Linjie Deng (born July 25, 1992 in

Linfen Linfen () is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west. Linfen City is located in the southern part of Shanxi Province, with the remaining branches of T ...

, China) is a Chinese-American multi-media and

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Early life and education

Deng was born July 25, 1992, in

City,

Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...

Province,

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. He received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Beijing City University in 2015. Deng began painting at age six, but he gained recognition in 2015 when an art lover collected his Chinese seal and calligraphy artworks for $80,000. In the same year, he moved to New York, where he completed his master of fine arts degree from the

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in 2017.

Career

In 2019, Deng designed posters for the UN Global Callout to Creatives and designed paintings with slogans including ''Wash Your Hands'', ''Stay Home'', ''Save Lives''. He offered his pandemic-influenced art on the Artavita website, with all sales donated to The

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’s healthcare workers. In the same year, Deng created the ''Yin-Yang series'', a selection of contemporary calligraphy works consisting of mutually opposing and coexisting ideas: freedom and hope, hard work and luck, proud and humble. Libbie Mugrabi collected his Yin-Yang Series calligraphy in Art Basel Miami Beach. In 2021, Deng showcased his works after experiencing Asian hate crime on the subway. That led him to SCOPE Art Fair, where he exhibited three yellow works, with one work spotlighting ''Stop Asian Hate''; ''Start American Love''. In addition, Deng created ''Make America United Again'', a series directed at the Asian-American community. He has also designed NFTs, and his NFT work was featured at the Portion Street X Pop Art Week. In 2020, Deng was invited to his solo exhibition at ''Chameleon 2020''. In the same year, he was a featured international level artist at the ''Hamptons Virtual Art Fair'' (HVAF). Deng's work has also been shown in China, ''Carlton Fine Art Gallery'' New York, ''The Hamptons Fine Art Fair'',

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Miami Beach, ''Dream Tattoo calligraphy public show'', ''Stop Asian Hate Campaign'', The

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, and New York ''Con Artist Collection''.

Solo exhibitions

* 202 ''Still Warm'' - Hamptons Fine Arts Fair,

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, New York. * 2025 ''Snake Around, Sneak Around'' - Carlton Fine Arts Gallery,

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, New York. * 2024 ''Circle of Life'' - Hamptons Fine Arts Fair,

, New York. * 2023 ''Locker Room'' - Hamptons Fine Arts Fair,

, New York. * 2022 ''Double Sided'' - Hamptons Fine Arts Fair,

, New York. * 2021 ''Yin-Yang'' -

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, Miami Beach. * 2021 ''Young Forever'' - Hamptons Fine Arts Fair,

, New York. * 2021 ''Stop Asian Hate, Start American Love'' - Carlton Fine Arts Gallery,

, New York. * 2021 ''Lost Museum'' - Carlton Fine Arts Gallery,

, New York. * 2020 ''Chameleon 2020'' - Southampton Arts Center,

, New York.

Group exhibitions

* 2023 - ''The Year of Rabbit Chinese Calligraphy Art Performance'' - Tiffany & Co., New York. * 2021 - ''Queer Art 1950's-2021,'' - Carlton Fine Arts Gallery,

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. * 2017 - ''I'm Gay. Would You Like To Give Me A Hug?'' - Public Performance Art,

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Public speaking

* 2022 - ''Who Am I?'' - Third Annual Pride Artist Panel

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, New York. * 2017 - ''Togayther'' -

, New York. * 2015 - ''The Frog Can Also Jump Out of The Well'' - Super Speaker TV Talk Show, Beijing Radio and Television Station.

TV Show

* 2025 - ''Discussed his solo exhibition Still Warm at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair.'' - Fox 5 New York. * 2025 - ''Appeared as a guest artist to celebrate the Chinese Snake Year and introduce his exhibition Snake Around, Sneak Around. A portion of the proceeds was donated to the American Red Cross for LA wildfire relief..'' - Fox 5 New York. * 2021 - ''Featured as a guest artist to present his solo exhibition Asian Art SPA at Carlton Fine Art Gallery.'' - Fox 5 New York.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deng, Linjie Living people Chinese contemporary artists 1992 births American artists of Chinese descent School of Visual Arts alumni Artists from Shanxi