A New Perspective of Art in Students' Daily Lives! NII Japan Information Industry Begins Exhibition of Popular Contemporary Artist Nana Funo's Work "Collecting Hail" at Sophia University Yotsuya Campus.
Japan Information Industry (NII) has started exhibiting "Collecting Hail," a work by popular contemporary artist Nana Funo, at Sophia University's Yotsuya Campus. This is part of NII's sponsorship of the "Art in Student Life Project," advocated by gallerist Tomio Koyama, aiming to integrate art into students' daily lives and foster their sensibilities and intellectual growth.
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Japan Information Industry Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Hideki Shimokawa; hereinafter "NII"), as part of its sponsorship of the "Art in Student Life Project" advocated and promoted by contemporary art gallerist Tomio Koyama, and under the planning and operation of Galerie Nuage, began exhibiting "Collecting Hail," a contemporary art piece by popular contemporary artist Nana Funo, at Sophia University's Yotsuya Campus in March 2026.
This work is installed in the Learning Commons area within the Active Commons of Building 9 on the same campus. By placing art in a learning space that students use daily, it is expected to create opportunities for natural interaction with art in their everyday lives, thereby fostering students' sensibilities and broadening their thinking.
"Art in Student Life Project" is an initiative aimed at making student life more creative and enriching, and improving the quality of research activities and thought formation, by having sponsoring companies lend high-quality contemporary art pieces to universities free of charge for permanent exhibition in public spaces on campus.
NII began sponsoring this project last year, with the first phase starting in January 2025 at Meiji University's Surugadai Campus. This expansion to Sophia University marks the second phase. The exhibition is scheduled to last for approximately three years.
Exhibition Overview
Exhibition Period: Three years from March 2026
Exhibition Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Active Commons in Building 9
7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Exhibited Work: Nana Funo 2024 "Collecting Hail"
Reference Information
Reference 1: About "Art in Student Life Project"
This project is advocated and promoted by contemporary art gallerist Tomio Koyama. By permanently exhibiting high-quality art pieces in students' daily life scenes, such as university campuses, it aims to make student life more creative and fruitful, and support the improvement of the quality of academic research results and thought formation.
Sponsoring companies are recruited to lend contemporary art pieces to universities free of charge for permanent exhibition in public spaces on campus. This aims to naturally permeate the inherent attitude of confronting the times and sophisticated image of contemporary art into a more familiar environment for students without discomfort.
NII empathizes with this philosophy and has joined this project.
This work is installed in the Learning Commons area within the Active Commons of Building 9 on the same campus. By placing art in a learning space that students use daily, it is expected to create opportunities for natural interaction with art in their everyday lives, thereby fostering students' sensibilities and broadening their thinking.
"Art in Student Life Project" is an initiative aimed at making student life more creative and enriching, and improving the quality of research activities and thought formation, by having sponsoring companies lend high-quality contemporary art pieces to universities free of charge for permanent exhibition in public spaces on campus.
NII began sponsoring this project last year, with the first phase starting in January 2025 at Meiji University's Surugadai Campus. This expansion to Sophia University marks the second phase. The exhibition is scheduled to last for approximately three years.
Exhibition Overview
Exhibition Period: Three years from March 2026
Exhibition Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Active Commons in Building 9
7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Exhibited Work: Nana Funo 2024 "Collecting Hail"
Reference Information
Reference 1: About "Art in Student Life Project"
This project is advocated and promoted by contemporary art gallerist Tomio Koyama. By permanently exhibiting high-quality art pieces in students' daily life scenes, such as university campuses, it aims to make student life more creative and fruitful, and support the improvement of the quality of academic research results and thought formation.
Sponsoring companies are recruited to lend contemporary art pieces to universities free of charge for permanent exhibition in public spaces on campus. This aims to naturally permeate the inherent attitude of confronting the times and sophisticated image of contemporary art into a more familiar environment for students without discomfort.
NII empathizes with this philosophy and has joined this project.