, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Like a Shadow That Cannot Walk, 2025

oil on linen

48 x 60 x 1 1/2 inches
(121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Like a Shadow That Cannot Walk, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Like a Shadow That Cannot Walk, 2025

oil on linen

48 x 60 x 1 1/2 inches
(121.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Wands, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Wands, 2024

oil on linen

84 x 72 x 1 1/4 inches
(213.4 x 182.9 x 3.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Wands, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Wands, 2024

oil on linen

84 x 72 x 1 1/4 inches
(213.4 x 182.9 x 3.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Wands, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Wands, 2024

oil on linen

84 x 72 x 1 1/4 inches
(213.4 x 182.9 x 3.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Wands, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Wands, 2024

oil on linen

84 x 72 x 1 1/4 inches
(213.4 x 182.9 x 3.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Springtime Again, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Springtime Again, 2025

oil on linen

diptych, overall:
84 x 192 x 1 1/2 inches
(213.4 x 487.7 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Springtime Again, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Springtime Again, 2025

oil on linen

diptych, overall:
84 x 192 x 1 1/2 inches
(213.4 x 487.7 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Springtime Again, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Springtime Again, 2025

oil on linen

diptych, overall:
84 x 192 x 1 1/2 inches
(213.4 x 487.7 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Springtime Again, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Springtime Again, 2025

oil on linen

diptych, overall:
84 x 192 x 1 1/2 inches
(213.4 x 487.7 x 3.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Strange Beauties, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Strange Beauties, 2024

oil on linen

64 1/8 x 72 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches
(162.9 x 183.2 x 3.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Strange Beauties, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Strange Beauties, 2024

oil on linen

64 1/8 x 72 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches
(162.9 x 183.2 x 3.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Strange Beauties, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Strange Beauties, 2024

oil on linen

64 1/8 x 72 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches
(162.9 x 183.2 x 3.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Strange Beauties, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Strange Beauties, 2024

oil on linen

64 1/8 x 72 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches
(162.9 x 183.2 x 3.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Not a Wave in the Sea, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Not a Wave in the Sea, 2024

oil on canvas

96 x 84 x 1 3/8 inches
(243.8 x 213.4 x 3.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Not a Wave in the Sea, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Not a Wave in the Sea, 2024

oil on canvas

96 x 84 x 1 3/8 inches
(243.8 x 213.4 x 3.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Not a Wave in the Sea, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Not a Wave in the Sea, 2024

oil on canvas

96 x 84 x 1 3/8 inches
(243.8 x 213.4 x 3.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Not a Wave in the Sea, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Not a Wave in the Sea, 2024

oil on canvas

96 x 84 x 1 3/8 inches
(243.8 x 213.4 x 3.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Some Hidden Spring, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Some Hidden Spring, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Some Hidden Spring, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Some Hidden Spring, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Some Hidden Spring, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Some Hidden Spring, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Some Hidden Spring, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Some Hidden Spring, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Passages, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Passages, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Passages, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Passages, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Passages, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Passages, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Passages, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Passages, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Wanders at Midnight, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

Wanders at Midnight, 2023

oil on canvas over panel

20 1/8 x 15 7/8 x 7/8 inches
(51.1 x 40.3 x 2.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Wanders at Midnight, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

Wanders at Midnight, 2023

oil on canvas over panel

20 1/8 x 15 7/8 x 7/8 inches
(51.1 x 40.3 x 2.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Wanders at Midnight, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

Wanders at Midnight, 2023

oil on canvas over panel

20 1/8 x 15 7/8 x 7/8 inches
(51.1 x 40.3 x 2.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Wanders at Midnight, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

Wanders at Midnight, 2023

oil on canvas over panel

20 1/8 x 15 7/8 x 7/8 inches
(51.1 x 40.3 x 2.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Kundiman, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Kundiman, 2025

oil on canvas over panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Kundiman, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Kundiman, 2025

oil on canvas over panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Kundiman, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Kundiman, 2025

oil on canvas over panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Kundiman, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Kundiman, 2025

oil on canvas over panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, A Moonless Night, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

A Moonless Night, 2024

acrylic and oil on canvas over panel

10 x 10 x 1 inches
(25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, A Moonless Night, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

A Moonless Night, 2024

acrylic and oil on canvas over panel

10 x 10 x 1 inches
(25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, A Moonless Night, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

A Moonless Night, 2024

acrylic and oil on canvas over panel

10 x 10 x 1 inches
(25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, A Moonless Night, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

