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Cathy Yang '20
This is a portrait of a cat whom I love and cherish.
2019
Oil on canvas
By Cathy Yang '20
Often, I find myself missing the changing of seasons. But if I just look closely, signs of autumn are all around.
Nature Photography
Forms of intimacy—emotional, physical, intellectual, spiritual—overlap in these abstract shapes. Intimacy is fluid, not rooted in rigid definitions.
2022
Wood Sculpture
These are part of an ongoing series of portraits of people I met in passing. They can be displayed together or individually.
2018
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
Photo series capturing California’s landscapes and the impacts of human intervention through 35mm film.
Link to Website
2020
Analog Film
“Ritual” is an unfinished game prototype that is one piece of a meta-narrative that unfolds as the viewer explores the file directory containing it.
Interactive narrative horror game/file explorer experience
Girl has a moment of clarity when her head is in the clouds.
Photoshop
A study of a tree for Drawing I in charcoal, exploring silhouettes and shading.
Charcoal on Paper
A piece set on a quiet, sunny afternoon in Northeast Italy. Used a reference.
Colored Pencil on Paper
I spent 26 days backpacking through Death Valley. When water is scarce, life harder yet more simple, what matters most becomes evident.
song / soundscape
“prayer”, featuring the artist’s grandmother, captures feelings of chaos and anxiety, as well as the calm performed to or provided by others.
2021
Projection Installation
I drew some random kid I found on a Youtube thumbnail. I think it was an Omeleto video.
Colored Pencil on Paper, Digital
It’s a shame if you did not get around time to see Hoover Tower in different lights.
Photo
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
Man passing through a quickly gentrifying neighborhood in Paris. The text reads “it is dark (or literally, black) in the country of lights.”
Photograph of Man in Paris
A collage made from mind media upon reflection of a quarter of studying the classics in Stanford’s freshman SLE residential program.
Mixed Media/Collage
Isolation, fear, and uncertainty are themes that come up more in our lives, seen through nighttime photos taken in the woods.
Photography
This short film was submitted as part of my arts portfolio for my Stanford application
Short Film
Inspired by Stanford’s Romanesque architecture and towering palm trees, I wanted to capture the university’s vibrant energy and beauty.
Digital Illustration
In Guam, an invasive species, the rhinoceros beetle, kills many of the island’s trees. I collage over images of trees to meditate on this loss.
Digital inkjet print