Fumiko Nakashima

She has exhibited works in Mexico City, which include the painting of an old trolleybus in the Colonia Hipódromo neighborhood and organizing an event called Pray for Japan in response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

[1] She visited Mexico for the first time in 1999 studying the art of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera as well as that of the Huichol, leading to interest in other aspects of Mexican culture such as the commemorations of Day of the Dead .

In February 2012, Nakashima created a work called "Doble Vida" or "Double Life" using one of the trolleybuses of Roma, Condesa and Hipódromo, which were donated by the Japanese government to Mexico and since have been used for various art projects.

[4] Double Life was created to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Japan earthquake and tsunami, and was dedicated with a ceremony on March 11, 2012.

[5] The imagery of Doble Vida consists of a background depicting the deep ocean overlaid with images of flowers and people in homage to what the tsunami took.