A Moonless Night, 2024

acrylic and oil on canvas over panel

10 x 10 x 1 inches
(25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Warm Moonlight, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Warm Moonlight, 2024

oil on canvas over panel

10 x 10 x 1 inches
(25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Warm Moonlight, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Warm Moonlight, 2024

oil on canvas over panel

10 x 10 x 1 inches
(25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Warm Moonlight, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Warm Moonlight, 2024

oil on canvas over panel

10 x 10 x 1 inches
(25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Warm Moonlight, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Warm Moonlight, 2024

oil on canvas over panel

10 x 10 x 1 inches
(25.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Love Grass, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Love Grass, 2025

oil on canvas over panel

20 1/8 x 15 7/8 x 7/8 inches
(51.1 x 40.3 x 2.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Love Grass, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Love Grass, 2025

oil on canvas over panel

20 1/8 x 15 7/8 x 7/8 inches
(51.1 x 40.3 x 2.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Love Grass, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Love Grass, 2025

oil on canvas over panel

20 1/8 x 15 7/8 x 7/8 inches
(51.1 x 40.3 x 2.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Love Grass, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Love Grass, 2025

oil on canvas over panel

20 1/8 x 15 7/8 x 7/8 inches
(51.1 x 40.3 x 2.2 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Revir, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Revir, 2024

oil on linen

60 x 71 7/8 x 1 inches
(152.4 x 182.6 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Revir, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Revir, 2024

oil on linen

60 x 71 7/8 x 1 inches
(152.4 x 182.6 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Revir, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Revir, 2024

oil on linen

60 x 71 7/8 x 1 inches
(152.4 x 182.6 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Revir, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Revir, 2024

oil on linen

60 x 71 7/8 x 1 inches
(152.4 x 182.6 x 2.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Only the Chirping Birds, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Only the Chirping Birds, 2025

gouache on paper

11 1/4 x 15 inches
(28.4 x 37.9 cm)
framed:
15 1/4 x 19 x 1 3/8 inches
(38.6 x 48.1 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Only the Chirping Birds, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Only the Chirping Birds, 2025

gouache on paper

11 1/4 x 15 inches
(28.4 x 37.9 cm)
framed:
15 1/4 x 19 x 1 3/8 inches
(38.6 x 48.1 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Only the Chirping Birds, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Only the Chirping Birds, 2025

gouache on paper

11 1/4 x 15 inches
(28.4 x 37.9 cm)
framed:
15 1/4 x 19 x 1 3/8 inches
(38.6 x 48.1 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Only the Chirping Birds, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Only the Chirping Birds, 2025

gouache on paper

11 1/4 x 15 inches
(28.4 x 37.9 cm)
framed:
15 1/4 x 19 x 1 3/8 inches
(38.6 x 48.1 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Pines, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Pines, 2024

paper collage

5 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches
(14.9 x 19.1 cm)
framed:
9 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(25.1 x 29.2 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Pines, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Pines, 2024

paper collage

5 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches
(14.9 x 19.1 cm)
framed:
9 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(25.1 x 29.2 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Pines, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Pines, 2024

paper collage

5 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches
(14.9 x 19.1 cm)
framed:
9 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(25.1 x 29.2 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Pines, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Pines, 2024

paper collage

5 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches
(14.9 x 19.1 cm)
framed:
9 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(25.1 x 29.2 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Keridas, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Keridas, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 1/4 inches
(37.9 x 28.4 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Keridas, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Keridas, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 1/4 inches
(37.9 x 28.4 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Keridas, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Keridas, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 1/4 inches
(37.9 x 28.4 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Keridas, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Keridas, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 1/4 inches
(37.9 x 28.4 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Balete Dress, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Balete Dress, 2024

paper collage

10 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches
(27.1 x 20.5 cm)
framed:
14 3/4 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(37.3 x 30.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Balete Dress, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Balete Dress, 2024

paper collage

10 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches
(27.1 x 20.5 cm)
framed:
14 3/4 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(37.3 x 30.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Balete Dress, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Balete Dress, 2024

paper collage

10 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches
(27.1 x 20.5 cm)
framed:
14 3/4 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(37.3 x 30.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Balete Dress, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Balete Dress, 2024

paper collage

10 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches
(27.1 x 20.5 cm)
framed:
14 3/4 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(37.3 x 30.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Descent, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Descent, 2023

paper collage

18 3/8 x 16 7/8 inches
(46.7 x 42.9 cm)
framed:
22 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(56.8 x 53 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Descent, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Descent, 2023

paper collage

18 3/8 x 16 7/8 inches
(46.7 x 42.9 cm)
framed:
22 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(56.8 x 53 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Descent, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Descent, 2023

paper collage

18 3/8 x 16 7/8 inches
(46.7 x 42.9 cm)
framed:
22 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(56.8 x 53 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, The Descent, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

