Tomie Ohtake

Tomie Ohtake (Kyoto, Japan 1913 - São Paulo SP, 2015)

Tomie Ohtake was a painter, printmaker, and sculptor, born in Japan and residing in Brazil since 1936. Upon settling in São Paulo, she began engaging with art in 1952, studying painting under the artist Keisuke Sugano. The following year, she joined the Seibi Group, which included other notable artists such as Manabu Mabe, Tikashi Fukushima, Flavio Shiró, and Tadashi Kaminagai. This group played a significant role in the development of abstract art in Brazil, and after a brief period exploring figurative art, Ohtake embraced abstraction, a movement that defined her work throughout her career.

In the 1970s, Ohtake began experimenting with new techniques, such as screen printing, lithography, and metal engraving, further diversifying her artistic forms. Her works started incorporating organic shapes and hints of landscapes, and by the 1980s, she adopted a more intense and contrasting color palette, infusing her creations with unique energy. Beyond painting and printmaking, Tomie Ohtake also devoted herself to sculpture, creating numerous works for public spaces, solidifying her presence in the Brazilian art scene.

The recognition of her work was reflected in numerous awards, including the National Prize for Visual Arts from the Ministry of Culture (Minc) in 1995, in Brasília. In 2000, the Tomie Ohtake Institute was founded in São Paulo, an institution dedicated to promoting art and culture. Tomie Ohtake passed away on February 12, 2015, at the age of 101, leaving an undeniable legacy in Brazilian and international art, and is considered one of the most important figures in contemporary Brazilian art.

The Force of Fate

She came to Brazil at the age of 23, initially just to visit a brother. She planned to stay a year or two at most, and then return to Japan, her homeland, the only place she knew and where she intended to live her entire life. During her stay, the situation across the ocean became uncertain, with dark clouds overshadowing the fragile peace, bound by secret treaties between powers that would become delayed-action bombs, ready to explode at any moment. Her brother did all he could to prevent her return, hoping the skies over Europe and Asia would clear. But instead, the fury of war erupted with full force: first, a pact between Germany and Italy, and then—the feared alliance of Japan with these two countries, forming the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis. Thus, Tomie Ohtake, that delicate Japanese girl, barely more than a teenager, was forced to prolong her stay in Brazil. After the war, Tomie married a Brazilian agronomist and, from then on, adopted Brazil as her second homeland, willingly falling into the trap that fate had set for her. If predestination exists, Tomie, more than anyone, felt it within herself, guided throughout life by an external force that opened doors before her and charted her path.

The Encounter with Painting

Tomie Ohtake was born in 1913 in Kyoto, Japan. From childhood, as was customary in her homeland, she was exposed to the art of calligraphy, essential for clear expression through characters and ideograms. From calligraphy, moving to drawing was a natural step. Without any restrictions but also without encouragement, she constantly doodled, trying to depict everything around her. In Japan, she never had a painting teacher, and in Brazil, it was even more so. Married at a young age, she became a housewife in a closed society with millennia-old customs, where women were submissive and confined to a restricted circle of friendships and social participation. Thus, her artistic nature lay dormant until she was 31, when fate brought her face-to-face with the art teacher and painter Keisuke Sugano, newly arrived from Japan, passing through São Paulo. Assisted by him, Tomie created her first paintings—simple figurative works, then some landscapes with Fauvist leanings, and other experiments already showing Cubist influence. Most of the paintings from this initial phase were lost in one of the frequent floods that destroyed almost everything she owned in certain regions of São Paulo.

The First Spark of a Star

Though her training with painter Keisuke Sugano was basic and brief, it had at least the advantage of pulling Tomie out of isolation. No one denied her merit or blocked her path, allowing her to follow, with relative freedom, the destiny laid before her. Her encounter with the teacher occurred in 1951, marking the year of her first timid and tentative paintings. Two years later, she participated in an exhibition by the Seibi Group (Seibikai in Japanese), an association of Japanese residents in southern São Paulo, legally established since 1935 and highly regarded within the community. Seibikai had a restriction: it accepted only works by Japanese artists or their descendants. Yet it also offered an unusual openness for exhibitions, simultaneously showcasing established painters and emerging artists. The newcomers attracted the audience, while the veterans benefited from this presence of visitors, including journalists and Japanese art critics living in Brazil. Her first appearance was noticed, earning an honorable mention from the jury. Her presence remained notable in subsequent exhibitions, earning her two gold medals.

Orderly Development

The blossoming of Tomie’s art in 1951 began with a figurative phase, understandable given the influence of her first and only teacher, a strict critic of her work, who in some ways shaped her stylistic fluidity. Soon, she pursued her own path, experimenting with Fauvism, Cubism, and later Concretism, ultimately immersing herself in abstraction, where she would remain permanently. Yet she always remained faithful to form, well-defined drawing, and the rational, organized application of color. This concern resulted in a visually pleasing painting, accessible and recognizable even to those skeptical of abstraction. There is, therefore, an easy and complete interaction between observer and artwork, regardless of technical knowledge or familiarity with the style.

Technique Assimilated with Natural Ease

The natural ease with which Tomie approached technique, absorbing it effortlessly and without affectation, made her a singular artist, soon noticed and revered in the Salons she participated in, both within Brazil and abroad. By 1957, six years after she began painting, she held her first solo exhibition at the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art. She was a constant presence in annual exhibitions, both domestically and internationally. In 1986, the São Paulo Museum of Art held a retrospective of her work—a feat repeated in 1996 by the São Paulo Biennial. Among her many attributes, her naturalness and simplicity in approaching art contributed greatly to this: transferring to the canvas what she felt in her soul, without yielding to fleeting trends or market pressures. Her enduring presence among the most successful artists of the second half of the 20th century demonstrates that her fidelity to her own concepts and her honesty with herself brought just rewards. (Text by Paulo Victorino) Tomie Ohtake’s painting develops from abstract languages. From the informal tendency that characterized her work in the late 1950s, she evolved toward gestural abstraction exploring spatiality in the early 1960s, venturing into larger canvases and investigating color and texture with a delicacy that would define her contribution. From the early 1960s emerges a series of highly poetic works, characterized by fluent gestural expression and a sensitive reduction of chromatic range to a maximum of three almost invariably constant tones. This period also gave rise to a phase of overlapping orthogonal planes across the canvas, where materiality and chromatic transparency assert themselves in sober compositions, with visible calligraphy, already hinting at her vocation for manipulating broad spatiality. The presence of geometrism, dominating form versus background yet always executed with a refined pictorial treatment, emerges in the early 1970s, around the same time she develops a preference for square canvases with expansive spatial surfaces. Curves gradually insinuate themselves, dominating the surfaces with delicate transparency. Aracy Amaral

Interview with Tomie Ohtake

Tomie Ohtake discusses art and modernity with Jornal Jovem.

