On Friday, October 25th, Oklahoma City’s own Denise Duong will lead an artist talk about her work within the community, including her current project, a site-specific installation at 21c as part of the 2nd floor Elevate program. This event is free and starts at 7pm!

About the artist: Denise Duong is a Vietnamese American artist and muralist from Oklahoma City who studied sculpture and printmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work includes drawing, painting and large-scale murals. Several of her murals are on view in Oklahoma City, at 21c Museum Hotel in the Train Shed on the patio of Mary Eddy’s, and in the West Village and Plaza districts.

Growing up with an immigrant family in a city that cultivated individuals’ imaginations helped feed Denise’s beast of curiosity, creating for her an intrigue of what was beyond boundaries, state lines, oceans, skies, and emotions. All of these things play an integral part of her art’s growth and inspiration. Her narrative works on canvas are created with acrylic paint, paper, watercolor and ink. When she’s not in an indoor studio painting on canvases or board, you can find her somewhere in the world drawing or water coloring, or painting some type of wall. A commonality within her works is the depth of storytelling. The story within the story is there, you just have to look closely to find them all.