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Helen He '23
Continuation of After Class Hours.
2020
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
This piece depicts how the new digital, photo-sharing era fetishizes Asian women against their will, especially in their traditional attire.
2022
Linoleum Block Print on Paper
A series of poems written exclusively with programming keywords. An investigation on language, audience, and dangerous English-centric thinking.
Link to Website
2017
code poems
The security blanket is a metaphor for something we cling to when we are afraid and how it is something we must learn to let it go.
2019
Photography
A medium exploration of painting on windows screens.
2018
window screens, oil paint
Bright orange poppies burst into the foreground framed by cool blue houses behind.
Oil paint on panel
Roses bloom from her cuts.
Photoshop
These monotype prints are based on historical photos of imperial palaces in Beijing, my hometown.
monotype on paper
Inspired by individuality and body empowerment. Work focuses on abstraction of human form and color.
Acrylic on canvas
Body painting is used to simulate the patient-doctor relationship. Imagery is inspired by anatomy and the model’s bodily experiences.
Body Paint on Skin
Collage exploring feminist and bioethical discussions of reproductive technologies. Previously featured at the Medicine & the Muse Student Symposium. Link to Artwork
2024
print
Episode 1 of an upcoming mystery micro-film series
Short Film
The sky disc’s dynamic effects on viewing the sky were photographically documented over the course of a sunrise and a sunset.
Installation: printed plastic sheeting (pictorico), fishing wire
This is a surreal meditation on nature’s comforting power as a sanctuary for people in need of healing.
Pencil on paper
With a color palette and thematic melancholy inspired by Picasso’s Blue Period, this intimate vignette chronicles my experience with depression.
2023
Oil on wood panel
Winter 2017, I wrote my first song, ‘Something You Should Know’. After working on the lyrics, production and recording for two years here it is!
Song available on all streaming platforms (spotify, apple music)
This is a collage I made featuring my favorite colors. There are bits of paper popping off of the page!
2021
Digital Photograph of Paper Collage
Portrait of my friend, a queer black woman, in her room the night of the 2025 election results.
Acrylic on Canvas
The Andromeda constellation re-imagined, through drawing, through burning holes in paper; how do we impose humanity upon the stars?
2016
Charcoal on paper; flame on tracing paper
I am lucky enough to witness Lagunita being a real lake.
Photo
This painting is a depiction of my first month here at Stanford.
Water Color on Paper