Teaching Staff (Multidisciplinary Arts)

Title	Professor
Research Fields	Art projects / Community and art / Art and resilience
Education	2015 Master’s (Clinical Psychology), Hope International University, Fullerton, USA 1987 Bachelor’s (Aesthetics and Art History), Tokyo University of the Arts
Selected Professional Experience	2021-Present Professor, Akita University of Art 2018-2021 Associate Professor, Tokyo Kasei University 2016-2018 Mental health therapist; Social worker; ‘Far East Lounge’ Community program coordinator, Little Tokyo Service Center CDC, Los Angeles, USA 2015-2016 Mental health therapist, Center for Japanese Mental Health, Los Angeles, USA 2015-Present Certified clinical psychotherapist, State of California, USA 2014-2015 Mental health therapist, Asia Pacific Women’s Center, Los Angeles, USA 2000-2014 Art management, Yutaka Sone Studio Los Angeles, USA 1992-1994 Curator, Penrose Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tokyo 1987-Present Art critic; Writer; Independent curator
Recent Activities	<Research Projects> 2020-Present Cho-korei shakai ni okeru ‘tsunagari’ saisei to tayo na chi’iki shigen ni yoru ‘kore made-dori no kurashi keizoku’ e no chosen [Towards maintaining ways of life through various local resources and the regeneration of social bonds in a super-aged society] (with MATSUOKA Yoko). Tokyo Kasei University 2020 Shishunki no jiheishosha to no hyogen o tsujita tsunagari no tame ni [Bonding with autistic adolescents through artistic expression]. (Multidisciplinary art-based therapy research) 2019-2021 Children and Parenting Support through Expression-Centered Art Program. Research Institute of Domestic Science, Tokyo Kasei University   <Art Projects> 2019-Present TONARI (Neighborhood) Project (as Min Nishihara). Presented at various venues including Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021 2016-2018 Various community art projects as part of ‘Far East Lounge,’ Little Tokyo Service Center CDC, Los Angeles, USA 2016-Present Michoacán Project (with SONE Yutaka)
Courses Taught	Contemporary Art Seminar Intercultural Communication Multidisciplinary Arts Seminar A, B, C Art Tour Psychology Graduation Project (Multidisciplinary Arts) Guided Research Ⅰ, Ⅱ （Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts） Transdisciplinary Arts Seminar Transdisciplinary Arts Practicum A Transdisciplinary Arts Theory

Example Works
Michoacán Project (2016)	’Far East Lounge’ (2017)	TONARI (Neighborhood) Project (2020; photo by Yukai)	TONARI (Neighborhood) Project (Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021; 2021)

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: SONE Hiromi (Japanese page)