Through a close collaboration with art therapists and AI & HCI researchers, high-quality research has been conducted to develop an AI-based support system for art therapy.
Research Goal
Our main research goal is to develop an AI-based support system for art therapy. For this purpose, we develop systems ranging from expert support systems for alleviating the workload of art therapists to education support systems for training novice art therapists. In addition, through art therapy systems designed for the general public, we aim to contribute to societal mental health care.
Members - Art Therapists
Assistant Professor
Seoul Women's University
tekim@swu.ac.kr
Members - AI & HCI Researchers
Associate Professor
Sungkyunkwan University
jinyounghan@skku.edu
Professor
Sungkyunkwan University
songhy@skku.edu
Ph. D. Student
Sungkyunkwan University
dprth1014@g.skku.edu
M. Sc. Student
Sungkyunkwan University
entere77@g.skku.edu
Alumni
M. Sc.
jjeon416@g.skku.edu
M. Sc.
chaeheepark@g.skku.edu
Publications
"BetaDAPR: An AI-based Expert Support System for Art Therapists with Qualitative and Quantitative Assistance," Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM HCI), CSCW 2026.
"Venus and Mars on Canvas: AI-Mediated Collaborative Drawing for Romantic Relationship Insight," Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026).
"What I Meant, What You Felt: AI-Mediated Collaborative Drawing for Parent–Child Reflection," Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2026).
"When Behavior Is Not Enough: Identity Biases in Human-AI Creative Collaboration," Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2026).
"CheckDAPR: An MLLM-based Sketch Analysis System for Draw-A-Person-in-the-Rain Assessments," The 34th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2025).
"PracticeDAPR: An AI-based Education-Supported System for Art Therapy," The 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW 2025).
"Developing an AI-based Explainable Expert Support System for Art Therapy," ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems 2024.
"SceneDAPR: A Scene-Level Free-Hand Drawing Dataset for Web-based Psychological Drawing Assessment," In Proceedings of the ACM on Web Conference, 2024 (WWW 2024).
"AlphaDAPR: An AI-based Explainable Expert Support System for Art Therapy," In Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 2023 (IUI 2023).
"Magic Brush: An AI-based Service for Dementia Prevention focused on Intrinsic Motivation. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 2022 (CSCW 2022).
Patent
Depression Screening Method And Electronic Device Using Deep Learning-Based Pre-Drawn Mandala Colorings (딥러닝 기반 만다라 문양 채색 분석을 통한 우울 스크리닝 방법 및 전자 장치)
Inventor : Yu Jung Cha, Jin Young Han, Se Ryun Park, Jong Han Kim
Application No.: 10-2026-0054160
Filing Date: 2026.03.25
Anxiety Screening Method And Electronic Device Using Deep Learning-Based Pre-Drawn Mandala Colorings (딥러닝 기반 만다라 문양 채색 분석을 통한 불안 스크리닝 방법 및 전자 장치)
Inventor : Yu Jung Cha, Jin Young Han, Se Ryun Park, Jong Han Kim
Application No.: 10-2026-0054161
Filing Date: 2026.03.25
Drawing-Based Assessment Subject Analysis Device, Method, and System (그림 기반 피검자 분석 장치, 방법 및 시스템 )
Inventor : Jinyoung Han, Hayeon Song, Jiwon Kang, Jiwon Kim, Migyeong Yang, Chaehee Park, Taeun Kim
Application No.: 10-2023-0158921
Filing Date: 2023. 11. 16.
Outreach
2023 한국미술치료학회 추계학술대회 기조강연
강연 주제
: 정신건강서비스에서의 인공지능 활용 – 그림검사를 중심으로
2023 한국미술치료학회 추계학술대회 체험부스
체험 내용
- AlphaDAPR: 그림 검사 분석 전문가 보조 시스템
- PracticeDAPR: 초보 미술치료사를 위한 교육 및 실습용 시스템