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Helen He '23
Location: East Asia Library
2021
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
Silhouette of a black woman, breathing her way through.
2020
Acrylic on Canvas
Inspired by the strange reflection of an empty glass sitting on a table, this is a piece is about power and powerlessness—control and lack of it.
Acrylic on canvas
Giant ladle meant to represent heaven, a room where everyone figured out that to feed themselves, they have to feed each other. + Harley Quinn’s bat
2023
Wood sculpture, Metal Sculpture. Can also display photos attached instead
Released some restless energy onto paper with this portrait sketch.
Graphite on Paper
Lush layers of volanoes, forest fires, tsunamis are interwoven with snarling dogs, invoking chaotic and powerful forces of nature. 30″ x 40″.
2018
Oil paint and thread on canvas
This interactive poem takes the shape of a kimchi jar and symbolizes my separation and recent reunion and celebration of my Korean identity.
Link to Website
3D Arduino installation, interactive poetry
These small paintings were quick, gestural sketches that explore the beauty of the feminine form.
Oil on canvas
Cool portrait of girl trying to keep in her tears.
Photoshop
Often, I find myself missing the changing of seasons. But if I just look closely, signs of autumn are all around.
2019
Nature Photography
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
2017
Photo
This was a fun illustration that I polished up for International Day of the Girl this year (October 11)!
2016
Digital art
A reflection of my Korean heritage in the new digital age, and how technology distorts my self-perception and my relationship with my culture.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
*sixth photograph of Hidden Gems series
Series of Photographs
This is the place no one would want to miss.
This is a collective of poems written while contemplating the relationship between the natural, humans, death, continuity, carnage, and hope. Link to Artwork
Poetry
This piece captures the fleeting, but golden moment of connection between the deer and the viewer. A reminder that beautiful things are fleeting.
2015
I met this young girl at a rural health clinic in Indonesia, where she had just given birth.
2014
Pencil and paper
I have a series of three paintings showing scenes from 3 places here in USA which caught my eye.
2022
Watercolor
An ongoing series attempting to create an emotive instant through color theory principles
This is a study of Auguste Rodin’s “Bust of St. John the Baptist,” in an attempt to capture the densely textured look of the original.
Charcoal, white chalk on toned paper