As a first-generation American woman of Dominican heritage, Uzumaki’s textile tableau act as safe spaces for Black and Brown people, while also addressing the stigmas of homophobia, transphobia, racism, and colorism that often affect queer people and women who feel unprotected by American public life and policies. Her practice consists of transforming everyday, often found objects with brightly-colored faux fur to create interactive installations informed by traditional iconography of domestic spaces.
Uzumaki Cepeda makes sculptures, paintings, installations, collages, and photography that examine how senses of safety, comfort, and agency are negotiated through objects and space.
On being a Latinx creative in the United States: "It’s a double-edged sword. [Society] uses us as this coin, like a token, like, ‘Look, we’re not racist we used this Latinx girl in our campaign.’ I feel like we’re in a great space because there are a lot of cool [Latinx] people who are getting the shine they deserve now, but they are also being used in the wrong way too.”