We know that art has, among its goals, the reflection of the social context of its time. How would you describe this in the present day, and what might it be reflecting about the world we live in?
Art critics and historians are the ones who speak to this relationship, since artists create art and their intuition may place their work ahead of or behind the social context. Generally, however, innovative art is ahead of its time.

Can art function as a release valve, helping to maintain emotional balance for both creators and audiences? How?
Art can serve this purpose, but not necessarily. Imbalance is very common and not inherently negative—it can even propel both art and humanity forward.

Are mass culture and the constant media-driven call for consumption reflected in contemporary artistic expressions? How?
Today it is quite common, as artists are also exposed to these phenomena. Yet good art can either bypass them entirely or engage with them intelligently and poetically.

How do you view the cultural moment today? Is art, in general, becoming impoverished, or once again fulfilling its role in reflecting society?
There may be minor deviations, but art is always reflecting society, while simultaneously being reflected by society as it positions itself in relation to it.

What is currently lacking to encourage young people to develop a greater taste for the arts?
When I began painting in the 1950s, abstraction in Brazil was largely incomprehensible, but today it has been absorbed into contemporary art. As for fostering a love of art among the youth, you should ask Stela Barbieri*, who directs the educational programs at the Tomie Ohtake Institute—she knows about these challenging matters.

In general terms, what are the main differences between modern art compared to both classical and contemporary art?
Classical art engages more directly with society. In modern art, the conversation occurs within the art itself, while contemporary art tends to engage in a much more cerebral dialogue.

Quotes by Tomie Ohtake

"My work is Western, yet it bears a strong Japanese influence, reflecting my upbringing. This influence manifests in the pursuit of synthesis: few elements must convey much."

"Everything I have to say is expressed in my work. I never planned my forms rationally; they simply emerged."

"I do not like small things, nor painting with just my fingertips. I use my whole body."

"The critic Mario Pedrosa said: Tomie, would you like to try painting some canvases with your eyes closed? I did, and when I opened them, an image appeared—it was not a fixed form."

"It was the yellow light here—I fell in love as soon as I disembarked at the port of Santos."

"In Japan, everything is Zen. They talk Zen, Zen. I never thought about it. Zen is what you are doing—it is a person’s movement."

Critical Commentary

After a brief period exploring figurative painting, Tomie Ohtake established herself in abstraction. In the early 1960s, she employed a restrained color palette, typically dominated by two or three hues. Her compositions guide the viewer’s eye across surfaces that often evoke nebulous forms. In some works, she uses "sparse" brushstrokes and highly diluted paints, exploring transparency. Later, her canvases introduce colored forms, large rectangles that appear to float in space. Throughout the 1960s, she increasingly used contrasting tones. Her work reveals an affinity with the painter Mark Rothko (1903–1970), in the pulsation achieved through color and the subtle balancing of elements. The artist explores the expressiveness of the pictorial material, whether dense and textured or diluted and transparent.

In printmaking, she began working with serigraphy and lithography from the 1970s onwards. For most critics, this practice revitalized her painting. Her canvases began to feature curved lines and organic shapes. Although abstract, some paintings suggest landscapes—mountains or river curves—enhancing dynamism and the sense of movement. Works from the 1980s onward show a warmer color scale and more intense chromatic contrasts.

She also dedicated herself to sculpture, creating works such as Estrela do Mar (1985), installed at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio de Janeiro. She proposed interventions in urban spaces, producing large-scale sculptures, like the "waves" commemorating eighty years of Japanese immigration, installed on Avenida 23 de Maio in São Paulo. In more recent sculptures, she works with slender tubes that trace sinuous paths through space.

In interviews, the artist emphasizes the importance of Eastern, particularly Japanese, art in her painting, noting that "this influence is evident in the pursuit of synthesis: few elements must convey much."1 From Japanese tradition, Ohtake draws inspiration from the concept of time in ukiyo-e (images of the passing world), an art form capturing fleeting beauty. She continually explores the expressive possibilities of painting: transparency, texture, and the vibration of light. She describes her work as silent painting, reflecting the city of her birth. Her oeuvre reveals an intense dialogue between tradition and contemporaneity.

Critiques

"Color arrived slowly. First came timid landscapes, quickly abandoned for a calligraphic abstraction and a dive into a nebula of grays, whites, and blacks. This was a profound, deliberate exploration. Then the forms began to grow. (...) Tomie has already treated the canvas as a field of matter and texture in articulation, worked with subtle shading and color transitions. Today she can use delicate balances of form as easily as she can venture into bold, intense colors, restrained with a firm hand. It is difficult to divide her work into before and after, or into successive phases, because in reality Tomie painted in an ascending spiral. Even in her early works, it was not simple landscape that interested her. When she moved to texture and material, she was not merely following Parisian Informalism. Her highly constructed forms were not merely rational divisions of space. What always mattered was painting itself, as a reflection of a moment rather than simply creating images.

(...) it is hard for anyone familiar with a Tomie Ohtake painting not to recognize her other works. Even if she spent her life articulating very simple elements and delicate color overlays—as many painters did internationally—the dosage of color and formal elements long since established her identity (...).

Tomie thus achieves canvases of physical quality—the material is beautiful, the texture almost tactile, the contours of shapes strong in space—while addressing intangible matters like balance, light and shadow, and movement, suggested through vertiginous curves, shaded surfaces, and the way she organizes compositions. Such ambiguous elements are resolved with apparent simplicity, relentless dedication, and quiet satisfaction in the act of painting."
Casimiro Xavier de Mendonça
MENDONÇA, Casimiro Xavier de. O jogo do espaço e da luz. In: _______. Tomie Ohtake. São Paulo: Ex Libris, Raízes, 1983. p. 27-31.

"The artist replaces copying or reproducing known themes or situations with formal suggestion, thus approaching the Japanese black-and-white painting technique, sumi-e, a mark of the 'ancestral pattern,' creating a sober painting with refined plastic-visual quality, through perfect use of techniques and materials: brushes, spatulas, pigments. She did not stop at calligraphic arrangements but, through subdivisions and fractions of shodo characters, created a rich formal repertoire that accompanies her work to the present. Tomie Ohtake, 'as an authentic painter, does not satisfy herself with the informal Western patterns' popular in the 1950s, nor does she fully embrace reproducing Eastern calligraphy. The artist combines calligraphic aspects with European Informalism, aligning with formal suggestion typical of sumi-e painting to achieve surprising tonal results in monochromatic harmonies."
João J. Spinelli
SPINELLI, João J. Tomie Ohtake. In: _______. Tomie Ohtake: o antigo e o novo na obra de Tomie Ohtake.1985. f. 92. Master’s Dissertation – School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo, São Paulo.

