Chris was voted by the public in 2015 as Malaysia's top magician.
Chris Cheong is Malaysia's top professional performing artiste mentalist and magician currently residing in the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Previously recognized as Malaysia's youngest performing artiste mentalist.
Performed professionally in corporate & concerts event across Asia for the past 9 years.
Made multiple appearances internationally, performing in Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, China, Australia, Hong Kong, India and many many more.
Raised in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, Chris attended American public school before pursuing a degree in psychology. Chris first became interested in magic at the age of 8 when he was attracted by his birthday present,magic set from Toys R Us. From then, he began working on his magic skills, and at the age of 13, he started performing in events full time.
At age 15, Chris made his first public appearance in Radio Television Malaysia (Malaysia National TV). A year later, he is signed as their magic segment TV host for TV series Kids on 2 and Lava Kids.
In December 2012, Chris made his first international artist collaboration with Sungha Jung, a South Korean acoustic finger-style guitarist who has risen to fame on YouTube.
In January 2014, in conjunction of Spring Fest, the annual social & cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagphur, held during the month of January in the spring semester, Cheong was invited as one of the international guest artist to perform.