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Helen He '23
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.
2017
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
By Helen He '23
She wipes the mask off after a long day.
2018
Photoshop
This piece emerged from a desire to merge figurative and abstract forms. (there are some flaws in the .jpg, if needed I can retake pictures)
2015
Acrylic on Canvas
No Description
2022
Watercolor on Paper
Serenity from within results from letting go.
2014
Watercolor
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Photo
A watercolor painting of Stanford Campus
Link to Website
2023
Acrylic Painting
Vero is a UG2 custodial worker on campus who I tutor through habla. I hoped to display her as I have grown to know her: strong and compelling.
Oil Paint on Canvas
This piece explores repetition, but also sense of self (or selves). The title is a quote from Michael Pollan’s “Botany of Desire.”
2020
Vector drawing and photography
(Work in progress) Monstera in grayscale w/ orchre yellow stems
2024
Oil on Canvas
Exploring the weary determination of an aged subject shouldering generational burdens. Experimented with earthier and darker tones, deconstruction, an
Not sure if this counts, but I created a Stanford logo made from many smaller photos. I can make another one, from more interesting photos.
Digital Photograph
A sketched self-portrait replaced into its photographic context.
Graphite on Paper, Photograph
This work is about rupture and disruption, whether environmental, familial, or linguistic. I wanted to think visually about over-saturation.
India Ink on Paper
I sought to express the conflicting emotions-guilt as well as pleasure-associating with eating cake.
2016
Ink Resist on Paper
This piece looks into the intersection of queerness and religion in the age of the internet and digital upbringing.
Interactive Digital Work
[how I avoid winter quarter: experiments with colors and a palette knife]
A cat in a Japanese restaurant.
2019
3D computer graphics
How does the lover’s gaze interpret and transform the body? What does it mean to paint the beloved intimately yet leave them unidentifiable?
Acrylic on canvas
While at SFMOMA with Stanford’s ITALIC program, I created this self-portrait to explore the merging of technology with my image of self.
Photograph
Our hands – bridges, sinewy tendons & arteries – among the last parts dissected because of their distinctly human character.
Photography; De-identified photo taken for artistic purposes with permission from anatomy professors.