Caifeng Hong is a costume designer, illustrator, and interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. With a foundation in fashion design, her practice spans theatre, dance, experimental performance, immersive experiences, fashion, and sculpture. She holds a BFA in Fashion Design from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and an MFA in Costume Design from Carnegie Mellon University.

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​Her early training in drawing and painting informs her use of color, silhouette, and material, as well as her attention to fluidity and negative space. Her designs balance intricate detail with the overall visual composition. Her education in China and the United States has shaped her understanding of cultural context and her approach to design across different artistic traditions.

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Her theatre credits include Kim’s Convenience, Lear, and John Proctor Is the Villain. Her broader body of work includes Candle, informed by Chinese cultural traditions; the immersive projects Mirror, In Time, and Microplastic Invasion Strategy; and the dance works What Is Time, Show You A  Body, and If  We Are in 2090. Across her experimental and immersive practice, she explores the relationships among performers, visual imagery, and audiences. In many of these works, audience participation, choices, and perceptions become part of the artistic process, influencing how the experience unfolds. Her recent practice also extends to costume design for screen productions.

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Hong was a featured artist in Flowers Meet Fashion: Inspired by Billy Porter at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. During her studies at Carnegie Mellon University, she was named an Elizabeth Schrader Kimberly Fellow in 2025. In 2026, she received the USITT Zelma H. Weisfeld Costume Design & Technology Award.