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Jessica Lee '22
A ghostly woman draped in a silk shawl and pearls.
2022
Charcoal
By Jessica Lee '22
These photos will never be published in a journalistic publication – familiar scenes on campus but different, the other side of palm tree paradise?
2018
Photograph of campus scenes
Observing simple, everyday practices in a new country and being dumbfounded by them led me to write this piece on everyday norms and practices here Link to Artwork
Poetry
“prayer”, featuring the artist’s grandmother, captures feelings of chaos and anxiety, as well as the calm performed to or provided by others.
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2021
Projection Installation
This is a study of Auguste Rodin’s “Bust of St. John the Baptist,” in an attempt to capture the densely textured look of the original.
Charcoal, white chalk on toned paper
A piece set on a quiet, sunny afternoon in Northeast Italy. Used a reference.
Colored Pencil on Paper
This piece depicts a fictionalized memory of my grandfather, who I only knew through his woven hats and birds passed down through my family.
2023
Oil Paint on Canvas
Fog drapes over the breathtaking mountain tops and diffuses across the road of Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, creating a sense of quietude.
2019
Acrylic on Canvas
Two girls, Cloud and Moon, are safe in space.
Photoshop
This is the place no one would want to miss.
2017
Photo
Popular Korean and American soda brands represent my Korean-Americanness, and the crushing pressures of assimilation that warps self-perception.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Inspired by the works of Nina Katchadourian, this piece uses materials scavenged from the Stanford campus to explore the definition of “city.”
Paper Maps on Cardboard
A commentary on the fifth stage of grief: acceptance.
A woman in dark clothing sits on the graffitied ruins of Sutro Baths, staring into the soft, ethereal waves illuminated by warm sunlight.
Oil paint on canvas
This 3D, interactive piece represents my relationship with my immigrant other due to the shifting pressures of assimilation.
Interactive 3D animation installation
This artwork examines the place of genetically modified organisms in modern society and how we view them, blurring the line between item and organism.
2014
fine-tip pen and watercolor on paper
This series was taken at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Pavilion.
Series of Photographs
This piece is of my neighbor’s beagle, Clyde. She has two dogs, and the other is named Bonnie!
2016
Colored pencil
Exploring the weary determination of an aged subject shouldering generational burdens. Experimented with earthier and darker tones, deconstruction, an
Taken at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature.
Photograph
A fun, surreal piece exploring themes related to the modern food industry.
Watercolor on Paper