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Helen He '23
Location: East Asia Library
2021
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
The Countour of White Sands NP
2023
Photograph
This series is meant to bring inspiration, energy and presence to the broader community during a difficult time of shelter-in-place and quarantine.
2020
Acrylic gouache on Yupo Polypropylene Paper
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
2018
Photo
A ghostly woman draped in a silk shawl and pearls.
2022
Charcoal
This piece grapples with the difficulty of forgiveness. Opposing forces compete: luminosity and shadow, serenity and grief, redemption and regression.
Oil on canvas
A contrast between the cold, grayish tones of the subject and the warmer ones of the koi around her as they mesh together following the fish’s flow.
Oil Paint on Canvas
Art reveals souls in day and night.
A dynamic clash, emotions entwined,
In this vibrant realm, our spirits aligned.
2024
Digital Media – Made with Procreate for Apple iPad
A sketched self-portrait replaced into its photographic context.
Graphite on Paper, Photograph
[how I avoid winter quarter: experiments with colors and a palette knife]
2017
Location: The Claw fountain, White Plaza Part of the virtual 2020 Stanford Gaieties musical scenery.
This piece emerged from a desire to merge figurative and abstract forms. (there are some flaws in the .jpg, if needed I can retake pictures)
2015
Acrylic on Canvas
It is difficult for humans to accept their own flaws and imperfections. This is a self-portrait displaying my many different tones and personalities.
Acrylic on Paper
v.c.a – an ongoing project and exploration of visual communication through abstraction
2016
Graphic Design
Pair of multimaterial CNC dragonflies (brass, copper, aluminum, steel). The dragonflies explore age and rebirth through corrosion.
Sculpture
I was inspired by a picture I took of my grandfather when visiting Korea for the first time since immigrating to America in 2001.
Oil on Canvas
This is the moment when the smallest to the biggest invisibilities came to life, and unity in faith and science was apparent.
Wax Pastel on Wood
Girl meets whale.
“prayer”, featuring the artist’s grandmother, captures feelings of chaos and anxiety, as well as the calm performed to or provided by others.
Link to Website
Projection Installation
These photos will never be published in a journalistic publication – familiar scenes on campus but different, the other side of palm tree paradise?
Photograph of campus scenes
This is a painting of me as a child, my mom, and my grandma at the beach. It symbolizes the treasure that is family and togetherness.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas