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Angela He '21
Hide my anger behind flowers // my anxiety behind moths // my sadness behind â–“â–“â–“
2018
Photoshop
By Angela He '21
These photos will never be published in a journalistic publication – familiar scenes on campus but different, the other side of palm tree paradise?
Photograph of campus scenes
An exploration of nature’s healing power as an avenue for escapism and introspection.
2022
Ballpoint and pencil on paper
The mural shows Nangeli – an Ezhava Dalit woman, who had cut off her one breast in protest against the breast tax system in Travancore, Kerala.
Mural
These two paintings were inspired by the feelings of quarantine—isolation, restlessness, and nostalgia.
2020
gouache (two images combined digitally)
My IUD made me bleed for 8 months straight, gave me terrible cramps, and made me depressed. After finally getting it removed, I made art with it.
2023
Oil paint, acrylic paint, and IUD on wood panel
I sought to express the conflicting emotions-guilt as well as pleasure-associating with eating cake.
2016
Ink Resist on Paper
These are part of an ongoing series of portraits of people I met in passing. They can be displayed together or individually.
Oil on canvas
2021 — a year of uncertainties, breakthroughs, and hope. The nurse at a vaccination site epitomizes this spirit of perseverance and hope.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Impressions of animal magnetism and the collective unconscious.
2017
Digital Visual Art
These photographs were taken in Aegina, Greece. During ancient times Aegina was a rival of Athens, the great sea power of the era.
2019
Digital Photographs
With a color palette and thematic melancholy inspired by Picasso’s Blue Period, this intimate vignette chronicles my experience with depression.
Oil on wood panel
Light fluctuations through stained glass is always beautiful and ethereal at different times of day.
2025
Photograph of the Stanford Memorial Church
Whales and dolphins were my favorite animals when I was younger. In this piece, dark shadows contrasted by blue hues highlight that childhood bond.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
These works were primarily crafted from fashion, science, and interior design magazines ranging from the early 90s to present.
Collage, ink pen
Taken while walking in my hometown of Washington, D.C.
Photograph
Isolation, fear, and uncertainty are themes that come up more in our lives, seen through nighttime photos taken in the woods.
Link to Website
Photography
My artwork is a sonnet in which two stars reminisce about Earth. Link to Artwork
Poem
Episode 1 of an upcoming mystery micro-film series
Short Film
Moving away from home in a new country has given me independence, and also comes with its responsibilities. This piece was an outburst of this feeling Link to Artwork
Poetry
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Photo