With his father encouraging him to study different cultures and creative methods, Chen Chih-yang used his portfolio of prize-winning works to apply to the BFA program at the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1995.
一九九五年，在父親鼓勵及自己想探索不同文化、不同創作方式的動機下，陳志揚以得獎作品申請進入美國紐約視覺藝術學院，主修純藝術。