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Helen He '23
Girl meets whale.
2017
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
Fog drapes over the breathtaking mountain tops and diffuses across the road of Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, creating a sense of quietude.
2019
Acrylic on Canvas
This self portrait depicts the artist in self reflection. The couple gazes forward, as hidden collaged images loom behind, reminding them of the past.
2018
Acrylic and Collage on Canvas 30 x 40 in
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.
2020
Digital inkjet print
Popular Korean and American soda brands represent my Korean-Americanness, and the crushing pressures of assimilation that warps self-perception.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Vials of yeast samples are the remaining evidence of Dr. Charles Yanofsky, a noted faculty and geneticist who passed away in 2018.
Photograph
These monotype prints are based on historical photos of imperial palaces in Beijing, my hometown.
monotype on paper
Colorful shapes of San Francisco buildings are highlighted by a bright sunny day.
2022
Oil paint on canvas
A faceless woman in a room of South Vietnamese soldiers
Graphite on Paper
These works were primarily crafted from fashion, science, and interior design magazines ranging from the early 90s to present.
Collage, ink pen
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
A three panel survey of a new environment.
Acrylic on Canvas (Three 5ft x 4ft panels) 60 x 144 in
This piece combines a photograph taken of a mural in Palo Alto with a vintage National Geographic photograph of the same location.
Digital Collage
“prayer”, featuring the artist’s grandmother, captures feelings of chaos and anxiety, as well as the calm performed to or provided by others.
Link to Website
Projection Installation
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard with numbers juxtaposing letters, emphasizing how some things are not meant to be rushed and will happen in time.
I made these photos at the abandoned Oppenheimer film set in Ghost Ranch, NM. Downwinders in NM harmed by test radiation remain uncompensated by RECA.
2023
35mm Photography
Mice own your belongings at night.
Charcoal Pencil on Paper
This photography series depicts the four indigenous Khmer women at Stanford, invisibility, and the consequent strong community we formed.
Photography Series
I created a visual representation of the concept of ‘truth’ in a minimalistic style represented by the light and woman’s bare shoulders.
Acrylic paint on canvas
This artwork examines the place of genetically modified organisms in modern society and how we view them, blurring the line between item and organism.
2014
fine-tip pen and watercolor on paper
This piece highlights the importance of community and hope in the midst of a pandemic, despite physical separation from others.