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Helen He '23
Location: East Asia Library
2021
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
2017
Photo
Photojournalistic exploration of the human impact of rhino poaching in South Africa – done in Prof Sue McConnell’s overseas seminar in Summer 2016.
Link to Website
2016
Photographs
My IUD made me bleed for 8 months straight, gave me terrible cramps, and made me depressed. After finally getting it removed, I made art with it.
2023
Oil paint, acrylic paint, and IUD on wood panel
A collage made from mind media upon reflection of a quarter of studying the classics in Stanford’s freshman SLE residential program.
2018
Mixed Media/Collage
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
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.
2020
Digital Collage
Taken at Baylands Nature Preserve during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a student and a community member.
2019
Photograph
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.”
2024
Sea Slug is a woodcut and the other two are etchings.
In a pre-show photoshoot for my roommate’s student classical Indian dance ensemble, Noopur, she “breaks character” during a pose.
How does the lover’s gaze interpret and transform the body? What does it mean to paint the beloved intimately yet leave them unidentifiable?
2022
Acrylic on canvas
How do you heal after being discarded?
Acrylic on Canvas
A three panel survey of a new environment.
Acrylic on Canvas (Three 5ft x 4ft panels) 60 x 144 in
My piece comments on the movement of youth in Mexico towards narco culture and the dire implications it has for more traditional aspects the culture.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
The setting sun casts a firey light onto the skyline of San Francisco, with Coit Tower visible over the hills of the city.
Oil paint on canvas
A projection of water drapes over a foot, the painting interweaves the physical and digital sensation.
Oil on canvas
inspired by Mondays, morning showers, and an addiction to caffeine.
Digital illustration
A portrayal of the death of Chaos as depicted in the Zhuangzi, who expired after Shu and Hu bored a new hole into him each day for seven days.
2015
Digital Visual Art
This was a fun illustration that I polished up for International Day of the Girl this year (October 11)!
Digital art
This work is based off a creative non-fiction short story I wrote about my childhood relationship with my father.
Oil on Canvas
Often, I find myself missing the changing of seasons. But if I just look closely, signs of autumn are all around.
Nature Photography