Uzo’s current works explore the current landscape of contemporary figurative and nude paintings, particularly women of color, due to the salient topics and issues of the 21st century -- from race, gender to privacy, social media, and love. “We are living in a time that’s ripe with debate over what it means to be either a female or a woman of color.” She uses her works to empower women of color by giving them uncommon poses and intriguing facial expressions. Each figurative painting speaks to the present, and offers glimpses into the future.
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