Enter a colorful and playful world of faux fur textiles reflecting the DELI by Caliva brand brought to life by Dominican textile artist, Uzumaki Cepeda.
“Uzumaki” Cepeda is a Bronx-born, Los Angeles-based textile artist. Her practice consists of transforming everyday objects with brightly-colored faux fur to create interactive installations informed by traditional iconography of domestic spaces.
Uzumaki’s interactive installations have been shown at the Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles (2018); Contemporary Native Art Biennial, Art Mûr Montréal in Canada (2018); Agenda Show in Los Angeles (2018); Reparations Club Gallery in Los Angeles (2019); Complex Con in Long Beach, California (2016 and 2019); and Refinery29’s 29Rooms (2019). She has been featured in Forbes, Teen Vogue, Paper, NYLON, i-D, HypeBAE, L.A. Weekly, The Fader, and more.
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