"Tomie Ohtake’s painting developed from abstract languages. From the informal tendency of the late 1950s, she evolved into a gestural abstraction exploring spatiality in the early 1960s, venturing into larger canvases, studying color and texture with a refinement that would define her contribution. From the early 1960s emerged a highly poetic series using fluent gesturality with sensitive chromatic reduction—at most three nearly invariant colors. This period gave rise to a phase of overlapping orthogonal planes on the canvas, where materiality and chromatic transparency prevailed in sober compositions with visible calligraphy, already indicating her vocation for manipulating extensive spatiality. The dominance of geometric form over background, always with meticulous pictorial treatment, emerged in the early 1970s, around which time she favored large, square surfaces. Curves gradually asserted themselves, dominating the canvas surfaces with refined transparency."
Aracy Amaral
AMARAL, Aracy (Org.). Tomie Ohtake. In: MUSEU DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO: perfil de um acervo. São Paulo: Techint Engenharia, 1988. p. 307.

Testimonies

"I never painted emotionally. I have always painted more coldly. Always layering, layer upon layer. Applying many colors, layer upon layer, until I reached what I wanted. The gesture was calmer, always falling onto the canvas and following a more mental direction."
Tomie Ohtake
OHTAKE, Tomie; ARRUDA, Vitoria (Coord.). Exposição retrospectiva Tomie Ohtake. Rio de Janeiro: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, 2000. p. 20.

Solo Exhibitions

1957 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at MAM/SP
1959 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Galeria de Arte das Folhas
1960 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at MAM/SP
1964 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Galeria São Luís
1968 - New York, USA - Solo exhibition at the Brazilian Government Trade Bureau
1968 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Galeria Cosme Velho
1968 - Washington, USA - Solo exhibition at the Pan American Union Gallery
1969 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Solo exhibition at Petite Galerie
1969 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Associação de Amigos do MAM/SP
1970 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Galeria Aki
1971 - Mayagüez, Puerto Rico - Solo exhibition at the University of Puerto Rico
1972 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Galeria Cosme Velho
1974 - São Paulo, SP - Tomie Ohtake: Painting, at Galeria Arte Global
1975 - Rome, Italy - Solo exhibition at the Brazilian Embassy Art Gallery
1976 - Milan, Italy - Solo exhibition at the Italian-Brazilian Cultural Center
1976 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Solo exhibition at Graffiti Galeria de Arte
1976 - Washington, USA - Solo exhibition at the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
1979 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Grifo Galeria de Arte
1980 - Lima, Peru - Solo exhibition at Galeria 9
1983 - São Paulo, SP - Tomie Ohtake: Retrospective, at MASP
1984 - Brasília, DF - Tomie Ohtake: Paintings, at Galeria Paulo Figueiredo
1985 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud
1987 - Belo Horizonte, MG - Tomie Ohtake: Metal Engravings, at Gesto Gráfico Galeria de Arte
1987 - Brasília, DF - Tomie Ohtake: Metal Engravings, at Espaço Capital Arte Contemporânea
1987 - Curitiba, PR - Tomie Ohtake: Metal Engravings, at Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte
1987 - Florianópolis, SC - Tomie Ohtake: Metal Engravings, at Casa da Alfândega
1987 - Fortaleza, CE - Tomie Ohtake: Metal Engravings, at Galeria Ignez Fiuza
1987 - Porto Alegre, RS - Tomie Ohtake: Metal Engravings, at Galeria Tina Zappoli
1987 - Recife, PE - Tomie Ohtake: Metal Engravings, at Artespaço Galeria de Arte
1987 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Solo exhibition at Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea
1987 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Tomie Ohtake: Metal Engravings, at Galeria GB
1987 - Salvador, BA - Tomie Ohtake: Metal Engravings, at Escritório de Arte da Bahia
1987 - São Paulo, SP - Tomie Ohtake: Metal Engravings, at Monica Filgueiras Galeria de Arte
1988 - Tokyo, Japan - Tomie Ohtake: Retrospective, at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
1991 - Brasília, DF - Tomie Ohtake, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palácio do Itamaraty
1991 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Solo exhibition at Galeria GB
1991 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Solo exhibition at Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea
1991 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Solo exhibition at GB Arte
1991 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud
1993 - Belo Horizonte, MG - Tomie Ohtake: New Engravings, at Gesto Gráfico Galeria de Arte
1993 - Brasília, DF - Tomie Ohtake: New Engravings, at the Federal Senate
1993 - Campinas, SP - Solo exhibition at Galeria Croqui
1993 - Curitiba, PR - Tomie Ohtake: New Engravings, at Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte
1993 - Fortaleza, CE - Tomie Ohtake: New Engravings, at Caesar Park Hotel
1993 - Goiânia, GO - Tomie Ohtake: New Engravings, at Pinacoteca Galeria de Arte
1993 - Porto Alegre, RS - Tomie Ohtake: New Engravings, at Galeria Tina Zappoli
1993 - Recife, PE - Tomie Ohtake: New Engravings, at Artespaço Galeria de Arte
1993 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Tomie Ohtake: New Paintings, at MAM/RJ
1993 - Salvador, BA - Tomie Ohtake: New Engravings, at Escritório de Arte da Bahia
1993 - Ribeirão Preto, SP - Tomie Ohtake: New Engravings, at Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto Pedro Manuel-Gismondi
1993 - São Paulo, SP - Tomie Ohtake: New Engravings, at Monica Filgueiras Galeria de Arte
1994 - London, England - Tomie Ohtake: New Paintings, at Barbican Art Gallery
1994 - Miami, USA - Solo exhibition at Bass Museum of Art
1995 - New York, USA - Solo exhibition at American Society
1995 - Washington, USA - Solo exhibition at Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States
1997 - Guayaquil, Ecuador - Solo exhibition at Museo Antropológico del Banco del Pacífico
1997 - Quito, Ecuador - Solo exhibition at Fundación Guayasamín
1999 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Tomie Ohtake: Engravings, at Instituto Cultural Villa Maurina
2000 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Tomie Ohtake: Retrospective, at CCBB
2001 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2002 - São Paulo, SP - Antes da Obra Pública, at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2003 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2004 - São Paulo, SP - Solo exhibition at Espaço Cultural BM&F
2004 - São Paulo, SP - Tomie Ohtake in the Vision of Miguel Chaia, at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2005 - São Paulo, SP - The Harvest of Color, at Galeria Nara Roesler
2005 - São Paulo, SP - The Circular Form in Tomie Ohtake, at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2006 - São Paulo, SP - Tomie Gráfica, at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2006 - São Paulo, SP - Tomie Ohtake: Geometric Approaches, at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2006 - Brasília, DF - Tomie Ohtake: Sculptures, at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
2008 - Recife, PE - The Harvest of Color, at Galeria Mariana Moura
2008 - Ribeirão Preto, SP - Solo exhibition at Galeria de Arte Marcelo Guarnieri
2009 - Salvador, BA - Solo exhibition at Paulo Darzé Galeria de Arte
2010 - São Paulo, SP - Tomie Ohtake: New Paintings, at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2010 - Ribeirão Preto, SP - Solo exhibition at Galeria de Arte Marcelo Guarnieri
2011 - São Paulo, SP - Tomie Ohtake: Blind Paintings, at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2011 - Fortaleza, CE - Solo exhibition at Galeria Multiarte
2013 - São Paulo, SP - Painting and Purity, at Galeria Nara Roesler

