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Helen He '23
Location: Main Quad
2023
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
My mother in her monthly kimchi-making ritual, a food that I learned to take pride in despite being initially ashamed of it.
2020
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
This work is about rupture and disruption, whether environmental, familial, or linguistic. I wanted to think visually about over-saturation.
India Ink on Paper
I wanted to depict the endless possibilities of this world; the one we are so used to taking for granted.
2018
Acrylic on canvas
A self-portrait composed of identity objects: rings from my mother, the teapot on my coffee table, the graphic on my favorite t-shirt, etc.
Digital Collage
Giant ladle meant to represent heaven, a room where everyone figured out that to feed themselves, they have to feed each other. + Harley Quinn’s bat
Wood sculpture, Metal Sculpture. Can also display photos attached instead
This work is made with acrylic on campus in addition to found paper items, medical textbooks, and other materials.
Acrylic paint and multimedia on canvas
Sky River is a digital reinterpretation of Japanese graphic designer Koichi Sato’s style based on minimalist forms and gradients.
2019
Blender 3D render
Location: Lathrop 24/7 Study Room
2022
An exploration of nature’s healing power as an avenue for escapism and introspection.
Ballpoint and pencil on paper
Interrogating the digital footprint created when heteropatriarchy, hypermasculinity, and social media co-exist.
Link to Website
2024
Video Art
Pinned parts of a traditional Vietnamese dress cut to my measurements. Through deconstruction, functionality and familiarity are lost.
Charcoal and Mixed Media on Salvaged Cotton and Organza
These sculptures are abstract representations of my reflections on intimacy as being fluid, not rooted in rigid definitions.
Wood sculpture
Bright orange poppies burst into the foreground framed by cool blue houses behind.
Oil paint on panel
Seeing the majestic elephants in Kenya was one of my favorite memories from my trip, and I loved depicting the different textures of the landscape.
2016
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard, the numbers juxtaposing the letters and a soft, glowing gleam reflecting across its surface.
Shriram California photos
Digital photographs
This work is based off a creative non-fiction short story I wrote about my childhood relationship with my father.
2017
Oil on Canvas
I painted one piece for each type of binaural beat to test the hypothesis, “distinct beat = distinct effect.” Conclusion? It didn’t really pan out.
Watercolor on Paper
A medium exploration of painting on windows screens.
window screens, oil paint
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