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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
This is a photo taken in the Main Quad.
2018
Thousands of stippled dots layer on each other to create each gargoyle and rooftop, coming together to reveal the magnificent, historical spire.
Pen and Ink
I met this young girl at a rural health clinic in Indonesia, where she had just given birth.
2014
Pencil and paper
BEAM Stanford-related photos
2019
Digital photographs
Originally meant as a study of diffused light in a “nocturne” scene, this piece is a take on portraiture, figures, and landscape in one.
Oil Paint on Canvas
I drew some random kid I found on a Youtube thumbnail. I think it was an Omeleto video.
Colored Pencil on Paper, Digital
Quad is always changing amazingly.
2017
Photo
In a knife fight, two versions of me grapple and wrestle for control, but both end up symmetrically and simultaneously triumphant and defeated.
Oil paint on found wood
Cool portrait of girl trying to keep in her tears.
Photoshop
Through the intimacy and vulnerability of sleep, I convey my boyfriend’s personality, embodied presence, and imprint – literally and metaphorically.
2022
Oil on canvas
This piece was made the week before quarantine when everything was uncertain and the weight of not knowing what was to come next hung over our heads.
Link to Website
Boulder & Rope
This is a “still life” of the fish market at my local Chinese grocery store. It is a wet, slimy, strange, intimidating, and magnificent place.
2023
Acrylic on Canvas
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.
gouache on paper
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
SJC redesign – inspired by bold ‘Mod’ textiles, rooted in the London-based 1960’s ‘Mod’ fashion and music subculture centered around modern jazz.
2016
Graphic Design and Print
Man passing through a quickly gentrifying neighborhood in Paris. The text reads “it is dark (or literally, black) in the country of lights.”
Photograph of Man in Paris
A colorful view of buildings and the sky over Florence (Firenze).
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)
These collages were created from material gathered from a variety of found sources—primarily Life, National Geographic, and Time magazines.
Collage & ink pen
Location: Main Quad