Chris Deng
is a socially engaged artist and writer 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 Abrons Art Center, Chinatown Art Brigade, Magnum Foundation, W.O.W. Project, and more to hold and archive stories of grief, collective memory, and resistance.
They are a Brooklyn Arts Council 2025 SU-CASA Teaching Resident and a GrubStreet 2025 - 2026 Emerging Writer Fellow.
Past Apperances
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Past Apperances *
☆ Selected Workshops
2025
Abrons Art Center, Lower East Side Yearbook Exhibit, Collage Workshop
2025
Chinatown Art Brigade x WOW Project, BBLP, Collage with our Archives
2024
Magnum Foundation, Lower East Side History Month, Zine Workshop
2023
☆ Writing
Self-published, Nonfiction Collection, A Journey Ahead
2023
Pigeon Pages, Nonfiction Essay, Grieving in Translation
2022
☆ Fellowships & Support
GrubStreet, Emerging Writer Fellowship
2025-26
Brooklyn Arts Council, SU-CASA Teaching Residency
2025
Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation, Summer Non-fiction Program
2025
The Very Asian Foundation, Inaugural Meet the Creators Grant
2023
☆ Selected Press
KING 5 News, Interview, Meet the Creators
2023
CBS News, Interview, Women Writing History, a Coronavirus Journaling Project
2021