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Vedika Kanchan '23
“I’ve loved you since the day I met you”
2023
Acrylic on Canvas
By Vedika Kanchan '23
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.
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2020
Boulder & Rope
Often, I find myself missing the changing of seasons. But if I just look closely, signs of autumn are all around.
2019
Nature Photography
This piece is an abstract self-portrait linking the internal self and the body to the collective human consciousness.
2022
3D animation (Blender)
This painting is an interpretation of Magritte’s surrealist painting “The Mysteries of the Horizon,” replacing the men with an aging ballerina.
2018
Acrylic paint on canvas
This short film was submitted as part of my arts portfolio for my Stanford application
2021
Short Film
Using alternative black and white photography techniques, I tried to illustrate the poems of the Persian poet and painter Sohrab Sepehri.
2016
Black and White photography
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)
Our hands – bridges, sinewy tendons & arteries – among the last parts dissected because of their distinctly human character.
2015
Photography; De-identified photo taken for artistic purposes with permission from anatomy professors.
A process exploration of dye sublimation to print the iconic “Bliss” wallpaper of the operating system Windows XP onto constructed shutters.
2017
Sculpture: wood, white house paint, printed acrylic sheet, venetian window structure
I painted a face digitally, and I like frames, angels, and rocket ships.
Digital Art
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring IntroSem students and Continuing Studies students.
Photograph
every part of this earth is a surrogate for the people that helped create iteach building reflects the community that built it
Observing simple, everyday practices in a new country and being dumbfounded by them led me to write this piece on everyday norms and practices here Link to Artwork
Poetry
This piece depicts a fictionalized memory of my grandfather, who I only knew through his woven hats and birds passed down through my family.
Oil Paint on Canvas
Representation of an Asian woman navigating a worldwide pandemic, situated in the centre of racial prejudice, capitalism, & social media connectivity.
Scanned magazine collage, colour pencils, and pen on Sketchbook
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard, the numbers juxtaposing the letters and a soft, glowing gleam reflecting across its surface.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
The feet of my former roommate are greeted by the warm light that streams in through the blinds.
Oil on canvas
Light fluctuations through stained glass is always beautiful and ethereal at different times of day.
2025
Photograph of the Stanford Memorial Church
Sea Glass is a poem I wrote in high school about fearing going to college. I transformed it into a book with watercolor paintings and text designs.
Art book
I am lucky enough to witness Lagunita being a real lake.
Photo