Cecile Chong is an American artist based in Brooklyn, New York,[1] whose work addresses the process of cultural assimilation and the development of individual identity.
[citation needed] During graduate studies at the Parsons School of Design she was challenged to explore her own, genuine and constructive narrative,[1] receiving an MFA degree in 2008.
2015 - Time Collision - in the Project Room of BRIC Arts Media Chong presented an installation of Eastern and Western objects and images in landscape format mixing cultural incongruities.
[4] 2018 In Between Daylight, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn NY[5][6] consisted of a large wall installation of artificial and real flora with small guagua's facing it.
Sunset Park in Brooklyn was the first public park iteration as it travels to the five boroughs of NYC; Lewis Latimer House Museum in Flushing Queens was a second in 2018;[7] and a third appeared in the Bronx at a 2019 Wave Hill summer group show described as a multi-piece “guagua” sculptural installation and a tribute to New York City's immigrant populations.