Naya Lee Chang (b. 2000, Mountain View, CA) is an NYC-based public artist who remixes the built environment with site-specific sculptures that visually riff on existing architecture or infrastructure, and conceptually uncover stories from a place’s real or imagined past. Grounded in historical scholarship yet frequently whimsical or striking in form, Chang's work intrigues busy pedestrians as well as community participants, who will find layers of meaning and opportunities for bodily engagement in her installations.
Recent public works include two twelve-foot-tall facades that broke up the RISD Museum’s colonial revival architecture with brickwork from around the world; prosthetic arms for a bronze statue of Caesar Augustus that was missing his original right appendage; and a material land acknowledgment in the form of sidewalk cracks mended with quahog shells. Chang graduated from the Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program with an AB in History with honors from Brown University and a BFA in Furniture Design with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the Dorner Prize from the RISD Museum, several grants from the Brown Arts Institute, and a 2019 award from YoungArts
