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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
With a color palette and thematic melancholy inspired by Picasso’s Blue Period, this intimate vignette chronicles my experience with depression.
2023
Oil on wood panel
Series highlighting experiences with environmental change, connection to place, and emotional displacement by collaging satellite maps with portraits.
2022
Photography/digital collage
Both works are depictions of traditional Catholic religious figures figured through an assemblage of inanimate objects.
2018
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Knowledge allows the mind to bloom.
Digital Illustration
Girl has a moment of clarity when her head is in the clouds.
Photoshop
This piece grapples with the difficulty of forgiveness. Opposing forces compete: luminosity and shadow, serenity and grief, redemption and regression.
Oil on canvas
Based on the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley, this piece was intended to examine the environmental and cultural cost of the fashion industry.
2015
Mixed Media
Light fluctuations through stained glass is always beautiful and ethereal at different times of day.
2025
Photograph of the Stanford Memorial Church
I was inspired by the stillness of this moment, the warm light, and the beautiful shadows created by the trees. This was based on SF Japantown.
2020
gouache on paper
Location: Lathrop 24/7 Study Room
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
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.
Digital Visual Art
This work converts content into physical form. Charlie Chan, played by white actors in yellowface, investigates murders. But who is he really hurting?
Ink and print on wood
“David” is a 3D bust loosely based on Michelangelo’s piece of the same name. Inspired by the music video of “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits.
Blender 3D Render
This 3D, interactive piece represents my relationship with my immigrant other due to the shifting pressures of assimilation.
Interactive 3D animation installation
De-identified photograph taken for artistic purposes with permission from anatomy professors.
Photograph
A contrast between the cold, grayish tones of the subject and the warmer ones of the koi around her as they mesh together following the fish’s flow.
2021
Oil Paint on Canvas
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
This piece explores repetition, but also sense of self (or selves). The title is a quote from Michael Pollan’s “Botany of Desire.”
Vector drawing and photography