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Katie Han '23
BEAM Stanford-related photos
2019
Digital photographs
By Katie Han '23
Reflective watercolor painting after a trip to Tokyo.
2016
Watercolor
This is a collective of poems written while contemplating the relationship between the natural, humans, death, continuity, carnage, and hope. Link to Artwork
2023
Poetry
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
I play hide and seek with the scars from a clumsy childhood that my Korean family always told me to hide.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Who are our parents before our births? I wanted to use painting to meditate on loss concretized as memory.
Oil on Canvas
This work showcases cultural connection and displacement. The food that should be on your table is now hung on a wall, commemorated but inaccessible.
2024
Monoprints on food wrapping paper, laser cut stencils
Machines roar and metal parts clang away in the background in this artwork as an enormous robot is constructed before the eyes of a young spectator.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
This painting is an interpretation of Magritte’s surrealist painting “The Mysteries of the Horizon,” replacing the men with an aging ballerina.
2018
Acrylic paint on canvas
Whales and dolphins were my favorite animals when I was younger. In this piece, dark shadows contrasted by blue hues highlight that childhood bond.
Inspired by a trip to explore the nature preserves in Mass Landing, CA, this art showcases two curlew birds looking for food in the shallow waters.
Watercolor and Pencil
This is the first of an ongoing watercolor series completed under shelter-in-place, based on photos that friends have sent of their favorite views.
2020
The security blanket is a metaphor for something we cling to when we are afraid and how it is something we must learn to let it go.
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Photography
A close-up, multi-colored rendering of Eppendorf tubes illustrates that Lab Life is not as monochromatic as it appears.
Oil paint on Canvas
This short film was submitted as part of my arts portfolio for my Stanford application
Short Film
This piece combines a photograph taken of a mural in Palo Alto with a vintage National Geographic photograph of the same location.
Digital Collage
A study of a tree for Drawing I in charcoal, exploring silhouettes and shading.
Charcoal on Paper
Abstract portrait that transcends the restrictions of the body and provides the opportunity for anyone of any background to identify with the piece.
2022
Acrylic Paint on Wood
I use this artwork to ask, “What has become of our childhood innocence?”
ink on paper, collage
Indigo mountains and a somber gray sky are reflected in the clear water of Lake Tahoe.
Oil paint on canvas
Quotes from an anonymous survey sent out to student dorms are written on prints of photographs of ducks representing Stanford students
Digital photography prints