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Maasai Warriors
I loved this photograph my mom took on our trip to Kenya, and I wanted to recreate the beautiful designs on the fabric here.
2016
Charcoal
By Angela Liu '23
Mirror in my mind
An exploration of nature’s healing power as an avenue for escapism and introspection.
2022
Ballpoint and pencil on paper
By Bryan Defjan '24
Monstera
Aluminum CNC machined monstera leaf inspired bottle opener. I promise it looks better than it sounds.
2024
Sculpture
By Cooper Shea '24
Don’t Stare
This work centers on the relationship between the human and the artificial, inspired when I photographed my cousin with a stark, artificial flash.
2023
Oil and Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Emily Zhang '26
Stanford: a-map-without-borders
A mixed-media interactive piece installed at Stanford’s annual “Frost Festival”. The piece embodies Stanford’s goals of inclusion and diversity.
2018
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Vinyl, Sticker on Canvas
By Nick Love '20
Flames
A study on ephemeral hands, and an attempt to capture desperate grasping.
2014
Gesso on card.
By Katherine Yang '20
Sleepyhead
Through the intimacy and vulnerability of sleep, I convey my boyfriend’s personality, embodied presence, and imprint – literally and metaphorically.
2022
Oil on canvas
By Jackie Liu '25
Ode to Stanford
A colorful map collage built by the greater Stanford community, accompanied by 2 mixed media pieces that honor and appreciate the Stanford experience.
2020
Mixed media: acrylic and oil paint on canvas, vinyl, press-on stickers, photographs, repurposed paper, wood veneer, laser cut mirror, coins, paper money, playing cards
By Nick Love '20
from now on
This painting speaks to how beauty lies in impermanence, contrasting eternal mountains and passing mist.
2023
ink on rice paper; poetry
By Katie Han '23
Yin and Yang of the Bay
The rising sun in the bay turns typically unaesthetic man-made transmission towers into a beautiful contrast of light and dark.
2020
Photography
By Melissa Boswell '21
Life Like Weeds nos. 2 & 3… Archimedean Solids or The Passage from Virgin to Bride… Eternal Sunshine or The Bride Laid Upon the Altar… In Fifteen Minutes Everyone Will Be Famous
These works were primarily crafted from fashion, science, and interior design magazines ranging from the early 90s to present.
2019
Collage, ink pen
By Kyle Cromer '20
Nostalgia
This piece is a portrait of a friend that overlays an island near the Philippines that has a deep personal association for her from her time there.
2017
Oil Paint on Canvas
By Francesca Colombo Colombo '19
Where Language Begins and Does Not End
An exploration of the intergenerational and varied manifestations of Japanese internment on the self, the body, the family, and language.
2018
acrylic and mixed media
By Syd Westley '21
Waste Mismanagement
A collage with the background of a digital re-illustration of Hokusai’s The Great Wave Off Kanagawa to portray our poor disregard and care of Earth.
2019
Digital illustration and collage
By Elaine Park '21
Reflections
This is a picture of the hub of the city getting reflected in the river water.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Dayeeta Pal '27
Cat in Paris
A gray tabby cat with timeless, marble-like eyes filled with stories to tell and lessons to share sits near a bush, encapsulating the spirit of Paris.
2019
Colored Pencil
By Sarah Dong '26