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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
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
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring IntroSem students and Continuing Studies students.
2019
Photograph
This image plays with scale, texture, and the physicality of water.
2016
Color Film
This is a picture a created from 40 raw pictures I took of the same fruit cup. Compiling all 40 images into one allowed me to show everything in focus
Digital Photograph
Released some restless energy onto paper with this portrait sketch.
2020
Graphite 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
This piece started as a blank page and turned into a take on modern ignorance rendered in colored pencil and typewriter ink. Link to Artwork
colored pencil, poetry
This drawing shows the harsh lines of a cityscape being consumed by organic forms, suggesting that, try as we might, we cannot overpower nature.
Ink on Paper
Location: Lathrop 24/7 Study Room
2022
Digital Illustration
[how I avoid winter quarter: experiments with colors and a palette knife]
Oil Paint on Canvas
Stillness, the relationship between Venice’s constant landscape and its moving parts, environments of order that have witnessed extravagant change
acrylic on canvas
I painted a face digitally, and I like frames, angels, and rocket ships.
Digital Art
This work is based off of a found photo archive of World War I era battle photographs. It is from a series that investigates the role of the soldier.
Acrylic, charcoal, and india ink on paper
This piece explores duality in behavior: relaxing the tongue can provide a positive experience during kissing, but can prove deadly with sleep apnea. Link to Artwork
Writing
These metallic flowers portray our future if we continue to condone industrial heavy metal pollution. Each flower is one of my original designs.
2024
Original origami flowers on red and silver foil paper; Arranged with silk leaves
This painting is in honor of Ahina and all the women that spend years wishing for a day at school.
46″ x 32”
My family, despite being cramped in a bungalow room that was our home, share warmth and happiness beyond understanding.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
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.
Growing up in Iran taught me that limitation breed creativity. I tried to embody the same lesson by using alternative printing methods in the darkroom
Black & white photography
Reflective watercolor painting after a trip to Tokyo.
Watercolor