Artist Resume
EDUCATION
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Bachelor of Arts, Art Theory and Practice, 2013
(Upcoming and past) EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS
March 2026
Learn Mahjong in NELA, Lincoln Hts., Los Angeles, CA
November 2025
Parol Making Workshop with Mata Gallery, Lincoln Hts., Los Angeles, CA
October 2025
Via Arte, Bakersfield, CA
LAnt Art Event, Palmdale CA
“Pasadena Artnight: LUCID: Real or Unreal?” Day One, Pasadena, CA
September 2025
Donate to the Salvation Army’s “Paint the Way Home” event, Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA
Five Dollar Art Party, Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA
June 2025 “Jackalope Arts”, Downtown Burbank Arts Festival, Burbank, CA
March 2025 “Kumare Konnection 2nd Anniversary Celebration“ at Ambitious Ales Long Beach, CA
October 2024 “Pasadena Artnight: Home” Day One, Pasadena, CA
September 2024 “The Pop-Hop Art Exchange” The Pop-Hop, Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA
July 2024 “Just Imagine Chalk
Festival” Westlake Shopping Center, Daly City, CA
June 2024
Pasadena Chalk Festival Pasadena Civic Center, Pasadena, CA
May 2024 “What a Bozo” art show at Yes Baby Vintage, Burbank, CA
April 2024 DRAWING JAM at The Pop-Hop, Highland Park, NELA
December 2023 “Parol Fest“, sponsored by FilAm Arts, Eagle Rock Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
Oct.-Nov. 2023 “TAMBAYAN COLLECTIVE: Sabado Morning Cartoons”, The Mister Mart, Huntington Beach 21034 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
October 2023 “Azusa Golden Days Celebration,” Window Painting Contest and Chalk Fest, Azusa, CA
September 2023 WON SOJU LA Launch Party (hosted by Intercrew and Hurricane Han, LLC), Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA
August 2023 “TAMBAYAN COLLECTIVE: You Are Welcome”, Solid Coffee Roasters, Silver Lake Cafe 3116 Sunset Blvd Unit ½, Los Angeles, CA 90026
July 2023 “Portraits of the Baristas as Regarded IRL”, Rosebud Coffee, Pasadena, CA
June 2023
“Altadena Pride Walkabout” Altadena Senior Center, Altadena, CA
February 2023 “Firecracker10k” Chalk Art Walk, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
August 2022 “Chalk Walk”, Mainplace Mall, Santa Ana, CA
June 2022 Pasadena Chalk Festival & Silent Auction, Pasadena, CA
May 2022
Forever 21 x Barbie 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘💕✨ (hosted by Hurricane Han, LLC), Mt. Olympus, Los Angeles, CA
“Pollinator Butterfly Celebration,” Women’s Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
“Friendship in Bloom: High Tea Honoring Women of Courage,” Silent Auction, Women’s Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
August 2021 “Westlake Shopping Center Customer Appreciation,” Daly City, CA
Winter 2020 “Merkadito Pasko” Mata Art Gallery (virtual), NELA, CA
October 2020 “Tuloy Po Kayo” FPAC 2020 Virtual Exhibit,
Los Angeles, CA
September 2020 “L.A. County Office of Education Chalkathon” Census HIFI Los Angeles, CA
Summer 2020 Artist-in-Residence, Found Coffee, Eagle Rock, L.A., CA
June 2020 Pasadena Virtual Chalk Festival Paseo Colorado, Pasadena, CA
October 2019 “Araw Ng Mga Patay” (Day of the Dead), Ave 50 Studio, Highland Park, L.A., CA
August 2019 626 Night Market, Featured Street Painter, Arcadia, CA
June 2019 Pasadena Chalk Festival & Silent Auction, Pasadena, CA
May 2019 Simi Valley Chalk Fest, Simi Valley, CA
August 2018 626 Night Market, Featured Street Painter, Arcadia, CA
June 2018 Pasadena Chalk Festival & Silent Auction, Pasadena, CA
May 2018 Simi Valley Chalk Fest, Simi Valley, CA
July 2017 Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, CA
June 2017 Pasadena Chalk Festival & Silent Auction, Pasadena, CA
Spring/Summer 2017 Featured Artist, “Art in the Street: 25 Years of the Pasadena Chalk Festival” Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, CA
September 2016 Ventura County Art Festival, Ventura, CA
July 2016 Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, CA
