Experience

Tokyo Institute of Technology

• Japan
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Specially Appointed Professor

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Currently, specially appointed professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, I am working with Prof Takamichi Nakamoto researching olfaction in VR and gaming environments, and with Prof Shinya Hanaoka investigating olfaction in the context of public transportation and well-being. This forms part of the joint research STADHI group (CSM & Tokyo Tech), supported by the World Research Hub (WRH). Currently, specially appointed professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, I am working with Prof Takamichi Nakamoto researching olfaction in VR and gaming environments, and with Prof Shinya Hanaoka investigating olfaction in the context of public transportation and well-being. This forms part of the joint research STADHI group (CSM & Tokyo Tech), supported by the World Research Hub (WRH).



Olfactory Art and Science Research

• Japan

• Arts Research Director

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Between 2016 - 2019 I contributed as an artist and as the Arts Research Director to a Japanese Government Kakenhi funded project investigating relationships between olfactory art and wellbeing, with particular focus on the elderly and dementia, for a project initiated by Dr. Yuriko Sugihara, coordinating with the Arts Project Director Dr. Yoko Iwasaki and the international group of artists collaborating on the project. Over the duration of this research project a number of public exhibitions were held in Japan, France and Sweden. Information about this can be found here: https://www.olfactoryresearch.net/research In 2019 further funding from Kakenhi Japan was provided to continue this research, enabling my collaboration with the Japanese artist Reiko Kubota to include working with psychologists and olfactory specialists in Japan. This will continue until 2023, with our research focusing on the creation of olfactory artefacts that can be used in care home environments to enhance narrative memory recall and well-being.



www.nathancohen.co.uk

• London, United Kingdom

• Artist

  • 1985 - Present

  I have been working professionally as an artist for over 35 years exhibiting in the UK and internationally. I have been working professionally as an artist for over 35 years exhibiting in the UK and internationally.



University of the Arts London

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher in Art and Science

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  As an artist and active researcher I develop interdisciplinary collaborations with scientists resulting in exhibitions and published research. I have been appointed as Researcher in Art and Science at Central Saint Martins (UAL) and work with colleagues internationally. As an artist and active researcher I develop interdisciplinary collaborations with scientists resulting in exhibitions and published research. I have been appointed as Researcher in Art and Science at Central Saint Martins (UAL) and work with colleagues internationally.



Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

• Tachi Lab, Keio University, Tokyo

• Visiting Researcher

  • Jul 2010 - Dec 2010

  I was invited to be a Visiting Researcher at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design between July - December 2010. During this time I was embedded with the Tachi Lab team (Director, Prof. Susumu Tachi) and developed interactive art installations utilising Retro-Reflective Projection Technology invented by the laboratory. This artwork was exhibited in the Aisho Miura Gallery in Tokyo during my stay in Japan (details in accompanying article). I was invited to be a Visiting Researcher at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design between July - December 2010. During this time I was embedded with the Tachi Lab team (Director, Prof. Susumu Tachi) and developed interactive art installations utilising Retro-Reflective Projection Technology invented by the laboratory. This artwork was exhibited in the Aisho Miura Gallery in Tokyo during my stay in Japan (details in accompanying article).