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Weilai Yu '22
The Countour of White Sands NP
2023
Photograph
By Weilai Yu '22
Quotes from an anonymous survey sent out to student dorms are written on prints of photographs of ducks representing Stanford students
2018
Digital photography prints
This piece combines a photograph taken of a mural in Palo Alto with a vintage National Geographic photograph of the same location.
2017
Digital Collage
This piece grapples with the difficulty of forgiveness. Opposing forces compete: luminosity and shadow, serenity and grief, redemption and regression.
2022
Oil on canvas
Machines roar and metal parts clang away in the background in this artwork as an enormous robot is constructed before the eyes of a young spectator.
2019
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
The central focus of these prints is the vibrant potato starch granule depicted under polarized light and how its shape and colors are manipulated.
Algorithmic Art made with Processing
I created a visual representation of the concept of ‘truth’ in a minimalistic style represented by the light and woman’s bare shoulders.
Acrylic paint on canvas
I use this artwork to ask, “What has become of our childhood innocence?”
ink on paper, collage
v.c.a – an ongoing project and exploration of visual communication through abstraction
2016
Graphic Design
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
2020
Digital Art
Representation of an Asian woman navigating a worldwide pandemic, situated in the centre of racial prejudice, capitalism, & social media connectivity.
Scanned magazine collage, colour pencils, and pen on Sketchbook
Knowledge allows the mind to bloom.
Digital Illustration
Location: Lathrop 24/7 Study Room
This self portrait addresses my invisible disability and the words around me are a mix of medical statements and emotional entries from my journal.
Graphite on Paper
Shriram California photos
Digital photographs
My piece comments on the movement of youth in Mexico towards narco culture and the dire implications it has for more traditional aspects the culture.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
A little boy reaches out to the diver on the other side of the aquarium glass, encapsulated within this innocent moment of hope and harmony.
This project was done on a ten-day summer trip to my family’s ranch.
Link to Website
Environmental Photographs
A classic San Francisco house is bathed in orange light at sunset.
Oil paint on panel
Hide my anger behind flowers // my anxiety behind moths // my sadness behind â–“â–“â–“
Photoshop
Light fluctuations through stained glass is always beautiful and ethereal at different times of day.
2025
Photograph of the Stanford Memorial Church