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Helen He '23
Location: The Claw fountain, White Plaza Part of the virtual 2020 Stanford Gaieties musical scenery.
2020
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
Pinned parts of a traditional Vietnamese dress cut to my measurements. Through deconstruction, functionality and familiarity are lost.
2023
Charcoal and Mixed Media on Salvaged Cotton and Organza
Observing simple, everyday practices in a new country and being dumbfounded by them led me to write this piece on everyday norms and practices here Link to Artwork
2022
Poetry
It is difficult for humans to accept their own flaws and imperfections. This is a self-portrait displaying my many different tones and personalities.
2017
Acrylic on Paper
The tradition of monuments uplifts cishet white men through idealized, bodily depictions of men, but queerness transcends the restrictions of the body
Acrylic paint on canvas
The rising sun in the bay turns typically unaesthetic man-made transmission towers into a beautiful contrast of light and dark.
Photography
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
Body painting is used to simulate the patient-doctor relationship. Imagery is inspired by anatomy and the model’s bodily experiences.
Link to Website
Body Paint on Skin
Two girls, Cloud and Moon, are safe in space.
2018
Photoshop
I catch lightning bugs, flitting moments often overlooked, and bring attention to them, so that they might spark a lightbulb in the minds of others.
2021
MultiMedia(Charcoal and Colored Pencil)
An ongoing series attempting to create an emotive instant through color theory principles
Acrylic on Canvas
Seeing the majestic elephants in Kenya was one of my favorite memories from my trip, and I loved depicting the different textures of the landscape.
2016
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Mice own your belongings at night.
Charcoal Pencil on Paper
A classic San Francisco house is bathed in orange light at sunset.
Oil paint on panel
A medium exploration of painting on windows screens.
window screens, oil paint
Released some restless energy onto paper with this portrait sketch.
Graphite on Paper
Taken in Alberta, Canada. My hope is not to showcase landscapes but to acknowledge that Earth’s beauty surrounds us.
Photograph
A digital re-imagining of my piece about humanity’s changing relationship with the natural world.
2015
Mixed Media
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light.
Photo with artistic editing
Episode 1 of an upcoming mystery micro-film series
Short Film
Silhouette of a black woman, breathing her way through.