Group Exhibitions

1952 - São Paulo, SP - 2nd São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Galeria Prestes Maia
1953 - São Paulo, SP - 2nd Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists - honorable mention
1954 - São Paulo, SP - 3rd São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Galeria Prestes Maia
1955 - São Paulo, SP - 4th São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Galeria Prestes Maia
1956 - São Paulo, SP - 5th São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Galeria Prestes Maia
1957 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - 6th National Modern Art Salon
1957 - São Paulo, SP - 6th São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Galeria Prestes Maia - bronze medal
1957 - São Paulo, SP - Twelve Abstract Painters, at MAM/SP
1958 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - 9 Artists from São Paulo, at Galeria Antígona
1958 - São Paulo, SP - 4th Exhibition of the Guanabara Group, at ACM
1958 - São Paulo, SP - 4th Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists, at Cine Niterói - acquisition prize
1958 - São Paulo, SP - 7th São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Galeria Prestes Maia
1959 - São Paulo, SP - 5th Exhibition of the Guanabara Group, at ACM
1959 - São Paulo, SP - 8th São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Galeria Prestes Maia - small gold medal
1959 - São Paulo, SP - Leirner Contemporary Art Prize, at Galeria de Arte das Folhas - honorable mention
1959 - São Paulo, SP - Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists, at Sociedade Paulista de Cultura Japonesa
1960 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - 9th National Modern Art Salon, at MAM/RJ
1960 - São Paulo, SP - 6th Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists, at Sociedade Paulista de Cultura Japonesa - small gold medal
1960 - São Paulo, SP - 9th São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Galeria Prestes Maia
1960 - São Paulo, SP - Women’s Contribution to the Visual Arts in Brazil, at MAM/SP
1960 - São Paulo, SP - Probel Exhibition, at MAM/SP - 1st prize
1961 - Belo Horizonte, MG - 16th Fine Arts Salon of Belo Horizonte, at MAP
1961 - Curitiba, PR - 2nd Paraná Modern Art Salon - grand prize
1961 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - 1st Face and Work, at Galeria Ibeu Copacabana
1961 - São Paulo, SP - 6th São Paulo International Biennial, at MAM/SP
1961 - São Paulo, SP - Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists
1962 - Curitiba, PR - 3rd Paraná Salon, at Paraná Public Library - acquisition prize
1962 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - 11th National Modern Art Salon
1962 - São Paulo, SP - 11th São Paulo Modern Art Salon, at Galeria Prestes Maia - grand gold medal
1962 - São Paulo, SP - Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists
1963 - Brussels, Belgium - Brazilian Art Today
1963 - London, England - Brazilian Art Today, at Royal College of Art
1963 - São Paulo, SP - 7th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1963 - São Paulo, SP - 7th Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists, at Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa
1963 - Vienna, Austria - Brazilian Art Today, at Angewandt Kunst
1964 - Córdoba, Argentina - 2nd American Art Biennial
1964 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Small Size Exhibition, at Galeria Bonino
1964 - São Paulo, SP - 13th São Paulo Modern Art Salon
1964 - São Paulo, SP - 8th Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists, at Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa
1964 - São Paulo, SP - Group Exhibition, at Galeria NT
1965 - Belo Horizonte, MG - 21st Fine Arts Salon of Belo Horizonte, at MAP
1965 - Brasília, DF - 2nd Modern Art Salon of the Federal District - National Painting Prize
1965 - Cali, Colombia - 1st Pan-American Painting Salon
1965 - London, England - Brazilian Art Today, at Royal Academy of Arts
1965 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - 3rd JB Art Summary, at MAM/RJ
1965 - São Paulo, SP - 8th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal - Acquisition Prize from Itamaraty
1965 - São Paulo, SP - 9th Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists, at Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa
1965 - Washington, United States - Seibi Group Exhibition, at Pan American Union Gallery
1965 - Oakland, United States - Seibi Group Exhibition, at Pan American Union Gallery
1965 - Tokyo, Japan - Seibi Group Exhibition
1965 - Tokyo, Japan - Nippo-Brazilian Paintings Today
1965 - Vienna, Austria - Brazilian Art Today, at Museum für Angewandte Kunst
1966 - Belo Horizonte, MG - 21st National Art Salon of Belo Horizonte, at MAP - 1st prize
1966 - Bonn, Germany - Brazilian Art Today, at Beethovenhalle
1966 - Brasília, DF - 3rd Modern Art Salon of the Federal District
1966 - Lima, Peru - 1st American Painting Festival
1966 - Managua, Nicaragua - Commemorative Exhibition for the Centenary of Rubén Darío
1966 - Salvador, BA - 1st National Biennial of Visual Arts - acquisition prize
1966 - São Paulo, SP - 10th Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists, at Sociedade Paulista de Cultura Japonesa
1966 - São Paulo, SP - Nipo-Brazilian Artists, at MAC/USP
1966 - São Paulo, SP - Three Premises, at MAB/FAAP
1967 - São Paulo, SP - 9th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal - Itamaraty Prize
1968 - Latin America - Aspects of Brazilian Painting - organized by Itamaraty
1968 - São Paulo, SP - 12th Seibi Group Salon of Visual Artists, at Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa - grand gold medal
1969 - Curitiba, PR - 10th Paraná Modern Art Salon - 2nd prize in printmaking
1969 - Curitiba, PR - 26th Paraná Salon, at Federation of Industries of Paraná State
1969 - Denmark, Sweden, and Finland - Latin American Art
1969 - Jundiaí, SP - Jundiaí Art Salon - 1st prize in printmaking
1969 - Porto Alegre, RS - Wakabayashi, Manabu Mabe, Tomie Ohtake, and Fukushima
1969 - São Paulo, SP - 19 Nipo-Brazilian Artists, at MAC/USP
1969 - São Paulo, SP - 1st Panorama of Contemporary Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1970 - Medellín, Colombia - 2nd Medellín Art Biennial, at Museo de Antioquia
1970 - Milan, Italy - Contemporary Brazilian Art, at the Brazilian Consulate
1970 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - 8th JB Art Summary, at MAM/RJ
1970 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Contemporary Brazilian Art, at Banco de Boston - 1st prize
1970 - São Paulo, SP - 2nd Panorama of Contemporary Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1970 - São Paulo, SP - Antonio Henrique Amaral, Odetto Guersoni, Tomie Ohtake, Pedro Tort, Gerda Brentani, at Galeria Alberto Bonfiglioli
1970 - São Paulo, SP - Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo 1970, at Pinacoteca do Estado
1971 - Curitiba, PR - 28th Paraná Salon, at Paraná Public Library
1971 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Japan Art Festival, at MAM/RJ
1972 - São Paulo, SP - Art/Brazil/Today: 50 Years Later, at Collectio Gallery
1972 - Venice, Italy - 36th Venice Biennale
1973 - Belo Horizonte, MG - 5th National Art Salon of Belo Horizonte, at MAP
1973 - Kyoto, Japan - Japanese Artists in America, at National Museum of Kyoto
1973 - São Paulo, SP - 5th Panorama of Contemporary Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1973 - Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Artists in America, at The Tokyo Museum
1973 - Washington, United States - Art Gallery of the Brazilian, at Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
1974 - Cagnes-sur-Mer, France - International Painting Festival
1974 - Kyoto, Japan - International Biennial Exhibition of Prints, at Museum of Modern Art
1974 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazilian Art Collection from Ontario Museum, Canada, at MAM/RJ
1974 - São Paulo, SP - Brazilian Art Collection from Ontario Museum, Canada, at MAM/SP
1974 - Tokyo, Japan - International Biennial Exhibition of Prints, at Museum of Modern Art
1975 - Birmingham, United States - Brazilian Painting Exhibition, at Birmingham Museum of Art
1975 - Montevideo, Uruguay - 2nd Uruguay Biennial
1975 - Penápolis, SP - 1st Northwest Salon of Visual Arts, at Penápolis Educational Foundation, College of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Penápolis
1975 - São Paulo, SP - 13th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal

