Maria Cruz survey exhibition at UTS Gallery, Sydney

Maria Cruz's exhibition 'Oo (yes): selected paintings & projects by Maria Cruz, 1996-2009' at UTS Gallery, Sydney will be the first survey of her practice presented in Australia.

In addition to a selection of paintings produced over the last decade or so, the exhibition will include 'Poetry' - a new video piece created in the Philippines, and Coca Cola installations - translations of the small 'sari-sari' street stores in Manila. Opening Tuesday 27 October 6-8pm. To be opened by Dr Anna Gibbs Associate Professor, UWS. Gallery floortalk: Wednesday 28 October 4-5pm, followed by refreshments

Maria Cruz at PABLO Fort Gallery, Philippines

Maria Cruz has a solo show at PABLO Fort, Fort Bonifacio in the Philippines. The exhibition, Your daydreams reveal something about your ethnic background, opens 17 April and runs until 16 May.

Maria Cruz and David Griggs at MO_Space, Manila.

David Griggs and Maria Cruz will be exhibiting new work at MO_Space in Manila. The group show will feature four painters with ongoing connections to the Philippines. The exhibition opens Saturday 28 February and runs until 30 March.

Maria Cruz / Preview Thursday 14 February, 6-8pm

Kaliman Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Maria Cruz.

Cruz’s referential combination of words, collage and colour culminate in emotive and often witty outcomes. She sources her text from billboards, personality tests, advertising materials from the Philippines and Yoko Ono’s song titles. These textual fragments occupy spaces that suggest natural forms such as lakes, rock formations, waterfalls, foliage and the sky. Cruz has often cited the influence of the Romantic period and in this most recent body of work notions of the sublime, the abyss and other transcendental representations of nature are clearly visible.