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Helen He '23
Location: East Asia Library
2021
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
Past lovers who couldn’t be together grieve over “what was” and “what could have been”, learning each other’s rhythms tenderly for the first time.
2024
Oil on Canvas
A colorful view of buildings and the sky over Florence (Firenze).
2014
Oil Paint on Canvas
I captured this while camping in Colorado. Upside down the sunrise reflected in the mist covered water reminded me of Earth’s curvature from space.
2015
Digital Photograph
Quotes from an anonymous survey sent out to student dorms are written on prints of photographs of ducks representing Stanford students
2018
Digital photography prints
Taken while walking in my hometown of Washington, D.C.
2020
Photograph
I have a series of three paintings showing scenes from 3 places here in USA which caught my eye.
2022
Watercolor
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
Oil on canvas
The Andromeda constellation re-imagined, through drawing, through burning holes in paper; how do we impose humanity upon the stars?
2016
Charcoal on paper; flame on tracing paper
This piece is a self-portrait that puts emphasis on gaze and light to convey a subject that is emerging from the shadows.
These three prints depict tide pool scenes in Moss Beach, CA. They are part of a series, “From Puddles to Pools: A Showcase of Marine Invertebrates.”
Sea Slug is a woodcut and the other two are etchings.
This work centers on the relationship between the human and the artificial, inspired when I photographed my cousin with a stark, artificial flash.
2023
Oil and Acrylic Paint on Canvas
August on my family’s ranch in Jalisco, México.
Link to Website
2017
Environmental Photographs
This piece depicts a fictionalized memory of my grandfather, who I only knew through his woven hats and birds passed down through my family.
Video edited from found footage reflecting on the repetition, absurdity, and futility of everyday life. Duration: 05:05
Video Art
This was a fun illustration that I polished up for International Day of the Girl this year (October 11)!
Digital art
This piece was inspired by the many rooftop cafes and stunning views of the Bosphorus River while I was exploring Istanbul on a summer vacation.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
The piece is inspired geometric subdivision, tessellations and fractals, fusing representations from Chinese, Japanese, and Japanese symbolisms.
Laser Cut Birchwood
An exploration of nature’s healing power as an avenue for escapism and introspection.
Ballpoint and pencil on paper
An experiment with my visual synesthesia, which imparts color on 2D shapes. Here I assemble impressions gathered during my time in Chavín de Huántar.
Digital Visual Art
every part of this earth is a surrogate for the people that helped create iteach building reflects the community that built it
Acrylic on Canvas