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UPON is a New York-based art and publishing studio founded by Ivy Zheyu Chen.

Catching random thoughts.

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New Yorkers

I was walking by a tied-up black trash bag one day, and on top of it was a pigeon staring at me poised like a king. That scene has stuck with me ever since.

This print collection is inspired by that pigeon's sharp look, by rats I encounter almost every day - dead or alive, and by the G train that I've spent so much of my life waiting for. Made by a New Yorker, for New Yorkers.

1. Rat
2. Statue of Liberty
3. Pigeon
4. Empire State
5. Metrocard
6. G Train

Risograph prints
S/S 2024
14 x 11 in | 36 x 28 cm



Feminism Is

I don’t understand Feminism as a vocabulary, nor do I feel it. Until one day, I was angry at something and realized I was suppressing the anger even before it could surface.

It’s a situation so familiar growing up as a woman. Oh, you better be poised, smiling, elegant! Being hysterical is dangerous - look! She’s going crazy! What’s expected of us is a goddess-like, calm, warm figure.

But why can't I be angry? Why can't I show my distorted ugly face in anger? I mean, it’s anger! It’s a natural emotion!

This led me to really feel the word Feminism and then interpret other big “-ism” words - in a way that I could immerse in and relate to.

Risograph-printed zine
S/S 2024
16 pages
11 x 8.5 in | 28 x 22 cm
 
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FPCS

This collection is inspired by random thoughts popping out of my daily life.

1. French Press
2. Piggy
3. Chanel
4. Skateboard

Risograph prints
S/S 2024
14 x 11 in | 36 x 28 cm



Mexican Animals ︎ 40% OFF 

This print collection is inspired by Coyoacán wood crafts, from a trip I took to Mexico City.

1. Butterfly
2. Big Bird
3. Sea Turtle
4. Parrot

Risograph prints
S/S 2024
14 x 11 in | 36 x 28 cm

Landscape or Portrait