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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 drawing was an attempt to capture my feelings about Stanford: an intimidating fortress of possibilities.
2018
Markers on paper
This is the place no one would want to miss.
Photo
A colorful view of buildings and the sky over Florence (Firenze).
2014
Oil Paint on Canvas
In “closeted”, a silhouette projected onto a bralette in a closet reimagines the queer closeted experience as a positive one.
Link to Website
2021
Projection Installation
This is a portrait of a cat whom I love and cherish.
2019
Oil on canvas
An observational abstract of seaweed washing onto a beach, brought in by the tide. 24″ x 30″.
Oil paint on canvas
Open your eyes…this is the forest reverie, a queer healing space situated between mother nature and the digital world. Sleep tight.
2022
Photography
The setting sun casts a firey light onto the skyline of San Francisco, with Coit Tower visible over the hills of the city.
Video edited from found footage reflecting on the repetition, absurdity, and futility of everyday life. Duration: 05:05
Video Art
Location: Main Quad
2023
Digital Illustration
I love the idea of a personal brand, especially in 2016.
Color Film
This symbolizes unity, being made by members of the Black Community. South African word, Umbutu, translates to togetherness or “I am because we are”
Acrylic on Paper
[how I avoid winter quarter: experiments with colors and a palette knife]
Location: The Claw fountain, White Plaza Part of the virtual 2020 Stanford Gaieties musical scenery.
2020
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
Wood sculpture, Metal Sculpture. Can also display photos attached instead
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
This print came from a colored pencil drawing I made for a friend. I thought it’d be sweet to make a sort of postcard from it.
2024
Four color Riso print
Night is when the imagination comes alive.
Kaley, my plush fish who represents friendship (each of my friends has one) next to a bottle of medication to celebrate starting recovery recently.
Oil on Canvas
I met this young girl at a rural health clinic in Indonesia, where she had just given birth.
Pencil and paper