Speaker Bios & Abstracts
Gerardo Aldana
Photo by Xuan Li
Lan Li
Miljohn Ruperto
Contact:
Stanford Arts Institute
artsinstitute@stanford.edu
Headdress girl
I met this young girl at a rural health clinic in Indonesia, where she had just given birth.
2014
Pencil and paper
By Elizabeth Hyde '20
“Vast, grafted monoculture”
This piece explores repetition, but also sense of self (or selves). The title is a quote from Michael Pollan’s “Botany of Desire.”
2020
Vector drawing and photography
By Vrinda Suresh '21
Bird Watching
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring IntroSem students and Continuing Studies students.
2019
Photograph
By Yifei He '22
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
Internal Reflections
This self-portrait draws on the iconography of the Virgin of Guadalupe that I, as a latina, have a deeply personal, non-religious, relationship with.
2018
Oil Paint on Canvas
By Lorena Diosdado '21
Sonic Ovum
This piece started as a blank page and turned into a take on modern ignorance rendered in colored pencil and typewriter ink.
Link to Artwork
2020
colored pencil, poetry
By Sam Howell Petersen '23
Sea Slug, Giant Green Anemone, Starfish Scene
These three prints depict tide pool scenes in Moss Beach, CA. They are part of a series, “From Puddles to Pools: A Showcase of Marine Invertebrates.”
2024
Sea Slug is a woodcut and the other two are etchings.
By Will Pangburn '29
Storytime
I spent 26 days backpacking through Death Valley. When water is scarce, life harder yet more simple, what matters most becomes evident.
2020
song / soundscape
By Elias Feierabend-Peters '20
Waste Mismanagement
A collage with the background of a digital re-illustration of Hokusai’s The Great Wave Off Kanagawa to portray our poor disregard and care of Earth.
2019
Digital illustration and collage
By Elaine Park '21
Still I Rise
Video edited from found footage reflecting on the repetition, absurdity, and futility of everyday life.
Duration: 05:05
2018
Video Art
By Chun Wang '19
Something You Should Know
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!
2019
Song available on all streaming platforms (spotify, apple music)
By Trish Shetty '19
The Spire of Notre Dame
Thousands of stippled dots layer on each other to create each gargoyle and rooftop, coming together to reveal the magnificent, historical spire.
2020
Pen and Ink
By Sarah Dong '26
Portrait of a Glass, Empty (2020); Barriers (2021)
Two paintings exploring emptiness and isolation, and confronting feelings of lack of control during the early stages of the pandemic.
2021
Acrylic on canvas, some collage from a news story
By Vrinda Suresh '21
Wind
Released some restless energy onto paper with this portrait sketch.
2020
Graphite on Paper
By Phoebe Kimm '20
Self Portrait
A self portrait done in the style of the Old Masters.
2014
Oil Paint on Canvas
By Francesca Colombo Colombo '19
Flames
A study on ephemeral hands, and an attempt to capture desperate grasping.
2014
Gesso on card.
By Katherine Yang '20
Portrait of a Queer Person
Abstract portrait that transcends the restrictions of the body and provides the opportunity for anyone of any background to identify with the piece.
2022
Acrylic Paint on Wood
By Aileen Rubio '26