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 prose, oil painting, and collage. She is currently a Brooklyn Arts Council, 2025 SU-CASA Teaching Resident.

Past Apperances

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Past Apperances *

☆ Selected Workshops

Chinatown Arts Brigade x WOW Project, Collage with Our Archives

Q-Wave, 20th Anniversary Collage

2025

2024

Grand Street Settlement, Lunar New Year Collage

2024

2023

Magnum Foundation x Abrons Art Center, Lower East Side Zine Workshop

☆ Writing

Self-published, Nonfiction Collection, A Journey Ahead

2023

Pigeon Pages, Nonfiction Essay, Grieving in Translation

2022

☆ Fellowships & Support

Brooklyn Arts Council, SU-CASA Teaching Residency

2023

2024

The Very Asian Foundation, Inaugural Meet the Creators Grant

2023

☆ Press

KING 5 News, Interview, Meet the Creators

2025

2021

Google Arts & Culture, Storyteller, Shadow Wall: Stories of Chinatown

2021