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Helen He '23
Location: Lathrop 24/7 Study Room
2022
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
While at SFMOMA with Stanford’s ITALIC program, I created this self-portrait to explore the merging of technology with my image of self.
2017
Photograph
A visual exploration of ZIP, a drug currently in development used to treat PTSD by directly erasing targeted memories.
2018
Mixed Media
In a knife fight, two versions of me grapple and wrestle for control, but both end up symmetrically and simultaneously triumphant and defeated.
Oil paint on found wood
A depiction of the Southeast Alaskan landscape, seen from a kayak near the Inian Islands. 25.5″ x 36″
Oil paint on paper
These two small paintings feature a whimsical image that explores feminine sexuality, inspired by the flesh-like quality of oil paint.
oil on cnavs
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!
Link to Website
2019
Song available on all streaming platforms (spotify, apple music)
Submersion is a painting that experiments with figure in distortion, and blends the organic elements of nature with human form.
2015
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Self portrait at the height of COVID and my own extraordinary depression.
2020
Oil paint on canvas
This piece was made the week before quarantine when everything was uncertain and the weight of not knowing what was to come next hung over our heads.
Boulder & Rope
Abstract photography with the goal of rendering mundane objects unrecognizable.
Photography
These two paintings were inspired by the feelings of quarantine—isolation, restlessness, and nostalgia.
gouache (two images combined digitally)
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Photo
Originally meant as a study of diffused light in a “nocturne” scene, this piece is a take on portraiture, figures, and landscape in one.
Oil Paint on Canvas
I am lucky enough to witness Lagunita being a real lake.
[how I avoid winter quarter: experiments with colors and a palette knife]
This piece is of my neighbor’s beagle, Clyde. She has two dogs, and the other is named Bonnie!
2016
Colored pencil
Abstract portrait that transcends the restrictions of the body and provides the opportunity for anyone of any background to identify with the piece.
Acrylic Paint on Wood
Both works are depictions of traditional Catholic religious figures figured through an assemblage of inanimate objects.
Graphite and watercolor on paper
How do you heal after being discarded?
2021
Acrylic on Canvas
A surreal portrayal of the cost of modern designer fashion culture.
Scratchboard