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Mingqi Shuai '26
Androids may dream of electric sheep, and electric sheep …
2022
doodle
By Mingqi Shuai '26
This piece looks into the intersection of queerness and religion in the age of the internet and digital upbringing.
Link to Website
Interactive Digital Work
In “closeted”, a silhouette projected onto a bralette in a closet reimagines the queer closeted experience as a positive one.
2021
Projection Installation
India to America. When the kids go to school everyday, they can see our own school, and not feel so far, despite being halfway around the world.
2017
Enamel Paint
Bright orange poppies burst into the foreground framed by cool blue houses behind.
Oil paint on panel
Inspired by Stanford’s Romanesque architecture and towering palm trees, I wanted to capture the university’s vibrant energy and beauty.
2019
Digital Illustration
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light.
2016
Photo with artistic editing
Night is when the imagination comes alive.
2020
These two small paintings feature a whimsical image that explores feminine sexuality, inspired by the flesh-like quality of oil paint.
2018
oil on cnavs
Using alternative black and white photography techniques, I tried to illustrate the poems of the Persian poet and painter Sohrab Sepehri.
Black and White photography
Taken at Baylands Nature Preserve during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a student and a community member.
Photograph
Released some restless energy onto paper with this portrait sketch.
Graphite on Paper
This piece tackles the topic of invisible disabilities and the stigma that many invisibly disabled people, myself included, face.
Photograph on Canvas, Embroidery
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These would represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Photo
This is a painting of inception as an artist at the Louvre Museum recreates “The Death of Sardanapalus” by Delacroix, a little boy looking up in awe.
Acrylic on Canvas
This is a self portrait examining the complex nature of identity through both realistic forms and abstract shapes.
Taken on a Sophomore College trip to Tanzania, a Maasai junior warrior dons the traditional post-circumcision black robes and white face paint.
Series of 22 photographs reimagining tarot cards (Rider-Waite deck Major Arcana), to reflect the diversity and complexity of the contemporary world.
Digital Photographs
The emotional turmoil of Fall quarter. As students process their new reality, they long for human connection but also feel empty and purposeless.
Photography
I made this painting with an attempt to capture the vibrant feeling of spring and awakening. It’s a reminder of the beauty and color of life!
2014
Oil on canvas
An abstract perspective of a cityscape.
Water Color on Paper