Academic
Staff

Born in Sendai, 1987. Shoji graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a BA in Musical Creativity of the Environment. He worked on the art project “Art City for Living,” the community-planning project “MAD City,” and the artist-in-residence program PARADISE AIR.

Lana Tran attained a Master of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto in 2019. As a Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholar, Lana received her PhD from the Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2023. Her research considers how place-based heritage and memory are collected, archived, and (re)presented in contemporary Japanese art projects. In practice, Lana has been involved in project management and intercultural relations in a wide range of arts and cultural organizations, from public institutions to artist-run initiatives between Japan and Canada since 2009. She has been based in Tokyo since 2011, where she lives with her dog Pepper.

Born in Taipei, Taiwan. Graduated from National Chengchi University (Taiwan). Ph.D. in Arts and Culture Management. Yang has a particular interest in immigration and the relationship between society and art based on her own experience. In the doctoral program, she engaged in planning and running art projects, while conducting research and fieldwork with the keywords of “multicultural society, social inclusion, and art”. Worked as a chief planner and coordinator in the art project “Immigration Museum Tokyo” in 2019, and as a supervisor of the Theatre Coordinator Training Course “Focusing on Multicultural Coexistence” in Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in 2021. She has published peer-reviewed journal articles such as ” Art as a Method of Multicultural Engagement and Inclusion: The Development of Multicultural Tolerance of Japanese ” (2016 “Cultural policy research” Vol.10).

Born in Tokyo in 1993. Graduated from Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics. Completed a Master’s degree in the Graduate School of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts. Conducted fieldwork mainly at live venues in Tokyo and contributed to After Musicking (2017, Tokyo University of the Arts Press), edited by Prof. Yoshitaka Mori. As a musician, he is the core member of rock bands Spicy Kouyadofu and Rock’n’Roll Party People.

Born in Tokyo in 1994, John graduated from the University of California, Davis with a BA in Art History and a BS in International Agricultural Development. He subsequently assumed a role in business strategy at a leading Japanese multinational manufacturer before enrolling in the GAP program (MFA) at the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts. Since finishing, he has served as a Project Research Assistant (PROJECT Music Bridge) and Adjunct Instructor at the GA graduate program. Focusing on the Toride campus and the surrounding Omonma area, John aims to elucidate the interplay between university history and the overarching socio-historical contexts through research, communication, exhibitions and archival work.

Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Law. Completed a Master’s degree in the Graduate School of Global Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts. 

Jini completed an MFA in the Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts.
She creates artworks centred on the sense of touch, exploring the expression of sexuality through gestures.
Her research focuses on gender and sexuality studies and feminism, particularly écriture féminine in relation to artistic practice.