, hope you’re doing well.



Haoshu Sascha Deng is based in Chicago, IL. She also considers Boston, MA, and Shanghai, China to be her home. Her creative work engages themes of memory/homesickness, solitude/companionship, and she hopes to reveal hidden inner worlds through a visual/sonic landscape. She is also interested in portraying stories about community building, immigration, and other artists’ practices in her documentary work.  Outside of creating, she is passionate about education and youth development. She is a 2024 Marwen Emerging Teaching Artist, 2023 NU Public Interest Program Fellow, and has worked at My CHI. My Future., a mayoral initiative in the City of Chicago - Mayor’s Office, and 826CHI, a non-profit that provides tuition free creative writing programing and publishing.






Date
Project TitleStatus

2023
Tunnel VisionFilmmakerFinished

2024idontcarewhatcomesnext (album cover)IllustratorFinished
2024poison (music video)
DirectorFinished

2024Hyacinth (Animation)IllustratorIn progress
2024Bowling Alone (Header Illustration)
IllustratorFinished

2024 Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Spring 2024 (Poster Illustration)
IllustratorFinished

2024 New_ Public Public Spaces Incubator (Social Media Video)AnimatorFinished

2024
Arm & A Leg (Short Film)DPFinished



2023
Humdrum Ecstasy (Short Film)
DirectorFinished



2023
DREAMLOGIC (Short Film)DPFinished





, hope you’re doing well.



haoshu sascha deng
| filmmaker, multimedia artist, designer | denghaoshu@gmail.com
Haoshu Sascha Deng is based in Chicago, IL. She also considers Boston, MA, and Shanghai, China to be her home. Her creative work engages themes of memory/homesickness, solitude/companionship, and she hopes to reveal hidden inner worlds through a visual/sonic landscape. She is also interested in portraying stories about community building, immigration, and other artists’ practices in her documentary work.  Outside of creating, she is passionate about education and youth development. She is a 2024 Marwen Emerging Teaching Artist, 2023 NU Public Interest Program Fellow, and has worked at My CHI. My Future., a mayoral initiative in the City of Chicago - Mayor’s Office, and 826CHI, a non-profit that provides tuition free creative writing programing and publishing.


Date
Project TitleMedium/RoleStatus

2024
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Spring Poster (Illustration)
Graphic DesignerFinished

2024
New_ Public Public Spaces Incubator (Social Media Video)
Motion GraphicsFinished



2024
sunshy idontcarewhatcomesnext (titlecard)
Illustrator and 3D ArtistFinished

2024
Arm & A Leg (Short Film)CinematographerFinished



2023
Humdrum Ecstasy (Short Film)
DirectorIn progress

2023
Through Tiny Windows (Zine)
Publication DesignerDone