June 2016 Pasadena Chalk Festival & Silent Auction, Pasadena, CA
February 2015 “It’s Your Show” UCLA Extension Group Show Westwood, CA
June 2013 Pasadena Chalk Festival & Silent Auction, Pasadena, CA
Summer 2009 “Made in L.A.”, Echo Curio, Echo Park, CA
Winter 2006 Mt. Washington Elementary School art benefit, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLICATIONS
The Occidental. (2024). “Mysterious Pillarhenge project continues to confound, even as development moves ahead”, retrieved from https://theoccidentalnews.com/community/2024/03/06/mysterious-pillarhenge-project-continues-to-confound-even-as-development-moves-ahead/2911642
ASIAN JOURNAL. (2023). “Filipino American Art Exhibition Celebrates Rich Cultural Heritage And Diversity”, retrieved from https://asianjournal.com/entertainment/events/filipino-american-art-exhibition-celebrates-rich-cultural-heritage-and-diversity/
Media City Groove. (2023). “Downtown Burbank Arts Festival 2023 spotlights talented artists”, retrieved from https://mediacitygroove.com/downtown-burbank-arts-festival-2023-spotlights-talented-artists/burbank-scene/
Ginto Seeds. (2023). “HALIKHA presents ARAW NG PATAY 2021”, retrieved from https://gintoseeds.com/blogs/news/fahm2021-araw-ng-patay-virtual-gallery-bulalayaw-village-journey-to-ifugao-documentary
L. A. Chinatown Firecracker. (2023, Feb. 18 & 19). “ALEX J. CABALU”, retrieved from https://runsignup.com/Race/LAChinatownFirecracker/Page-47
Pasadena Chalk Festival. (2020, Jun. 21). “HERE IT IS! The winners of the 29th annual 2022 Pasadena Chalk Festival”, retrieved from https://m.facebook.com/PasadenaChalkFestival/videos/here-it-is-the-winners-of-the-29th-annual-2022-pasadena-chalk-festival-what-a-wo/700311961266207/
Good News Pilipinas. (2020, Oct. 11). “Virtual Filipino festival celebrates Filipino American arts and culture”, retrieved from https://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/virtual-filipino-festival-celebrates-filipino-american-arts-and-culture/
LACOE. (2020, Aug.). “Chalkathon Now extended”, retrieved from https://www.lacoe.edu/Home/Census/LA-County-Chalkathon
Neighbor, NA (2019, Oct. 19). “ARAW NG MGA PATAY // Artist Led Walkthrough at Avenue 50 Studio”, retrieved from https://patch.com/california/highlandpark-ca/calendar/event/20191019/661510/araw-ng-mga-patay-artist-led-walkthrough-at-avenue-50-studio
@626nightmarket. (2018, Aug. 12). “Contest ended, congrats to @appojax for winning first place!”, retrieved from https://www.instagram.com/p/BmZbZrCluTd/
SFMOMA. (2018, May 25). “Submission Friday:”, retrieved from https://sfmoma.tumblr.com/post/174246421790/bricks-on-bricks-aj-cabalu-chalk-pastel-on
Cabalu, A. (2017, Jun. 14). “Beautiful Ephemera: Chalk Festival Street Painting”, retrieved from https://pasadenahistory.org/exhibitions/chalk-festival-painting/
Visual Arts, UCLA Extension. (2015, Feb. 15). “2015 It’s Your Show Opening Reception”, retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=UCLAxVisual&set=a.792372950816677
HONORS AND AWARDS
2025 Jackalope Gives, Burbank CA “Jackalope Featured Live Artist”
2025 Kumare Konnection 2nd Anniversary, Long Beach, CA “Featured Live Painter”
2024 Pasadena Chalk Festival at Pasadena Civic, Pasadena, Ca “Pasadena Chalk Stage (Lil’ Civ’)” Best 3-D Effect (w/Teresa Chandradibya)
2023 Azusa Connects, Mayor’s Award for Window Painting; Honorable Mention for Chalk Art
2022 Pasadena Chalk Festival at Paseo Colorado, Pasadena, Ca “Talking Trash” Best 3-D Effect (w/PMLAB)
2019 Pasadena Chalk Festival at Paseo Colorado, Pasadena, Ca “Dream On (Le Réve)” Best 3-D Effect (w/PMLAB)
2018 626 Night Market at Santa Anita Fairgrounds, Arcadia, CA Chalk Art “1st Prize”
2018 Pasadena Chalk Festival at Paseo Colorado, Pasadena, Ca “Please, Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em (We Love the 90s)” Best 3-D Effect (w/PMLAB)
2016 Pasadena Chalk Festival at Paseo Colorado, Pasadena, Ca “Going Cray” Best 3-D Effect (w/PMLAB)