EDUCATION
2008-13 Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC
BFA, Visual Art
EXHIBITIONS
2023 “POP ODY$$EY,” Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC (SOLO)
2022 Extra, On Main Gallery, Vancouver, BC (SOLO)
2020 Pride In Chinatown MMXX, On Main Gallery, Vancouver BC. Curated by Paul Wong
2020 Yellow Peril; The Celestial Elements, SUM Gallery, Vancouver BC
2019 100 Amigos, El Kartel, Vancouver BC
2019 CONFLUX: Inaugural B.F.A. Exhibition, Spruce Gallery, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey BC
2019 Year Four: Vancouver Mural Festival Annual Exhibition, Pop-Up Gallery, Vancouver BC
2019 The Liminal, SOAS, University of London, London UK
2018 Bodies x Borders, SOAS, University of London, London UK
2018 On/Off, Foundation For Asian American Independent Media 23rd Showcase, Chicago, IL
2016 Rugby Sevens Tournament Exhibition, Queen Elizabeth Plaza, Vancouver BC
2015 Robots & Monsters, Ayden Gallery, Vancouver BC
2015 Trigger: Drawing the Line, The Roundhouse, Vancouver BC
2015 We're All Pretty Bizarre, Hot Art Wet City, Vancouver BC
2015 100 Artist Show case, Vancouver Arts & Leisure, Vancouver BC
2015 Flawless, Studio East, Vancouver BC
2014 Wonderland, North Vancouver Community Arts Council, North Vancouver BC
2013 9th Annual Anonymous Art Show, North Vancouver Community Arts Council, North Vancouver BC
2013 Ad Infinitum, Kwantlen Grad Exhibition, Cloverdale BC
2013 Total Eclipse of the Semiotics of Love, Surreyalists Collective Exhibition, Newton Cultural
Centre, Surrey BC
2013 Framed, Surreyalists Collective Exhibition, Arbutus Gallery, Surrey BC
2012 Altered, Surreyalists Collective Exhibition, Chapel Arts, Vancouver BC
2011 Little Big Art Show, Surreyalists Collective Exhibition, Arbutus Gallery, Surrey BC
2011 Federation of Canadian Artists 70th Anniversary Show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 Stretch of Road, Kwantlen Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Cloverdale BC
ARTIST TALKS
2022. Extra: Artist Talk with Jay Cabalu, Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver, On Main Gallery, Vancouver BC
2022 Extra: Artist Conversation with Paul Wong, On Main Gallery, Vancouver BC
2019 “Inside Jay Cabalu’s Studio: Collaging a Narrative”, The Liminal: Artist Talks, The British Museum, London UK
MEDIA + PUBLICATIONS
2022 Mushet, Mark. Jay Cabalu: Collages mine the glittering trash of popular culture. Galleries West. 16 May 2022. https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/jay-cabalu/
2022 Pablo, Carlito. Collage artist Cabalu looks at consumerist excess. The Georgia Straight. Volume 56, Number 2829. 5-12 May 2022. p. 16, Print.
2022 Pablo, Carlito. Vancouver collage artist Jay Cabalu takes extra look at consumerist excess. The Georgia Straight. 2 May 2022. https://www.straight.com/arts/vancouver-collage-artist-jay-cabalu-takes-extra-look-at-consumerist-excess
2022 Vernieri, Demian. “A Day in the Life” with hand-cut collage artist Jay Cabalu. Vancouver Guardian. 27 April 2022. https://vancouverguardian.com/vancouver-artist-jay-cabalu/
2021 Yuan, Chen. Filipino Pride: The Introspective Collage Art of Jay Cabalu. Neocha Magazine. 25 January 2021, Web. http://neocha.com/magazine/filipino-pride/
2020 Cabalu, Jay. De Los Reyes, 2018. Canadian Culinary Imaginations. Ed. Shelley Boyd & Dorothy Barenscott. McGill- Queens University Press, 2020. Front cover.
2019 Pop-Surrealistic World, Dreck Magazine, 17 April 2019. Web. https://dreck-mag.com/2019/04/17/pop-surrealistic-world/
2018 Collaging Narratives: Interview with Jay Cabalu, Queer Asia, 2 August 2018, Web.
2018 Artist Interview: Jay Cabalu, Foundation for Asian American Independent Media, 3 May 2018, Web.
2017 "Episode 2: Oils and Water", Crash Gallery, CBC & Lark Productions, 12 Feb. 2017. Television.
2016 It Runs in the Family, Dir. Joella Cabalu, Perf. Jay Cabalu. Out TV. 16 Aug. 2016. Film.
2015 Johnson, Pat. "Heaven Brings Down Artist On CBC's Crash Gallery", Daily Xtra, 23 Oct. 2015. Web.
2015 Morgan-Feir, Caoimhe, Bridget Moser, Rosie Prata. "Crash Gallery Episode 2: In Which We Invite
Our Own Guest Judge", Canadian Art, 13 Oct. 2015. Web.
2015 "Episode 2: Swinging From the Ceiling and Drilling for Light", Crash Gallery, CBC & Lark
Productions, 9 Oct. 2015. Television.
2014 Standstill, Dir. Joella Cabalu, Perf. Jay Cabalu, Independent. 13 Aug. 2014. Film.
2012 Paez, Rhea. “Artist Profile: Jay Cabalu,” Pulp Magazine, Volume I Issue I, 16 March 2012, p. 31-33.
Print.
2012 Cabalu, Jay. "Self Portrait Triptych with a Palette Knife", Art Avenue, January/February 2012, p. 11.
Print.
2011 Cabalu, Jay. "The Appropriation of Sasha Fierce", The Runner, Volume 4 Issue 6, November 22,
2011, p. 8. Print.
2011 Cabalu, Jay. "Self-Portrait", The Runner, Volume 4 Issue 7, December 6, 2011, p. 10. Print.
AWARDS
2013 Bank of Montreal 1st Art! Invitational Student Competition (Nominated)
2013 Margaretha Bootsma Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Graduating Exhibition
2011 Irving K. Barbar BCSS One World International Scholarship
2011 Patsy Hui Visual Arts Award
2010 Deena C. Duggan Award