**early life and career** tomie ohtake nakakubo, a renowned japanese-brazilian visual artist, was born on november 21, 1913, in kyoto, japan. her life took an unexpected turn when she traveled to brazil in 1936 at the age of twenty-three to visit her brother but was unable to return due to the pacific theater of world war ii. **artistic journey** tomie ohtake's artistic journey began in earnest in 1951, after a visit to keisuke sugano's studio. her first exhibition took place in 1957 at the salão nacional de arte moderna, followed by her participation in the são paulo biennale in 1961. notabl…