Phillip Chen’s prints have been exhibited in numerous locations nationally and internationally and are held in public collections that include Brooklyn Museum, New York Public Library, Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts. He has traveled extensively as a visiting artist and served as an evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts, College Art Association, and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. His image making has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council, Iowa Arts Council, and Louis B. Comfort Tiffany Foundation. He is a professor of drawing and printmaking at Drake University.

The Under Pressure Print Club (UPPC) is sponsoring Phillip Chen’s visit to UNL. UPPC is community support group for the printmaking area at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and a collector’s group for learning about, cultivating and acquiring contemporary print art.