EXHIBI­TIONS

TOMIE OHTAKE AND MARINA PEREZ SIMÃO

Pace is pleased to present concurrent exhibitions of work by Brazilian artists Tomie Ohtake and Marina Perez Simão at its Tokyo gallery this fall. Simão is renowned for her work in oil painting, watercolor, and printmaking. For this debut solo exhibition in Japan she will unveil a new series of landscape-inspired pieces. Her vibrant, lyrical compositions blur the lines between interior and exterior worlds, guiding viewers through semi-abstract realms filled with organic, flowing forms.

Ohtake, a Japanese-Brazilian artist whose inventive abstractions reshaped modern art in Brazil, has been a key influence on Simão’s practice—with Simão’s solo exhibition earlier this year at the Instituto Tomie Ohtake in São Paulo deepening her dialogue with Ohtake’s legacy. Born in Kyoto in 1913, Ohtake immigrated to Brazil in 1936 and became one of the country’s most celebrated abstractionists. This focused presentation of Ohtake’s work highlights her prolific output across painting, printmaking, and sculpture, while her monumental ribbon-like outdoor sculpture Infinity, installed at the base of the Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower, is a testament to the late artist’s enduring impact on public art and urban space.

Together, these exhibitions offer an intergenerational conversation between two artists linked by their heritage and their imaginative approaches to abstraction and landscape painting.

PACE GALLERY

Pace is a leading international art gallery representing some of the most influential artists and estates of the 20th and 21st centuries. Founded by Arne Glimcher in 1960, Pace has galleries around the globe, including its headquarters in New York, Los Angeles, London, Geneva, Hong Kong and Seoul. Pace opened its first gallery in Japan in Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills development in 2024. A new gallery in Berlin is due to open in 2025.