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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 piece highlights the importance of community and hope in the midst of a pandemic, despite physical separation from others.
Acrylic on Canvas
A close-up, multi-colored rendering of Eppendorf tubes illustrates that Lab Life is not as monochromatic as it appears.
2019
Oil paint on Canvas
This piece tackles the topic of invisible disabilities and the stigma that many invisibly disabled people, myself included, face.
2018
Photograph on Canvas, Embroidery
This is a surreal meditation on nature’s comforting power as a sanctuary for people in need of healing.
2022
Pencil on paper
I made this piece as an exploration of how cows are perceived in different cultures, and society’s relationship to animals as a whole.
2015
Mixed Media
I was looking for a subject I could depict using my new ink pens, and this sculpture was perfect because it included lots of shadows and some colors.
2016
Ink Pen
[how I avoid winter quarter: experiments with colors and a palette knife]
2017
Oil Paint on Canvas
A gray tabby cat with timeless, marble-like eyes filled with stories to tell and lessons to share sits near a bush, encapsulating the spirit of Paris.
Colored Pencil
These works were primarily crafted from fashion, science, and interior design magazines ranging from the early 90s to present.
Collage, ink pen
These pictures were taken during a neurosurgery at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children hospital.
Digital photography
Through the intimacy and vulnerability of sleep, I convey my boyfriend’s personality, embodied presence, and imprint – literally and metaphorically.
Oil on canvas
The great horned owl is found at Stanford and throughout the Americas and is named for its distinctive ear tufts.
2023
machine embroidery on cotton fabric
This piece is an abstract self-portrait linking the internal self and the body to the collective human consciousness.
3D animation (Blender)
Location: East Asia Library
2021
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.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
My IUD made me bleed for 8 months straight, gave me terrible cramps, and made me depressed. After finally getting it removed, I made art with it.
Oil paint, acrylic paint, and IUD on wood panel
This drawing is a representation of a fractal called a Julia set, which has been rendered out of plants and other organic elements.
Markers on paper
This is a painting of inception as an artist recreates a Delacroix masterpiece, “The Death of Sardanapalus” with a little boy looking up in awe.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
“David” is a 3D bust loosely based on Michelangelo’s piece of the same name. Inspired by the music video of “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits.
Blender 3D Render
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.
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