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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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For collaboration or inquiries: hey@upon.studio 
Instagram: @ivy.upon 



S T O C K I S T

New York, NY

Printed Matter

Whitney Museum

Brooklyn Museum

Center for Book Arts
Desert Island
International Center of Photography
Miriam Gallery
Pyperbleu
Lucky Risograph

Olympia Gallery


Minneapolis, MN

Minnesota Center for Book Arts


Los Angeles, CA

Ooga Booga

Secret Headquarters


San Francisco, CA
Needles & Pens

Miami, FL

EXILE Books


Honolulu, HI

Bas Bookshop


New Haven, CT

Atelier Cho Thompson


Shanghai, China

Bananafish Books



W O R K  C O L L E C T E D  B Y

United States

Thomas J. Watson Library at Metropolitan Museum

Firestone Library Special Collections at Princeton University
Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University
Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Design
Pratt Institute Library
School of the Art Institute Chicago Library
SMFA at Tufts University Library
Graphic Arts Center
and more

International

Jameel Arts Centre Dubai

F E A T U R E 

The Best Art Books of 2023 – Brooklyn Rail, 2023

It’s Nice That, 2022
New York Magazine, 2021



A R T  B O O K  F A I R 

Los Angeles Art Book Fair, 2019-2025
New York Art Book Fair, 2016-2024
Boston Art Book Fair, 2022

Printed Matter + EXILE at NADA Miami, 2021
Vancouver Art Book Fair(Virtual), 2021

Odds and Ends ABF at Yale University, 2017-2019
Boston Art Book Fair, 2019
Portland Art Book Fair, 2019

and many more


T A L K  &  W O R K S H O P

“Joy of Drawing” Talk with Printed Matter, 2025

Word-Image Drawing Workshop with Printed Matter St Marks, 2023

“Where Random Thought Takes Me” - Talk at Index Space, 2023
Talk at Multiple Formats Art Symposium at Boston University, 2023

Riso Workshop at Miriam Gallery, 2022


R E S I D E N C Y  &  M O R E

Artist-in-Residenc at Risolab, School of Visual Arts, 2018

"Fuck-ups" Exhibition at XXXI Gallery, 2018