The Descent, 2023

paper collage

18 3/8 x 16 7/8 inches
(46.7 x 42.9 cm)
framed:
22 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(56.8 x 53 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River at Midnight, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River at Midnight, 2023

paper collage

10 x 6 3/4 inches
(25.4 x 17.1 cm)
framed:
14 x 10 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(35.6 x 27.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River at Midnight, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River at Midnight, 2023

paper collage

10 x 6 3/4 inches
(25.4 x 17.1 cm)
framed:
14 x 10 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(35.6 x 27.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River at Midnight, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River at Midnight, 2023

paper collage

10 x 6 3/4 inches
(25.4 x 17.1 cm)
framed:
14 x 10 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(35.6 x 27.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River at Midnight, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River at Midnight, 2023

paper collage

10 x 6 3/4 inches
(25.4 x 17.1 cm)
framed:
14 x 10 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(35.6 x 27.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Pamilya, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Pamilya, 2025

gouache on paper

17 3/4 x 15 inches
(44.9 x 37.9 cm)
framed:
21 3/4 x 19 x 1 3/8 inches
(55.1 x 48.1 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Pamilya, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Pamilya, 2025

gouache on paper

17 3/4 x 15 inches
(44.9 x 37.9 cm)
framed:
21 3/4 x 19 x 1 3/8 inches
(55.1 x 48.1 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Pamilya, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Pamilya, 2025

gouache on paper

17 3/4 x 15 inches
(44.9 x 37.9 cm)
framed:
21 3/4 x 19 x 1 3/8 inches
(55.1 x 48.1 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Pamilya, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Pamilya, 2025

gouache on paper

17 3/4 x 15 inches
(44.9 x 37.9 cm)
framed:
21 3/4 x 19 x 1 3/8 inches
(55.1 x 48.1 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Under Grass & Fronds, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Under Grass & Fronds, 2025

gouache on paper

15 1/8 x 13 7/8 inches
(38.4 x 35.1 cm)
framed:
19 1/8 x 17 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.6 x 45.2 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Under Grass & Fronds, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Under Grass & Fronds, 2025

gouache on paper

15 1/8 x 13 7/8 inches
(38.4 x 35.1 cm)
framed:
19 1/8 x 17 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.6 x 45.2 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Under Grass & Fronds, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Under Grass & Fronds, 2025

gouache on paper

15 1/8 x 13 7/8 inches
(38.4 x 35.1 cm)
framed:
19 1/8 x 17 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.6 x 45.2 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Under Grass & Fronds, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Under Grass & Fronds, 2025

gouache on paper

15 1/8 x 13 7/8 inches
(38.4 x 35.1 cm)
framed:
19 1/8 x 17 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.6 x 45.2 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Forest Fruit, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Forest Fruit, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 inches
(38.1 x 27.9 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Forest Fruit, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Forest Fruit, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 inches
(38.1 x 27.9 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Forest Fruit, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Forest Fruit, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 inches
(38.1 x 27.9 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Forest Fruit, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Forest Fruit, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 inches
(38.1 x 27.9 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Golden Hour, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Golden Hour, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 1/4 inches
(38.1 x 28.4 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Golden Hour, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Golden Hour, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 1/4 inches
(38.1 x 28.4 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Golden Hour, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Golden Hour, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 1/4 inches
(38.1 x 28.4 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Golden Hour, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Golden Hour, 2025

gouache on paper

15 x 11 1/4 inches
(38.1 x 28.4 cm)
framed:
19 x 15 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
(48.3 x 38.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Engkanto, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Engkanto, 2024

paper collage

10 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches
(27 x 20.6 cm)
framed:
14 5/8 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(37.1 x 30.8 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Engkanto, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Engkanto, 2024

paper collage

10 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches
(27 x 20.6 cm)
framed:
14 5/8 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(37.1 x 30.8 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Engkanto, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Engkanto, 2024

paper collage

10 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches
(27 x 20.6 cm)
framed:
14 5/8 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(37.1 x 30.8 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Engkanto, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Engkanto, 2024

paper collage

10 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches
(27 x 20.6 cm)
framed:
14 5/8 x 12 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(37.1 x 30.8 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, G Girl, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

