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Helen He '23
Night is when the imagination comes alive.
2020
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
This work was featured at a solo show with New Image Art in West Hollywood. You are welcome to share any of the work on my Instagram (L.SongWu)
2023
Oil paint on canvas
You have pomegranate trees in your backyard, well so do I. Your family can’t afford to live in the Bay Area, well neither can mine…You’re just like me
2024
Oil on canvas
I wanted to render a tree during a vibrant morning on The Farm from a design perspective.
2016
Ink Resist
BEAM Stanford-related photos
2019
Digital photographs
This painting was an exercise to try and use simple, yet bold brushstrokes to capture the essence of the moment.
2018
De-identified photograph taken for artistic purposes with permission from anatomy professors.
2015
Photograph
This symbolizes unity, being made by members of the Black Community. South African word, Umbutu, translates to togetherness or “I am because we are”
Acrylic on Paper
Body painting is used to simulate the patient-doctor relationship. Imagery is inspired by anatomy and the model’s bodily experiences.
Link to Website
Body Paint on Skin
This piece uses classical aesthetics to explore man’s grief and natural processes, exploring the idea that humans can create, inform, and be nature.
2017
Charcoal and Pencil on Paper
This painting is an interpretation of Magritte’s surrealist painting “The Mysteries of the Horizon,” replacing the men with an aging ballerina.
Acrylic paint on canvas
*sixth photograph of Hidden Gems series
Series of Photographs
Princess Going Digital considers queer girlhood on the playground of the laptop screen, a site for unapologetic self-documentation and portraiture.
Gouache on Paper
I have a series of three paintings showing scenes from 3 places here in USA which caught my eye.
2022
Watercolor
This interactive poem takes the shape of a kimchi jar and symbolizes my separation and recent reunion and celebration of my Korean identity.
3D Arduino installation, interactive poetry
The great horned owl is found at Stanford and throughout the Americas and is named for its distinctive ear tufts.
machine embroidery on cotton fabric
Location: East Asia Library
2021
Video edited from found footage reflecting on the repetition, absurdity, and futility of everyday life. Duration: 05:05
Video Art
I created this piece in order to show a city full of life in contrast to one that is merely an outline.
This piece depicts a fictionalized memory of my grandfather, who I only knew through his woven hats and birds passed down through my family.
Oil Paint on Canvas
This self portrait addresses my invisible disability and the words around me are a mix of medical statements and emotional entries from my journal.
Graphite on Paper