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Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
№ |
| Brazil | 30 |
| Japan | 2 |
| USA | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
№ |
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Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Brazil |
13 |
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Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
4 |
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Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil |
3 |
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Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil |
2 |
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mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil |
2 |
Biography: 
1913 Born in Kyoto (JP)
Born in Kyoto, the youngest daughter in a family that earned its living in the forestry business, Ohtake left for Brazil as the age of 23 to be with her siblings who moved there previously. After traveling in Europe in 1951, where she was inspired by the paintings in the Louvre Museum and by Venice, Ohtake returned to Brazil where she began to paint under Keisuke Sugano. She has since exhibited at many international biennales as well as at the Contemporary Museum in Sao Paulo and the Pan-American Union in Washington. Known today as the "pearl" of the art world, she began with landscapes but soon changed to abstract expression. Ohtake has said the following about a work that appeared in her first solo exhibition in Japan, which was at the Hara Museum in 1988: "Painting is the expression of the artist's soul. I wanted to paint more of myself. The more I tried to paint my inner self, the more abstract the painting became, expressed through color and form."
| | Public exhibitions 34 
until 31.1.2010
Solo shows 10
2009
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| Tomie Ohtake - Gravura - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
2008
2006
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| Tomie Gráfica - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Tomie Ohtake - Aproximações Geométricas - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
2005
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| A Forma Circular em Tomie Ohtake - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
2004
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| Tomie Ohtake na visao de Miguel Chaia - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Tomie Ohtake - Na Trama Espiritual da Arte Brasileira - Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba |
2003
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| Tomie Ohtake - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
2002
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| Tomie Ohtake - Antes da Obra Pública - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
2001
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| Retrospektiva de Tomie Ohtake - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
Group shows 23
2009
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| When Lives Become Form Creative Power From Brazil - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima |
2008
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| When Lives Become Form - MOT Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
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| Arte Brasil Japão - Moderno e Atual - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Laços do Olhar - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Tracados Modernos e Contemporaneos - Galeria Marcelo Guarnieri, Ribeirão Preto, SP |
2006
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| Brasiliana MASP - Moderna contemporânea - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, São Paulo |
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| Pincelada - Pintura e Método - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Clube de Gravura - 20 Anos - mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Arte Moderna em Contexto - Coleção ABN AMRO Real - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro |
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| Ciccillo - acervo mac usp - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
2005
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| Arte em Metrópolis - Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba |
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| Nave dos Insensatos - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Poéticas da Forma - Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niterói, Niterói, RJ |
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| Arte em Metrópolis - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
2004
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| A Poética da Forma - Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba |
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| Gesto e Expresão-Abstracionismo Informal - mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
2003
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| Tomie Ohtake - na Trama Espiritual de Arte Brasileira - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
2002
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| Mapa do agora - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Caminhos do contemporâneo 1952-2002 - Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro |
2000
1998
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| Brasil - Anos 20 aos 90 - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
1996
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| 23° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo |
1989
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| 20° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo |
Dealer Directory 6 |
Brazil
| | Almacén Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro
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| | Galeria de Arte Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro
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| | Hilda Araújo Bratke Escritorio de Arte, São Paulo
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| | Mônica Filgueiras Galeria de Arte, São Paulo
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Public collections 11

Brazil
| | Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba
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| | MASC - Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC
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| | Museu de Arte Moderna Murilo Mendes, Juiz de Fora, MG
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| | Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niterói, Niterói, RJ
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| | Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli - MARGS, Porto Alegre
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| | mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo
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| | Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
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| | Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo
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| | Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, São Paulo
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Japan
| | Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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United Kingdom
| | UECLAA - University of Essex, Colchester (England)
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