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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
Girl meets whale.
2017
I took this photograph in a forrest in Germany. I wonder what the dog is doing right now.
Link to Website
2016
Color Film
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.
2018
Oil Paint on Canvas
Originally meant as a study of diffused light in a “nocturne” scene, this piece is a take on portraiture, figures, and landscape in one.
A collage made from mind media upon reflection of a quarter of studying the classics in Stanford’s freshman SLE residential program.
Mixed Media/Collage
Location: Lathrop 24/7 Study Room
2022
This is how your friend from high school looks at you–knowing you’re different now, knowing she’s different now.
2014
A coloring pages for people to color and de-stress:) These pages are part of my project Coloring to Cope for the COVID-19 art grant.
Digital
Whales and dolphins were my favorite animals when I was younger. In this piece, dark shadows contrasted by blue hues highlight that childhood bond.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
Reflective watercolor painting after a trip to Tokyo.
Watercolor
Using alternative black and white photography techniques, I tried to illustrate the poems of the Persian poet and painter Sohrab Sepehri.
Black and White photography
In “closeted”, a silhouette projected onto a bralette in a closet reimagines the queer closeted experience as a positive one.
2021
Projection Installation
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
Digital Art
Anatomy of the Vogue is a portraiture study of clinical anatomy that bridges human and corpse through a play on the fashion industry.
Colored Pencil
This piece is a manifestation of the growth and maturity, both physically and mentally, found in adolescence. It mimics the flowering of youth.
Photograph of a physical collage (paper, printed image)
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.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Taken at Baylands Nature Preserve during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a student and a community member.
2019
Photograph
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Photo
Princess Going Digital considers queer girlhood on the playground of the laptop screen, a site for unapologetic self-documentation and portraiture.
2023
Gouache on Paper
A process exploration of dye sublimation to print the iconic “Bliss” wallpaper of the operating system Windows XP onto constructed shutters.
Sculpture: wood, white house paint, printed acrylic sheet, venetian window structure