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The Beauty of Being Deaf, part of "Of Love and Friendship," Université de Montréal Gallery, Montréal, Canada
The Beauty of Being Deaf, SFO Museum International Terminal, San Francisco, CA
Autonomy and The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…, in "Unmoored/Unbound," Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2025
Mannerisms, performance, Art Parde, iMPACT Center, San Francisco, CA
The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…, "Beyond the Waves" Exhibition, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…, QueerFilmFest Rostock, Rostock, Germany
My Ear Broke, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…, 47th Douarnenez Film Festival — Peoples/Amazonia, Douarnenez, France
2024
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Frieze, NY
Overflow, Afterglow: New Work in Chromatic Figuration, Jewish Museum, NY (group)
It Doesn't Have To Make Sense, Hannah Traore Gallery, NY (solo)
2023
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Leslie Lohman Museum, NY (solo)
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Nowness, Virtual
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, AU
Elevator Etiquette, Industry City, Brooklyn (solo)
My Ear Broke, Museum of the City of New York, NY (group)
2022
Headphones as Armor, Sculpture, Leslie-Lohman Museum, NY (group)
Why Do People Want To Be Remembered, Malin gallery, Miami, FL (group)
Constructing My Own Seat at The Table, 1969 Gallery, NY (solo)
Dinner Table Syndrome Pure Joy Painting, 1969 Gallery, NY (group)
Is It Worth It, Performance Space, New York, NY (solo)
Listen To Me, Villa Madrid, Los Angeles, CA (group)
Vitruvian Man Floor Design, Abrons Art Center, Brooklyn (duo)
I'm Glad I Met You At This Age, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin (group)
Just Right Now, NYC Culture Club, The Oculus, NY (group)
2021
"Rewiring, Raison D'être," NYC Culture Club, The Oculus, NY (group)
"Vineeta" First Impressions, Anonymous Gallery, NY (group)
"Have You Met Every Layer of Yourself?," US Open Gallery, Queens (group)
"Take This Down I Dare You," Online Performance, Eyebeam (solo)
"I Want To Be Remembered…," Billboard, ForFreedoms, Pittsburgh, PA (solo)
"How To Do The Right Thing," Painting, Higher Power Auction, Artsy
"Horizontal Hostility," Painting, Greenhouse Auction, Artsy
2020
"TransAtlantico," Mana Contemporary Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (group)
"Trans Disabled Black Lives Matter," Public Mural, NYC Pride Window Mural, New York, NY
2019
"Dysphoria," Painting, CNN World Pride, NY (group)
2018
"Golden Hour Series," Compound Gallery Group Show, New York, NY (group)
"Not Your Typical Solo Show," Space 776 Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Deaf & Queer Festival, Marseilles, France
The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…, Festival Empreinte, Marseille, France
2025
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," QueerFilmFest Rostock, Germany
2024
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Queer Fest Kathmandu
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," dotdotdot, Vienna
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Frameline Film Festival, SF
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Queer Screen's 31st Mardi Gras Film Festival
2023
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Semi-finalist Oakland Film Festival, CA
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Cannes Indie Short Awards, Cannes, France
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," SignLight International Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Superfest Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Newfest Film Festival, New York, NY
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Deaf Film Festival, Austin, TX
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Nowness
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, AU
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Queerfilm festival, Bremen, DE
"The Device That Turned Me Into a Cyborg…," Toronto Short Film Festival, Canada
"The Beauty of Being Deaf," QueerFilmFest, Rostock, DE
2022
The Beauty of Being Deaf, Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney, AU
2021
"The Beauty of Being Deaf," CINEMQ Cinema, Shanghai, CN
"The Beauty of Being Deaf," Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC
"The Beauty of Being Deaf," Newfest Film Festival, New York, NY
“The Artist’s Capitalism Trap”" Time
2025
"The Freedom I Felt When My Cochlear Implant Failed," Time
"I am Choosing Deaf Trans Joy Without Conditions," Time
2024
For Freedoms Billboards monograph with Monacelli
Overflow, Afterglow Group Exhibition with The Jewish Museum
Stabbe, O., & Man, C. (2024). Deaf and trans, intersections. In The Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ+ Studies (2nd ed., Vol. 0). SAGE Publications, Inc. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071891414
2023
Sun Kim, Christine. Secession. Vienna Secession, 2023, p. 95
Featured in Luigi and Iango's Unveiled published by Phaidon
2022
Featured in Fire Island Pines by Robert Andy Coombs published by BOFFO
2021
Man, Chella. Continuum. Penguin Random House, 2021.