G Girl, 2024

paper collage

11 x 9 1/2 inches
(27.9 x 24.1 cm)
framed:
15 x 13 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(38.1 x 34.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, G Girl, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

G Girl, 2024

paper collage

11 x 9 1/2 inches
(27.9 x 24.1 cm)
framed:
15 x 13 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(38.1 x 34.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, G Girl, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

G Girl, 2024

paper collage

11 x 9 1/2 inches
(27.9 x 24.1 cm)
framed:
15 x 13 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(38.1 x 34.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, G Girl, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

G Girl, 2024

paper collage

11 x 9 1/2 inches
(27.9 x 24.1 cm)
framed:
15 x 13 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(38.1 x 34.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Waves, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Waves, 2025

gouache on paper

7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches
(19.1 x 14.1 cm)
framed:
11 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(29.2 x 24.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Waves, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Waves, 2025

gouache on paper

7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches
(19.1 x 14.1 cm)
framed:
11 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(29.2 x 24.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Waves, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Waves, 2025

gouache on paper

7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches
(19.1 x 14.1 cm)
framed:
11 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(29.2 x 24.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Waves, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Waves, 2025

gouache on paper

7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches
(19.1 x 14.1 cm)
framed:
11 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 1 3/8 inches
(29.2 x 24.3 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Thunder Across the Trail, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Thunder Across the Trail, 2024

paper collage

9 1/8 x 10 inches
(23.2 x 25.4 cm)
framed:
13 1/8 x 14 x 1 3/8 inches
(33.3 x 35.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Thunder Across the Trail, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Thunder Across the Trail, 2024

paper collage

9 1/8 x 10 inches
(23.2 x 25.4 cm)
framed:
13 1/8 x 14 x 1 3/8 inches
(33.3 x 35.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Thunder Across the Trail, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Thunder Across the Trail, 2024

paper collage

9 1/8 x 10 inches
(23.2 x 25.4 cm)
framed:
13 1/8 x 14 x 1 3/8 inches
(33.3 x 35.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Thunder Across the Trail, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Thunder Across the Trail, 2024

paper collage

9 1/8 x 10 inches
(23.2 x 25.4 cm)
framed:
13 1/8 x 14 x 1 3/8 inches
(33.3 x 35.6 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Hilippines, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Hilippines, 2024

paper collage

5 x 6 1/2 inches
(12.7 x 16.5 cm)
framed:
9 x 10 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(22.9 x 26.7 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Hilippines, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Hilippines, 2024

paper collage

5 x 6 1/2 inches
(12.7 x 16.5 cm)
framed:
9 x 10 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(22.9 x 26.7 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Hilippines, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Hilippines, 2024

paper collage

5 x 6 1/2 inches
(12.7 x 16.5 cm)
framed:
9 x 10 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(22.9 x 26.7 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Hilippines, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Hilippines, 2024

paper collage

5 x 6 1/2 inches
(12.7 x 16.5 cm)
framed:
9 x 10 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches
(22.9 x 26.7 x 3.5 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Spellbound by the Strange Apparition, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Spellbound by the Strange Apparition, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Spellbound by the Strange Apparition, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Spellbound by the Strange Apparition, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Spellbound by the Strange Apparition, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Spellbound by the Strange Apparition, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Spellbound by the Strange Apparition, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Spellbound by the Strange Apparition, 2025

oil on panel

18 x 18 x 3/4 inches
(45.7 x 45.7 x 1.9 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Banahaw Hairless Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Banahaw Hairless Aspin, 2025

stoneware

7 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches
(19.1 x 23.5 x 6.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Banahaw Hairless Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Banahaw Hairless Aspin, 2025

stoneware

7 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches
(19.1 x 23.5 x 6.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Banahaw Hairless Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Banahaw Hairless Aspin, 2025

stoneware

7 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches
(19.1 x 23.5 x 6.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Banahaw Hairless Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Banahaw Hairless Aspin, 2025

stoneware

7 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches
(19.1 x 23.5 x 6.3 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Seated Aspin, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Seated Aspin, 2024

stoneware

7 5/8 x 8 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches
(19.4 x 22.2 x 7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Seated Aspin, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Seated Aspin, 2024

stoneware

7 5/8 x 8 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches
(19.4 x 22.2 x 7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Seated Aspin, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Seated Aspin, 2024

stoneware

7 5/8 x 8 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches
(19.4 x 22.2 x 7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Seated Aspin, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Seated Aspin, 2024

