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Helen He '23
Location: The Claw fountain, White Plaza Part of the virtual 2020 Stanford Gaieties musical scenery.
2020
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
This is a theatrical self portrait. Fractured light plays off a calm, restrained figure, creating tension and a sense of impending violence. 24″ x 30″
2018
Oil paint on canvas
With a color palette and thematic melancholy inspired by Picasso’s Blue Period, this intimate vignette chronicles my experience with depression.
2023
Oil on wood panel
These two small paintings feature a whimsical image that explores feminine sexuality, inspired by the flesh-like quality of oil paint.
oil on cnavs
Anatomy of the Vogue is a portraiture study of clinical anatomy that bridges human and corpse through a play on the fashion industry.
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2016
Colored Pencil
Colorful shapes of San Francisco buildings are highlighted by a bright sunny day.
2022
generational echos is an interactive art piece created using Processing, delving into the deeply ingrained cultural values in Vietnamese society.
Interactive Video Installation
Girl restrains her tears for, hopefully, the last time.
Photoshop
A classic San Francisco house is bathed in orange light at sunset.
Oil paint on panel
These small paintings were quick, gestural sketches that explore the beauty of the feminine form.
Oil on canvas
This work showcases cultural connection and displacement. The food that should be on your table is now hung on a wall, commemorated but inaccessible.
2024
Monoprints on food wrapping paper, laser cut stencils
Mimicking the beauty of bioluminescence.
Digital Photography
2021 — a year of uncertainties, breakthroughs, and hope. The nurse at a vaccination site epitomizes this spirit of perseverance and hope.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Photojournalistic exploration of the human impact of rhino poaching in South Africa – done in Prof Sue McConnell’s overseas seminar in Summer 2016.
Photographs
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring IntroSem students and Continuing Studies students.
2019
Photograph
A colorful view of buildings and the sky over Florence (Firenze).
2014
Oil Paint on Canvas
February is a gray month, but these flowers bloomed anyway. Link to Artwork
sublimation print on synthetic blue satin
Inspired by individuality and body empowerment. Work focuses on abstraction of human form and color.
Acrylic on canvas
Exploring the weary determination of an aged subject shouldering generational burdens. Experimented with earthier and darker tones, deconstruction, an
These photographs were taken in Aegina, Greece. During ancient times Aegina was a rival of Athens, the great sea power of the era.
Digital Photographs
Vials of yeast samples are the remaining evidence of Dr. Charles Yanofsky, a noted faculty and geneticist who passed away in 2018.