2020
Padden, Carol A., and Tom Humphries. Introduction to Deaf Culture. Oxford University Press, 2020, p. 104
2017–2018
Man, Chella. "Man-Made." Them, Condé Nast. https://www.them.us/contributor/chella-man
Artist Talk, SFO Museum International Terminal, San Francisco, CA
Trans Iron Man Panel Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA
Ohlone University Key Speaker, Fremont, CA
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2025
MoMA Disability Art Chats, Virtual
Trans Day of Remembrance Key Speaker, The Center, San Francisco
2024
Diversity and Equity Speech, Google, San Bruno, California
Diversity and Equity, Fidelity, Virtual
Diversity and Equity, Poshmark, Virtual
Georgetown University Film Screening and Talk
2023
"Continuum," Scripps College, Claremont, CA
"Continuum" reading at Powerhouse Arts
Film Screening and Talk Back for Mixed Asian Media at Industry City, NY
Film Screening of Cyborg and Talk Back at The Leslie-Lohman Museum, NY
Film Screening and Talk Back at Hermitage Artists Retreat in Sarasota, Florida
2022
"One Must Live It: Disability and Joy Roundtable" with Judith Hermann and Jezz Chung, Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY
2021
Panel Speaker with Judith Heumann and Andraéa LaVant, Gucci CHIME Zine, Virtual
Guest Speaker, University of California, Riverside, CA
Internal Discussion on Intersectionality, Apple, Cupertino, CA
"Continuum," DC 2023 Public Library, Washington, DC
Panel Speaker with Tyler Oakley, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Guest Speaker, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Guest Speaker, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Interviewed by Indya Moore for The Renaissance Awards
2020
Keynote Speaker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Guest Speaker, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2019
Guest Speaker, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
"Becoming Him," TEDx Talk, Virtual
The Brooklyn Museum in Dialogue with Chella Man, Brooklyn, NY
International Ambassador for Nike
Board Member of The Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York City
2023
International Ambassador for Nike
"The Process of Falling in Love With Yourself": short film commissioned by Google Pixel
Ambassador for Google
Board Member of The Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York City
2022
International Ambassador for Nike
Featured in It Gets Better Campaign Short Documentary
Designed Cochlear Implant Cover for Med-El Cochlear Implants
Featured in Nike's Global Running Campaign "Run to Release"
Hosted Wheelchair-Friendly Community Run (5K) with Nike
ASL Teacher, CIRENAS, Hacienda Ario, CR
2021
Designer, "The Beauty of Being Deaf" Collection, Private Policy Jewelry
Designer, Chella Man Tattoo Collection, Inkbox
Internal Diversity Consultant for Gucci
2020
Judge, Instagram Portraiture Art Competition 2020 Collaborations with Adobe
Designer, Chella Man Tattoo Collection, Inkbox
2019
Designer, "Chella Man x Opening Ceremony," Opening Ceremony
Designer, Chella Man Tattoo Collection, Inkbox
Curational Judge for Brooklyn Water Collective’s Exclaim! Exhibition
2024
Harper's Bazaar Japan Featured Artist - October Issue
Selected as Forbes 30 Under 30 - Art and Culture
2023
Honored by the National Associated of The Deaf with the Awareness Breakthrough Award
Honored by the British LGBT+ Awards for Online Presence
2022
Gold House's 2022 A100 List Honoree
Continuum Nominated for Audible's Best LGBTQIA Listens by Queer Authors
Continuum named as YALSA's Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
Shorty Awards, Judge
2021
Nowness Film Highlights, "The Beauty of Being Deaf"
Models Dot, Social Mover of the Year Nominee
The Attitude Awards, The Hero Award, London, EN
Digital Creator Award Winner, The Renaissance Awards—NFT
Honoree at The White House for the 31st ADA Anniversary
2020
Silver Arts Residency Mentor, World Trade Center, New York, NY
Paper Magazine, "Eight Faces Defining the Future of Fashion," Honoree
Shorty Awards, Judge
2019
Shorty Awards - LGBTQ+ Account Nomination
Queerty Pride50, Award Winner
2018
Out100 List, Honoree
Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
2023
Hermitage Retreat Residency Fellow, Sarasota, FL
Industry City Artist-In-Residence, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Silver Art Projects Mentor, World Trade Center, New York, NY
Industry City's First Artist-In-Residence, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Silver Art Projects Mentor, World Trade Center, New York, NY
2020
Palazzo Monti Resident,
Leader of ASL Fitness, “Momentum” at Pacific Strength Gym in Oakland
3rd Grade Art Teacher, California School for the Deaf, Fremont, CA
2025
Jr. Tattoo Artist at Castro Tattoo Shop, San Francisco, CA
3rd Grade Art Teacher, California School for the Deaf, Fremont, CA
Deaf Consultant, Creative Growth, Oakland, CA
Tattoo Apprentice at Castro Tattoo Shop, San Francisco, CA
2024
Tattoo Apprentice at Castro Tattoo Shop, San Francisco, CA
National Academy of Sports Medicine Certification (NASM)
2025
Bloodborne Pathogens Certification
2017–2019
Parsons School of Design, BFA in Virtual Reality Programming
Last Updated 24.10.31
Co-Choreographed by
Chella Man and Anna Gichan
Mannerisms is a performance that traces the intentions of body language back to the cultures that produce it. Co-choreographed by Anna Gichan and Chella Man, who are both Deaf and queer, the origins of movements oscillate between those born from identity and those born from masked performativity.
A draft of Mannerisms emerged through a five-minute piece performed by four dancers at “Art Parde” in San Francisco. Each minute represented a chronological stage of life, from fetus to puberty.
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and Nowness
2024
Chella Man explores his complex relationship with the cochlear implant, and navigating identity between the deaf and hearing worlds.
2022
Steel, Brass, Leather, and Foam
Deaf Armor addresses how D/deaf individuals use headphones as a performative tool of safety in audist societies.
2022
Though my body can bear a child, can my mind hold one?
The live performance explores Man’s connection to biological pregnancy as a trans-masculine person.
Lothar Baumgarten, 1984
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Pace Gallery
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