stoneware

7 5/8 x 8 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches
(19.4 x 22.2 x 7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Crown I, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Crown I, 2024

glazed porcelain

6 3/4 x 3 x 2 3/4 inches
(17.1 x 7.6 x 7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Crown I, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Crown I, 2024

glazed porcelain

6 3/4 x 3 x 2 3/4 inches
(17.1 x 7.6 x 7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Crown I, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Crown I, 2024

glazed porcelain

6 3/4 x 3 x 2 3/4 inches
(17.1 x 7.6 x 7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Crown I, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Crown I, 2024

glazed porcelain

6 3/4 x 3 x 2 3/4 inches
(17.1 x 7.6 x 7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Blushing Drummer and Smoking Drummer, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Blushing Drummer and Smoking Drummer, 2025

stoneware in two parts

overall:
10 7/8 x 6 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
(27.6 x 17.1 x 19.7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Blushing Drummer and Smoking Drummer, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Blushing Drummer and Smoking Drummer, 2025

stoneware in two parts

overall:
10 7/8 x 6 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
(27.6 x 17.1 x 19.7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Blushing Drummer and Smoking Drummer, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Blushing Drummer and Smoking Drummer, 2025

stoneware in two parts

overall:
10 7/8 x 6 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
(27.6 x 17.1 x 19.7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Blushing Drummer and Smoking Drummer, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Blushing Drummer and Smoking Drummer, 2025

stoneware in two parts

overall:
10 7/8 x 6 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
(27.6 x 17.1 x 19.7 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Little Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Little Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

stoneware

5 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
(14.6 x 36.8 x 13.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Little Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Little Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

stoneware

5 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
(14.6 x 36.8 x 13.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Little Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Little Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

stoneware

5 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
(14.6 x 36.8 x 13.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Little Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Little Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

stoneware

5 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
(14.6 x 36.8 x 13.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Little Yellow Aspin, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Little Yellow Aspin, 2024

glazed stoneware

4 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 3 inches
(12.4 x 12.4 x 7.6 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Little Yellow Aspin, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Little Yellow Aspin, 2024

glazed stoneware

4 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 3 inches
(12.4 x 12.4 x 7.6 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Little Yellow Aspin, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Little Yellow Aspin, 2024

glazed stoneware

4 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 3 inches
(12.4 x 12.4 x 7.6 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Little Yellow Aspin, 2024

Maia Cruz Palileo

Little Yellow Aspin, 2024

glazed stoneware

4 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 3 inches
(12.4 x 12.4 x 7.6 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

stoneware

20 3/4 x 29 1/2 x 7 inches
(52.7 x 74.9 x 17.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

stoneware

20 3/4 x 29 1/2 x 7 inches
(52.7 x 74.9 x 17.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

stoneware

20 3/4 x 29 1/2 x 7 inches
(52.7 x 74.9 x 17.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

Maia Cruz Palileo

Nursing Banahaw Aspin, 2025

stoneware

20 3/4 x 29 1/2 x 7 inches
(52.7 x 74.9 x 17.8 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River Rock II, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River Rock II, 2023

glazed stoneware, metal, bulb, wiring, and paper

17 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
(44.5 x 19.1 x 19.1 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River Rock II, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River Rock II, 2023

glazed stoneware, metal, bulb, wiring, and paper

17 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
(44.5 x 19.1 x 19.1 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River Rock II, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River Rock II, 2023

glazed stoneware, metal, bulb, wiring, and paper

17 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
(44.5 x 19.1 x 19.1 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River Rock II, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River Rock II, 2023

glazed stoneware, metal, bulb, wiring, and paper

17 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
(44.5 x 19.1 x 19.1 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River Rock I, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River Rock I, 2023

glazed stoneware, metal, bulb, wiring, and paper

17 x 9 1/2 x 10 inches
(43.2 x 24.1 x 25.4 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River Rock I, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River Rock I, 2023

glazed stoneware, metal, bulb, wiring, and paper

17 x 9 1/2 x 10 inches
(43.2 x 24.1 x 25.4 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River Rock I, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River Rock I, 2023

glazed stoneware, metal, bulb, wiring, and paper

17 x 9 1/2 x 10 inches
(43.2 x 24.1 x 25.4 cm)

Maia Cruz Palileo, River Rock I, 2023

Maia Cruz Palileo

River Rock I, 2023

glazed stoneware, metal, bulb, wiring, and paper

17 x 9 1/2 x 10 inches
(43.2 x 24.1 x 25.4 cm)

Press Release

David Kordansky Gallery is pleased to present SATOR ROTAS, its first exhibition of new work by Maia Cruz Palileo. The exhibition will occupy two spaces at the gallery’s Los Angeles location, and will include paintings, ceramic sculptures, and works on paper, shedding light on the multi-faceted nature of the artist’s project and their poetic engagement with the Filipino diaspora. SATOR ROTAS is on view at 5130 W. Edgewood Pl. from March 13 through April 26, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 13 from 6 to 8 PM.

