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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
I wanted to depict the endless possibilities of this world; the one we are so used to taking for granted.
2018
Acrylic on canvas
I took this photograph in a forrest in Germany. I wonder what the dog is doing right now.
Link to Website
2016
Color Film
Lush layers of volanoes, forest fires, tsunamis are interwoven with snarling dogs, invoking chaotic and powerful forces of nature. 30″ x 40″.
Oil paint and thread on canvas
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.
Oil Paint on Canvas
This piece highlights the importance of community and hope in the midst of a pandemic, despite physical separation from others.
Acrylic 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
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
2017
Photo
This solo play premiered in Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022 and made its US debut in New York City where I won the award for ‘Best Emerging Actor’
2023
Photograph of Performance (solo play)
This painting is a depiction of my first month here at Stanford.
Water Color on Paper
This is a theatrical self portrait. Fractured light plays off a calm, restrained figure, creating tension and a sense of impending violence. 24″ x 30″
Oil paint on canvas
These photos will never be published in a journalistic publication – familiar scenes on campus but different, the other side of palm tree paradise?
Photograph of campus scenes
Amid noise and glitches, serenity emerges as data flows, lines converge, existing and dissipating simultaneously.
2024
Video Art (with sound)
This piece is a self-portrait that puts emphasis on gaze and light to convey a subject that is emerging from the shadows.
[how I avoid winter quarter: experiments with colors and a palette knife]
Pinned parts of a traditional Vietnamese dress cut to my measurements. Through deconstruction, functionality and familiarity are lost.
Charcoal and Mixed Media on Salvaged Cotton and Organza
Sky River is a digital reinterpretation of Japanese graphic designer Koichi Sato’s style based on minimalist forms and gradients.
2019
Blender 3D render
Submersion is a painting that experiments with figure in distortion, and blends the organic elements of nature with human form.
2015
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Girl restrains her tears for, hopefully, the last time.
Photoshop
This piece depicts how the new digital, photo-sharing era fetishizes Asian women against their will, especially in their traditional attire.
Linoleum Block Print on Paper
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