1976 - Bahia Blanca (Argentina) - 20 Brazilian Artists, at the Museum of Fine Arts of Bahia Blanca
1976 - Belo Horizonte MG - Non-Figurative Art Today, at the Palácio das Artes
1976 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 20 Brazilian Artists, at CAYC
1976 - Campinas SP - 10th Contemporary Art Salon of Campinas, at MACC
1976 - Penápolis SP - 2nd Northwest Fine Arts Salon, at the Penápolis Educational Foundation, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Penápolis
1976 - São Paulo SP - 8th Panorama of Brazilian Contemporary Art, at MAM/SP
1976 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Art: Figures and Movements, at Galeria Arte Global
1977 - Atami (Japan) - 3rd Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1977 - Kyoto (Japan) - 3rd Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1977 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 3rd Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1977 - Tokyo (Japan) - 3rd Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1977 - Madrid (Spain) - Current Art of Ibero-America, at the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica
1977 - São Paulo SP - 3rd Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1977 - São Paulo SP - Antonio Henrique Amaral, Claudio Tozzi and Tomie Ohtake, at Galeria Alberto Bonfiglioli
1978 - Penápolis SP - 3rd Northwest Fine Arts Salon, at the Penápolis Educational Foundation, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Penápolis
1978 - São Paulo SP - 3 Generations of Japanese-Brazilian Artists, at Galeria Arte Global
1978 - São Paulo SP - Biennials and Abstraction: the 1950s, at the Lasar Segall Museum
1979 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 1st Latin American Print Triennial, at the National Exhibition Halls
1979 - Mendoza (Argentina) - 1st Latin American Print Triennial, at the Museum of Modern Art
1979 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazilian Sculptors, at Galeria Aktuel
1979 - São Paulo SP - 11th Panorama of Brazilian Contemporary Art, at MAM/SP – 1st prize in painting
1980 - Belo Horizonte MG - Hilton Painting Highlight, at Clóvis Salgado Foundation, Palácio das Artes
1980 - Brasília DF - Hilton Painting Highlight, at the Cultural Foundation of the Federal District
1980 - Curitiba PR - Hilton Painting Highlight, at Teatro Guaíra
1980 - Penápolis SP - 4th Northwest Fine Arts Salon, at the Penápolis Educational Foundation, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Penápolis
1980 - Porto Alegre RS - Hilton Painting Highlight, at MARGS
1980 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Hilton Painting Highlight, at MAM/RJ
1980 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Homage to Mário Pedrosa, at Galeria Jean Boghici
1980 - São Paulo SP - Group Exhibition for the Opening, at Galeria Grossmann
1980 - São Paulo SP - Masters of Lyrical Abstraction in Brazil, at Galeria Eugénie Villien
1981 - Guarujá SP - 4 Painters, at Hotel Jequitimar
1981 - La Paz (Bolivia) - 3rd Biennial of La Paz
1981 - Medellín (Colombia) - 4th Medellín Biennial, at Museo de Antioquia
1981 - Osaka (Japan) - Latin American Contemporary Art Exhibition Brazil/Japan, at the National Museum of Art
1981 - São Paulo SP - Arcangelo Ianelli, Tomie Ohtake and Cláudio Tozzi, at Grifo Art Gallery
1981 - São Paulo SP - Transcendent Art, at MAM/SP
1981 - São Paulo SP - Contemporary Brazilian Artists, at Galeria de Arte São Paulo
1982 - Lisbon (Portugal) - Brazil: 60 Years of Modern Art – Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, at José de Azeredo Perdigão Center for Modern Art
1982 - London (England) - Brazil: 60 Years of Modern Art – Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, at Barbican Art Gallery
1982 - New York (United States) - Women Artists of the Americas, at The Center for Inter-American Relations
1982 - Penápolis SP - 5th Northwest Fine Arts Salon, at the Penápolis Educational Foundation, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Penápolis
1983 - Atami (Japan) - 6th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1983 - Kyoto (Japan) - 6th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 4 Sculptors, 4 Painter-Sculptors, at Galeria Aktuel
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 6th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, at MNBA
1983 - São Paulo SP - 14th Panorama of Brazilian Contemporary Art: Paintings, at MAM/SP
1983 - São Paulo SP - 6th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, at MASP
1983 - São Paulo SP - Art on the Street
1983 - São Paulo SP - Reinterpretation Project, at Pinacoteca do Estado
1983 - Tokyo (Japan) - 6th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1984 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism
1984 - The Hague (Netherlands) - Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism
1984 - Havana (Cuba) - 1st Havana Biennial, at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
1984 - Lisbon (Portugal) - Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism
1984 - London (England) - Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism
1984 - Madrid (Spain) - Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism
1984 - Milan (Italy) - Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism
1984 - New York (United States) - Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism
1984 - Paris (France) - Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism
1984 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Active Brazilian Painting, at Espaço Petrobrás
1984 - Rome (Italy) - Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism
1984 - São Paulo SP - Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection: Portrait and Self-Portrait in Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1984 - São Paulo SP - Tradition and Rupture: Synthesis of Brazilian Art and Culture, at Fundação Bienal
1984 - São Paulo SP - Great Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism, at MAM
1984 - Washington (United States) - Masters of Brazilian Abstractionism
1985 - Atami (Japan) - 7th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1985 - Brasília DF - Active Brazilian Painting, at the Cultural Foundation of the Federal District
1985 - Curitiba PR - Four Masters, at Simões de Assis Art Gallery
1985 - Kyoto (Japan) - 7th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 7th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, at the Brazil-Japan Foundation
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 8th National Fine Arts Salon, at MAM/RJ
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Encounters, at Petite Galerie
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Six Decades of Modern Art: Roberto Marinho Collection, at Paço Imperial
1985 - São Paulo SP - 100 Works Itaú, at MASP
1985 - São Paulo SP - 18th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1985 - São Paulo SP - 7th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, at Brazil-Japan Foundation
1985 - São Paulo SP - Japanese Artists in the MAC Collection, at MAC/USP
1985 - São Paulo SP - Highlights of Contemporary Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1985 - São Paulo SP - Seven Artists, at Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud
