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

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