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 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.
She is a Brooklyn Arts Council 2025 SU-CASA Teaching Resident and a GrubStreet 2025 - 2026 Emerging Writer Fellow.
Past Apperances
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☆ 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
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