1985 - Tokyo (Japan) - 7th Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
1986 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 1st Latin American Biennial of Paper Art, at Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires – itinerant
1986 - Fortaleza CE - Imagine: The Planet Salutes the Comet, at Arte Galeria
1986 - Havana (Cuba) - 2nd Havana Biennial
1986 - São Paulo SP - 17th Panorama of Brazilian Contemporary Art, at MAM/SP
1986 - São Paulo SP - Group Exhibition, at Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud
1986 - São Paulo SP - Group Exhibition, at Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud
1987 - Paris (France) - Modernity: Brazilian Art of the 20th Century, at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Geometric and Informal Abstractionism: Aspects of Brazilian Avant-Garde of the 1950s, at Funarte
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Some Women, at Galeria de Arte Ipanema
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - To the Collector: Tribute to Gilberto Chateaubriand, at MAM/RJ
1987 - São Paulo SP - 13 Western Rugs, at Paulo Figueiredo Art Gallery
1987 - São Paulo SP - 20th Contemporary Art Exhibition, at Chapel Art Show
1987 - São Paulo SP - The Craft of Art: Painting, at Sesc
1987 - São Paulo SP - Oriental Rugs, at Paulo Figueiredo Art Gallery
1988 - Belém PA - Heritage of Japan: Aspects of Japanese-Brazilian Visual Arts, at Romulo Maiorana Foundation
1988 - Brasília DF - Heritage of Japan: Aspects of Japanese-Brazilian Visual Arts
1988 - Copenhagen (Denmark) - Contemporary Brazilian Art, at Charlottenburg Museum
1988 - Curitiba PR - Heritage of Japan: Aspects of Japanese-Brazilian Visual Arts, at MAC/PR
1988 - Manaus AM - Heritage of Japan: Aspects of Japanese-Brazilian Visual Arts, at Pinacoteca do Estado
1988 - Porto Alegre RS - Heritage of Japan: Aspects of Japanese-Brazilian Visual Arts, at MARGS
1988 - Recife PE - Heritage of Japan: Aspects of Japanese-Brazilian Visual Arts, at Joaquim Nabuco Foundation, Institute of Culture
1988 - São Paulo SP - 15 Years of Brazil-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, at Fundação Mokiti Okada M.O.A.
1988 - São Paulo SP - 21st Chapel Art Show, at Chapel Art Show
1988 - São Paulo SP - 80 Years of Japanese Immigration in Brazil, at MASP
1988 - São Paulo SP - Heritage of Japan: Aspects of Japanese-Brazilian Visual Arts, at MAB/Faap
1988 - São Paulo SP - Modernity: Brazilian Art of the 20th Century, at MAM/SP
1988 - São Paulo SP - Rhythms and Forms: Contemporary Brazilian Art, at Sesc
1988 - São Paulo SP - Life and Art of Japanese in Brazil, at MASP
1989 - Copenhagen (Denmark) - Rhythms and Forms: Contemporary Brazilian Art, at Charlottenborg Museum
1989 - Fortaleza CE - Brazilian Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries in Cearense Collections: Paintings and Drawings, at Espaço Cultural da Unifor
1989 - Lisbon (Portugal) - Six Decades of Brazilian Modern Art: Roberto Marinho Collection, at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Center for Modern Art
1989 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Heritage of Japan: Aspects of Japanese-Brazilian Visual Arts, at MNBA
1989 - São Paulo SP - 20th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1989 - São Paulo SP - 20th Panorama of Brazilian Contemporary Art, at MAM/SP
1989 - São Paulo SP - Galeria de Arte São Paulo Collection, at Galeria de Arte São Paulo
1989 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Painting of the 19th and 20th Centuries: Works from the Banco Itaú Collection, at Itaugaleria
1990 - Atami (Japan) - 9th Brazil-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition
1990 - Brasília DF - 9th Brazil-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition
1990 - Brasília DF - Figurativism/Abstractionism: The Red in Brazilian Painting, at Itaugaleria
1990 - Curitiba PR - 1st Brazilian Design Biennial
1990 - Goiânia GO - 20 Years of the Museum of Art of Goiânia, at the Museum of Art
1990 - Kyoto (Japan) - 9th Brazil-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition
1990 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 9th Brazil-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition
1990 - São Paulo SP - 9th Brazil-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, at Brazil-Japan Foundation
1990 - São Paulo SP - Figurativism/Abstractionism: The Red in Brazilian Painting, at Itaugaleria
1990 - Sapporo (Japan) - 9th Brazil-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition
1990 - Tokyo (Japan) - 9th Brazil-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition
1991 - Belo Horizonte MG - Figurativism/Abstractionism: Red in Brazilian Painting
1991 - Santos SP - 3rd National Biennial of Santos, at Centro Cultural Patrícia Galvão
1991 - São Paulo SP - Geometric and Informal Abstractionism: Aspects of the Brazilian Avant-Garde of the 1950s, at Pinacoteca do Estado
1992 - Americana SP - Reopening Exhibition of the Contemporary Art Museum of Americana, at MAC/Americana
1992 - Araraquara SP - Group Exhibition, at Casa do Médico
1992 - Poços de Caldas MG - Brazilian Modern Art: Collection of the Contemporary Art Museum of the University of São Paulo, at Casa de Cultura de Poços de Caldas
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 1st A Caminho de Niterói: João Sattamini Collection, at Paço Imperial
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Eco Art, at MAM/RJ
1992 - São Paulo SP - 7th Brazilian Art Salon, at Fundação Mokiti Okada
1992 - São Paulo SP - Dominant White, at Galeria de Arte São Paulo
1993 - Belém PA - 2nd Pará Contemporary Art Salon
1993 - Brasília DF - Triangle: Athos Bulcão, Rubem Valentim, Tomie Ohtake, at Espaço Cultural 508 Sul
1993 - Campinas SP - Figurativism/Abstractionism: Red in Brazilian Painting
1993 - Fortaleza CE - 23 Years, at Galeria Ignez Fiuza
1993 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazil, 100 Years of Modern Art, at MNBA
1993 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Passion of the Gaze, at MAM/RJ
1993 - São Paulo SP - 23rd Panorama of Brazilian Contemporary Art, at MAM/SP
1993 - São Paulo SP - Aviation and Art, at Espaço Cultural do Aeroporto de Congonhas
1993 - São Paulo SP - They Were Brazilians Who Stayed, at Pinacoteca do Estado
1993 - São Paulo SP - Luso-Nippo-Brazilian Exhibition, at MAB/FAAP
1993 - São Paulo SP - Portugal-Japan: Navigated Seas, at MAB/FAAP
1994 - Porto Alegre RS - 1994, at Galeria Tina Zappoli
1994 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Modern Art: A Selection from the Roberto Marinho Collection, at MASP
1994 - São Paulo SP - Flags: 60 Artists Celebrate USP's 60th Anniversary, at MAC/USP
1994 - São Paulo SP - Brazil 20th Century Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1994 - São Paulo SP - Poetics of Resistance: Aspects of Brazilian Printmaking, at Galeria de Arte do Sesi
1995 - Lausanne (Switzerland) - Rio: Mysteries and Frontiers, at Musée de Pully
1995 - Niigata (Japan) - Exhibition of Contemporary Nipo-Brazilian Painters, at The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
