Shooting Columbus premiered in 2017 as part of the Borderlands Theater Season,[7] the culmination of a multi-year collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists in the Southwest region.
[9][10] Other works include Dreams & Silhouettes/Suenos y siluetas, a multidisciplinary installation piece that uses dancers, actors, and painters to discuss militarization, deportation, and detention in Tucson, Arizona, performed at the Global Justice Center in 2014.
[13] Archipelago, a collaborative piece featuring video artist Adam Cooper-Teran emphasize cultural survival and loss, spirituality, and deities in respect to the ancient myths of Okinawa.
[15] Hobbies (1989) Hiro (1993) Headless Turtleneck Relatives (1993) Hello (Sex) Kitty: Mad Asian Bitch on Wheels (1994)[16] Maps of City and Body (1999) Big Head (2003)[17] The Senkotsu (Mis)Translation Project (2006-2010)[18] Archipelago (2012)[19][20] Transitions with James Luna (2012)[21] Dreams and Silhouettes/Suentos y Siluetas (2014)[22] Shooting Columbus (2017) Ancestral Cartographic Rituals with James Luna (2017)[23] Uyehara's first major award was from the Brody Arts Fund in 1993, followed by a commission from AT&T: OnStage Productions for Hiro, at East West Players in 1994.
Her work has been featured as a Critic's Choice” by L.A. Weekly several times, as a solo artist, playwright, and as one of The Sacred Naked Nature Girls.