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Helen He '23
Night is when the imagination comes alive.
2020
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
This print came from a colored pencil drawing I made for a friend. I thought it’d be sweet to make a sort of postcard from it.
2024
Four color Riso print
Abstract photography with the goal of rendering mundane objects unrecognizable.
2018
Photography
This piece looks into the intersection of queerness and religion in the age of the internet and digital upbringing.
Link to Website
2022
Interactive Digital Work
Location: Lathrop 24/7 Study Room
Isolation, fear, and uncertainty are themes that come up more in our lives, seen through nighttime photos taken in the woods.
A woman in dark clothing sits on the graffitied ruins of Sutro Baths, staring into the soft, ethereal waves illuminated by warm sunlight.
Oil paint on canvas
BEAM Stanford-related photos
2019
Digital photographs
Vero is a UG2 custodial worker on campus who I tutor through habla. I hoped to display her as I have grown to know her: strong and compelling.
Oil Paint on Canvas
This project was done on a ten-day summer trip to my family’s ranch.
2017
Environmental Photographs
Mice own your belongings at night.
2016
Charcoal Pencil on Paper
These pieces draw on the rich beauty of Italy to subvert ideas of what Italian art must be (i.e stuck in the Renaissance).
Pen and Marker
Winter 2017, I wrote my first song, ‘Something You Should Know’. After working on the lyrics, production and recording for two years here it is!
Song available on all streaming platforms (spotify, apple music)
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light.
Photo with artistic editing
A portrait of a good dog.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
A surreal portrayal of the cost of modern designer fashion culture.
2015
Scratchboard
This is a surreal meditation on nature’s comforting power as a sanctuary for people in need of healing.
Pencil on paper
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
Digital Art
I made these photos at the abandoned Oppenheimer film set in Ghost Ranch, NM. Downwinders in NM harmed by test radiation remain uncompensated by RECA.
2023
35mm Photography
A fantastical city illustrating a water-based transportation system.
Digital painting
I painted one piece for each type of binaural beat to test the hypothesis, “distinct beat = distinct effect.” Conclusion? It didn’t really pan out.
Watercolor on Paper