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How Small Are We?
Commenting on our smallness in comparison to all we have to face – be it a pandemic, the vastness of the ocean, or history. Our smallness is humbling
2020
acrylic on cardboard
By Helena Zhang '22
Self-portrait
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
By Julianna Yonis '21
I’m looking at you
The great horned owl is found at Stanford and throughout the Americas and is named for its distinctive ear tufts.
2023
machine embroidery on cotton fabric
By Daniel Richman '27
Sunset at Sutro Baths
A woman in dark clothing sits on the graffitied ruins of Sutro Baths, staring into the soft, ethereal waves illuminated by warm sunlight.
2022
Oil paint on canvas
By Christina Kent '22
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
Joshua Tree
A Joshua Tree, with its grotesque appearance, instantly demands attention.
2018
Photograph of Landscape
By Brian Nguyen '21
Rancho de San Luis, JAL, MX
This project was done on a ten-day summer trip to my family’s ranch.
2017
Environmental Photographs
By Kamilah Arteaga '22
Portrait of a Glass, Empty
Inspired by the strange reflection of an empty glass sitting on a table, this is a piece is about power and powerlessness—control and lack of it.
2020
Acrylic on canvas
By Vrinda Suresh '21
Designer
A surreal portrayal of the cost of modern designer fashion culture.
2015
Scratchboard
By Noah DeWald '20
Eyes Over
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
By Noah DeWald '20
Vero
Vero is a UG2 custodial worker on campus who I tutor through habla. I hoped to display her as I have grown to know her: strong and compelling.
2018
Oil Paint on Canvas
By Lorena Diosdado '21
Portrait of Queer Person
The tradition of monuments uplifts cishet white men through idealized, bodily depictions of men, but queerness transcends the restrictions of the body
2022
Acrylic paint on canvas
By Aileen Rubio '26
A Moment at the Louvre
This is a painting of inception as an artist recreates a Delacroix masterpiece, “The Death of Sardanapalus” with a little boy looking up in awe.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Sarah Dong '26
Soldier I
This work is based off of a found photo archive of World War I era battle photographs. It is from a series that investigates the role of the soldier.
2016
Acrylic, charcoal, and india ink on paper
By Ali Vaughan '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
Let Her Eat Cake
I sought to express the conflicting emotions-guilt as well as pleasure-associating with eating cake.
2016
Ink Resist on Paper
By Brooke Ferber '20
More Than A Living Goddess
Kumari, the living Goddess of Nepal, is not allowed to speak to those who worship her, yet her glowing eyes depict that she has so much to tell us.
2022
Graphite
By Nisha Acharya '26