1995 - São Paulo SP - 1st United Artists, at Casa das Rosas
1995 - São Paulo SP - Contact Project, at Galeria Sesc Paulista
1995 - Tokushima (Japan) - Exhibition of Contemporary Nipo-Brazilian Painters, at Tokushima Cultural Center
1996 - Barra Mansa RJ - 12 Names of Brazilian Painting, at Centro Universitário de Barra Mansa
1996 - Cuenca (Ecuador) - 5th International Biennial of Cuenca
1996 - Gifu (Japan) - Exhibition of Contemporary Nipo-Brazilian Painters, at The Museum of Fine Art Gifu
1996 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Rio: Mysteries and Frontiers, at MAM/RJ
1996 - São Paulo SP - 23rd São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1996 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Art: 50 Years in the MAC/USP Collection: 1920-1970, at MAC/USP
1996 - São Paulo SP - Flags, at Galeria de Arte do Sesi
1996 - São Paulo SP - Ex Libris/Home Page, at Paço das Artes
1996 - São Paulo SP - Exhibition of Contemporary Nipo-Brazilian Painters, at MASP
1996 - São Paulo SP - Figure and Landscape in the MAM Collection: Homage to Volpi, at MAM/SP
1996 - São Paulo SP - Women Artists in the MAC Collection, at MAC/USP
1996 - São Paulo SP - Collection Showcase, at Sudameris Galleria
1996 - Tokyo (Japan) - Exhibition of Contemporary Nipo-Brazilian Painters, at Azabu Art Museum
1997 - Jacareí SP - Exhibition of Contemporary Nipo-Brazilian Painters, at Oficina de Artes Santa Helena
1997 - Porto Alegre RS - Caixa Collection Exhibition, at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa
1997 - Porto Alegre RS - Parallel Exhibition, at Museu da Caixa Econômica Federal
1997 - São Paulo SP - Art and Computer Support, at Casa das Rosas
1997 - São Paulo SP - Caixa Collection Exhibition, at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa
1998 - Belo Horizonte MG - Japan-Brazil International Itinerant Exhibition, at Fundação Clóvis Salgado, Palácio das Artes
1998 - Curitiba PR - Caixa Collection Exhibition, at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa
1998 - Ipatinga MG - Japan-Brazil International Itinerant Exhibition
1998 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Caixa Collection Exhibition, at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa
1998 - São Paulo SP - 24th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1998 - São Paulo SP - Elective Affinities I: The Collector’s Eye, at Casa das Rosas
1998 - São Paulo SP - Seibi Group, at Jo Slaviero Galeria de Arte
1998 - São Paulo SP - Impressions: The Art of Brazilian Printmaking, at Espaço Cultural Banespa-Paulista
1998 - São Paulo SP - The Collectors - Guita and José Mindlin: Plates and Prints, at Galeria de Arte do Sesi
1998 - São Paulo SP - São Paulo: Vision of the Nipo-Brazilians, at Museu Lasar Segall
1998 - São Paulo SP - Traces and Forms, at Jo Slaviero Galeria de Arte
1999 - Brasília DF - Japan-Brazil International Itinerant Exhibition, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1999 - Salvador BA - 60 Years of Brazilian Art, at Espaço Cultural da Caixa Econômica Federal
1999 - São Paulo SP - Everyday Life/Art: Consumption, at Itaú Cultural
1999 - São Paulo SP - Japan-Brazil International Itinerant Exhibition, at MASP
2000 - Lisbon (Portugal) - 20th Century: Art of Brazil, at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, José de Azeredo Perdigão Modern Art Center
2000 - Porto Alegre RS - Francisco Stockinger and Tomie Ohtake, at Garagem de Arte
2000 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Bardi of the Artists, at Espaço Cultural dos Correios
2000 - São Paulo SP - Brazil + 500: Rediscovery Exhibition, at Fundação Bienal
2000 - São Paulo SP - Sociarte Group Exhibition, at Clube Atlético Monte Líbano, Cultural Space
2000 - São Paulo SP - Bardi of the Artists, at Memorial da América Latina, Galeria Marta Traba
2000 - São Paulo SP - Pencil and Paper, at Galeria Nara Roesler
2001 - Barra Mansa RJ - The Hedonist’s Gaze, at UBM
2001 - Brasília DF - Collections of Brazil, at CCBB
2001 - São Paulo SP - 4 Decades, at Nova André Galeria
2001 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Art Museum: 40 Years, at MAB/FAAP
2001 - São Paulo SP - The Trajectory of Light in Brazilian Art, at Itaú Cultural
2002 - Belém PA - 21st Arte Pará Salon, at Museu do Estado do Pará
2002 - Fortaleza CE - Ceará Rediscovers Brazil, at Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura
2002 - Passo Fundo RS - Prints: Paulo Dalacorte Collection, at Museu de Artes Visuais Ruth Schneider
2002 - Porto Alegre RS - Drawings, Prints, Sculptures, and Watercolors, at Garagem de Arte
2002 - Porto Alegre RS - Prints: Paulo Dalacorte Collection, at Museu do Trabalho
2002 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazilian Art in the Fadel Collection: From Modern Restlessness to the Autonomy of Language, at CCBB
2002 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Paths of the Contemporary 1952-2002, at Paço Imperial
2002 - São Paulo SP - 28 (+) Painting, at Espaço Virgílio
2002 - São Paulo SP - Beyond the Canvas, at Nova André Galeria
2002 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Art in the Fadel Collection: From Modern Restlessness to the Autonomy of Language, at CCBB
2002 - São Paulo SP - Metrópolis Contemporary Art Collection, at Pinacoteca do Estado
2002 - São Paulo SP - Map of the Now: Recent Brazilian Art in the João Sattamini Collection of the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2002 - São Paulo SP - Caixa Treasures: Art Collection Exhibition, at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa
2003 - São Paulo SP - 32nd Bunkyo Salon, at Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture and Social Assistance
2003 - Brasília DF - Brazilian Art in the Fadel Collection: From Modern Restlessness to the Autonomy of Language, at CCBB
2003 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Order x Liberty, at MAM/RJ
2003 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Caixa Treasures: Brazilian Modern Art in the Caixa Collection, at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa
2003 - São Paulo SP - Lauro Eduardo Soutello Alves Collection at MAM, at MAM/SP
2003 - São Paulo SP - Israel and Palestine: Two States for Two Peoples, at Sesc Pompéia
2004 - Campinas SP - Metrópolis Contemporary Art Collection, at Espaço Cultural CPFL
2004 - Curitiba PR - The Poetics of Form, at Museu Oscar Niemeyer
2004 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The Century of a Brazilian: Roberto Marinho Collection, at Paço Imperial
2004 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Tomie Ohtake in the Spiritual Fabric of Brazilian Art, at MNBA
2004 - São Paulo SP - 90 Years of Tomie Ohtake, at MNBA
2004 - São Paulo SP - The Biennials: A View on Brazilian Production 1951/2002, at Galeria Bergamin
2004 - São Paulo SP - Abstraction as Language: Profile of a Collection, at Pinakotheke
2004 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian, Brazilians, at Museu Afro-Brasil
2004 - São Paulo SP - Contemporary Artists Group Exhibition, at Esporte Clube Sírio
2004 - São Paulo SP - Gesture and Expression: Informal Abstractionism in the JP Morgan Chase and MAM Collections, at MAM/SP
2004 - São Paulo SP - Women Painters, at Pinacoteca do Estado

