Chris Deng
is a socially engaged, multi-disciplinary artist, oral history storyteller, public speaker, and arts educator born and based in New York City.
She’s the author of A Journey Ahead, a bilingual collection of oral histories from elders residing in Chinatown, Manhattan.
She’s worked with folks at Magnum Foundation, W.O.W. Project, Grand Street Settlement, Chinatown Art Brigade, and more to hold and archive stories of grief, collective memory, and resistance.
They’ve spoken at Ogilvy, Milk Makeup, CBS Evening News, King5 News, and other places about Asian-American solidarity, craft, and intergenerational community-building.
Mediums they dream in are analog collage, oil painting, prose, and archives — both spoken and materialized.
In a past life, she was an Instructional Designer in tech for half a decade :’)
Past Apperances
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Past Apperances *
Creative Workshops
Liz’s Book Bar, Objects of Care
2024
Chinatown Arts Brigade x WOW Project, Collage with Our Archives
2024
Brooklyn Poets, September Collage Sesh
2024
Grand Street Settlement, Lunar New Year Collage
2024
2023
Apex for Youth, Youth Zine Making
Magnum Foundation x Abrons Art Center, Lower East Side Zine Workshop
2023
Public Speaking
KING 5 News, Interview, Meet the Creators
2023
Ogilvy, Panelist, Celebrating AAPI Creativity
2023
Milk Makeup, Panelist, APIDA Creatives in NYC
2023
CBS News, Interview, Women Writing History, a Coronavirus Journaling Project
2021
Google Arts & Culture, Storyteller, Shadow Wall: Stories of Chinatown
2021
Self-published, Nonfiction Collection, A Journey Ahead
Writing
2023
Pigeon Pages, Nonfiction Essay, Grieving in Translation
2022
Fellowships & Support
2024
The Very Asian Foundation, Meet the Creators Grant
2023