Palileo looks at their own Filipino heritage to better understand the routes by which their family arrived in the United States, but also as a way of entering into deeper communication with their own psychological and imaginative responses to the contemporary world. In each phase of Palileo’s work, they give shape to otherwise invisible forces that animate landscapes, drive historical change, and enrich—and complicate—human lives.

SATOR ROTAS features work Palileo has made since their visit to the Philippines at the beginning of 2024, when they were able to have firsthand experiences of environments that, as someone born in the US, they had predominantly encountered through archival documentation and secondhand family accounts. A whole new set of sense impressions has therefore transformed the raw material available to them on both conscious and unconscious levels, lending increased physicality to a practice already notable for its attunement to the sculptural qualities of paint.

Such impressions are not limited, however, to the visual or even the tactile. They also include more intuitive perceptions that arose when Palileo was able to connect myths, legends, and folklore shared by their family with the natural landscapes of the Philippines, resulting in an expanded, multi-dimensional sense of place. Several paintings are informed by time spent around Mount Banahaw, a slumbering volcano long considered a holy pilgrimage site in the Philippines. Palileo renders images of dense forest scenes, root systems, and branching forms of trees, providing opportunities for intricate layering and the creation of suggestive, mystery-laden openings where the unruliness of life bursts forth, seemingly of its own accord.

The exhibition’s palindromic title draws attention to ideas of reflection and mirroring that appear throughout the works on view. In the horizontally oriented work, Like a Shadow That Cannot Walk (2025), Palileo bisects the painting so that when viewed in one direction, orange and pink swaths appear as water atop which a boat is floating. When viewed in the other direction, however, the orange and pink become a sunset sky, with its boat and figures reflected in the dark waters beneath. Similarly, the painting Revir (2024), whose title is the word “river” spelled backwards, draws connections to sinister ideas of the “upside down world” as it relates to colonialism, prompting the viewer to interrogate what it is they’re seeing and to not be easily fooled by a first impression.

In Springtime Again (2024), a monumental diptych, Palileo establishes an optical rhythm in which vertical striations create an effect akin to double vision. Like vintage stereo cards, Palileo creates two nearly identical spliced landscapes that, when presented side-by-side, allude to a third, imagined landscape. This work also exemplifies the ways in which collage, as a process and typology, influences Palileo’s approach to image-making. Here, a repeated pattern of dark, tree-like vertical impressions approximates the negative space that results when cutting out strips of paper. Springtime Again, like several other works on view, pulls imagery directly from postcards—objects that have historically represented, or misrepresented, faraway places from a colonially skewed perspective. Postcards and stereo cards have an inherent relationship to both image and experience, which makes them an ideal reference for Palileo, whose work considers the motivations behind historic documentation and image-making, just as much as they consider the physical embodiments of one’s senses.

Understanding the invisible, like travel or other sensorial events, plays a large part in Palileo’s project, prompting questions around what experiences are invisible and what can be rendered visible. As a whole, the works in this exhibition offer a parallel understanding from both lived accounts—touching trees, walking down a street you’ve mostly seen in photos—and flattened images in an archive. It’s through this parallel approach that Palileo creates paintings that appear mirrored, spliced, or otherwise bifurcated to approximate the experience of understanding a place and people through indirect methods, thereby gaining a closer understanding of their own family history and of themself.

Maia Cruz Palileo (b. 1979, Chicago) has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, Florida (2023); Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah (2022); Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2021); and American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C. (2019), among others. Recent group exhibitions include Spirit House, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University (2024); Seven Rooms and a Garden, Moderna Museet, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm (2023); Spirit in the Land, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (2023); The Outwin: American Portrait Today, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. (2022); A Point Stretched: Views on Time, San José Museum of Art, California (2022); and Our Blue Planet: Global Visions of Water, Seattle Art Museum (2022), among many others. Their work is in the permanent collections of institutions including the Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, Florida; San José Museum of Art, California; TANG Art Foundation, Hong Kong; Fredriksen Collection, National Museum, Oslo, Norway; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky; and Chapman University, Orange, California. Palileo lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

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