2005 - Belém PA - 24th Salão Arte Pará, at Fundação Romulo Maiorana
2005 - Curitiba PR - Arte em Metrópolis, at Museu Oscar Niemeyer
2005 - Fortaleza CE - Arte Brasileira: in the public and private collections of Ceará, at Espaço Cultural Unifor
2005 - Niterói RJ - The Poetics of Form, at MAC/Niterói
2005 - Porto Alegre RS - A Reunião, at Galeria Tina Zappoli
2005 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Masterpieces of Brazilian Art, at Centro de Exposições do Rio Design Barra
2005 - São Paulo SP - 100 Years of Pinacoteca: the formation of a collection, at Galeria de Arte do Sesi
2005 - São Paulo SP - Arte em Metrópolis, at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2005 - São Paulo SP - The Century of a Brazilian: Roberto Marinho Collection, at MAM/SP
2005 - São Paulo SP - Nave dos Insensatos, at MAC/USP
2005 - São Paulo SP - 33rd Salão Bunkyo, at Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa e de Assistência Social
2006 - Belém PA - Traces and Transitions of Brazilian Contemporary Art, at Espaço Cultural Casa das Onze Janelas
2006 - Caxias do Sul RS - Metal Engraving: material and concept at Iberê Camargo’s studio, at Centro Municipal de Cultura Dr. Henrique Ordovás Filho
2006 - Florianópolis SC - Traces from the Caixa Collection, at Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina
2006 - Recife PE - Modern Art in Context: ABN AMRO Real collection, at Instituto Cultural Banco Real
2006 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Modern Art in Context: ABN AMRO Real collection, at Museu de Arte Moderna
2006 - São Paulo SP - Modern Art in Context: ABN AMRO Real collection, at Banco Santander
2006 - São Paulo SP - Brasiliana MASP: modern and contemporary, at Museu de Arte de São Paulo
2006 - São Paulo SP - Print Club: 20 Years, at Museu de Arte Moderna
2006 - São Paulo SP - MAM at the Oca, at Oca
2006 - São Paulo SP - Radical Maneuvers, at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
2006 - São Paulo SP - Paralela 2006, at Pavilhão dos Estados
2006 - São Paulo SP - Brushstroke – Painting and Method: projections of the 1950s, at Instituto Tomie Ohtake
2006 - São Paulo SP - Viva Cultura Viva do Povo Brasileiro, at Museu Afro Brasil
2007 - Curitiba PR - Art in Space and Time, at Museu Oscar Niemeyer
2007 - Curitiba PR - Oscar Niemeyer: architect, Brazilian, citizen, at Museu Oscar Niemeyer
2007 - Niterói RJ - Oscar Niemeyer: architect, Brazilian, citizen, at MAC-Niterói
2007 - São Paulo SP - Itaú Contemporâneo: Art in Brazil 1981-2006, at Itaú Cultural
2007 - São Paulo SP - Women Artists, at Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo
2008 - Curitiba PR - Color and Form, at Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte
2008 - Porto Alegre RS - MARGS Collection – Expressiveness in Brazilian Art, at Museu de Artes Visuais Ruth Schneider
2008 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Nippon – 100 Years of Brazil-Japan Integration, at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
2008 - São Paulo SP - Brazil-Japan Art, at MAC/USP
2008 - São Paulo SP - Art for the Amazon: art and attitude, at Fundação Bienal
2008 - São Paulo SP - Japanese-Brazilians in the Pinacoteca Collection, at Pinacoteca do Estado
2008 - São Paulo SP - Panorama of Panoramas, at Museu de Arte Moderna
2008 - São Paulo SP - When Lives Become Form: dialogue with the future Brazil-Japan, at Museu de Arte Moderna
2009 - São Paulo SP - Black & White, at Galeria Daslu
2009 - São Paulo SP - 40th Chapel Art Show, at Escola Maria Imaculada – Chapel School
2009 - São Paulo SP - Memorial Revisited: 20 Years, at Galeria Marta Traba
2009 - São Paulo SP - Modernos de Sempre, at Dan Galeria
2009 - São Paulo SP - The Critic’s Eye: Awarded Art from ABCA and the Artistic Collection of the Palaces, at Palácio dos Bandeirantes
2009 - São Paulo SP - Treasures of the Roberto Marinho Collection, at Espaço Cultural BM&F Bovespa
2010 - São Paulo SP - 41st Chapel Art Show, at Escola Maria Imaculada – Chapel School
2010 - São Paulo SP - 6th SP-Arte, at Fundação Bienal
2011 - Belo Horizonte MG - 1911-2011: Brazilian Art and Beyond in the Itaú Collection, at Fundação Clóvis Salgado, Palácio das Artes
2011 - Brasília DF - Women, Artists, and Brazilians, at Palácio do Planalto
2011 - São Paulo SP - Modernisms in Brazil, at MAC/USP
2011 - São Paulo SP - 7th SP-Arte, at Fundação Bienal
2012 - Brasília DF - Geometry of Transformation: Brazilian Constructive Art in the Fadel Collection, at Museu Nacional do Conjunto Cultural da República
2012 - Goiânia GO - Works on Paper, at Museu de Arte de Goiânia
2013 - Campinas SP - 100 Years of Paulista Art in the Pinacoteca Collection, at Galeria de Arte da CPFL Cultura

Notes
1 Cited in Ohtake, Tomie; ARRUDA, Vitoria (Coord.). Tomie Ohtake Retrospective Exhibition. Rio de Janeiro: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, 2000, p. 65.