Speaker Bios & Abstracts
Gerardo Aldana
Photo by Xuan Li
Lan Li
Miljohn Ruperto
Contact:
Stanford Arts Institute
artsinstitute@stanford.edu
“Nothing Gold Can Stay”
This is a painting I did for the Congressional Art Competition. The painting is of my mother’s horse JR on my last ride on him before he died.
2014
Acrylic on canvas 24″x 24″
By Alexis Ivec '21
Tahoe Mountains and Sky
Indigo mountains and a somber gray sky are reflected in the clear water of Lake Tahoe.
2022
Oil paint on canvas
By Christina Kent '22
Forsaken
Exploring the weary determination of an aged subject shouldering generational burdens. Experimented with earthier and darker tones, deconstruction, an
2022
Oil Paint on Canvas
By Apoorva Panidapu '27
Self-portrait
A self-portrait composed of identity objects: rings from my mother, the teapot on my coffee table, the graphic on my favorite t-shirt, etc.
2020
Digital Collage
By Phoebe Kimm '20
Yin and Yang of the Bay
The rising sun in the bay turns typically unaesthetic man-made transmission towers into a beautiful contrast of light and dark.
2020
Photography
By Melissa Boswell '21
Tale of Two Cities
I created this piece in order to show a city full of life in contrast to one that is merely an outline.
2016
Acrylic on Paper
By Amelia Talkington '22
Black Liberation Month Community Mural
This symbolizes unity, being made by members of the Black Community. South African word, Umbutu, translates to togetherness or “I am because we are”
2023
Acrylic on Paper
By Sky Walker '24
untitled (screen painting)
A medium exploration of painting on windows screens.
2018
window screens, oil paint
By Vivienne Le '19
Take
I took this photograph in a forrest in Germany. I wonder what the dog is doing right now.
2016
Color Film
By Chase Porter '17
Frank’s Blue
This work is based off a creative non-fiction short story I wrote about my childhood relationship with my father.
2017
Oil on Canvas
By Francesca Colombo '19
No RECAmpense
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
By Weston Keller '27
Father Sometime Ago
Who are our parents before our births? I wanted to use painting to meditate on loss concretized as memory.
2019
Oil on Canvas
By Regina Kong '22
bubbleUp
The central focus of these prints is the vibrant potato starch granule depicted under polarized light and how its shape and colors are manipulated.
2023
Algorithmic Art made with Processing
By Krystal Li '26
The Monstrous Takes a Breath
Isolation, fear, and uncertainty are themes that come up more in our lives, seen through nighttime photos taken in the woods.
2020
Photography
By Nicholas Robles '20
Queer Intimacy
Forms of intimacy—emotional, physical, intellectual, spiritual—overlap in these abstract shapes. Intimacy is fluid, not rooted in rigid definitions.
2022
Wood Sculpture
By Bryan Defjan '24
Maasai Junior Warrior
Taken on a Sophomore College trip to Tanzania, a Maasai junior warrior dons the traditional post-circumcision black robes and white face paint.
2017
Photograph
By Donovan Tokuyama '20