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Helen He '23
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
By Helen He '23
Originally meant as a study of diffused light in a “nocturne” scene, this piece is a take on portraiture, figures, and landscape in one.
2020
Oil Paint on Canvas
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
Abstract photography with the goal of rendering mundane objects unrecognizable.
2018
Photography
These pictures were taken during a neurosurgery at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children hospital.
2017
Digital photography
This work was featured at a solo show with New Image Art in West Hollywood. You are welcome to share any of the work on my Instagram (L.SongWu)
Oil paint on canvas
Open your eyes…this is the forest reverie, a queer healing space situated between mother nature and the digital world. Sleep tight.
Link to Website
2022
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
Location: East Asia Library
2021
Digital Illustration
Portrait of my friend, a queer black woman, in her room the night of the 2025 election results.
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
These photographs were taken in Aegina, Greece. During ancient times Aegina was a rival of Athens, the great sea power of the era.
Digital Photographs
Kumari, the living Goddess of Nepal, is not allowed to speak to those who worship her, yet her glowing eyes depict that she has so much to tell us.
Graphite
Aluminum CNC machined monstera leaf inspired bottle opener. I promise it looks better than it sounds.
Sculpture
These pieces draw on the rich beauty of Italy to subvert ideas of what Italian art must be (i.e stuck in the Renaissance).
Pen and Marker
This piece tackles the topic of invisible disabilities and the stigma that many invisibly disabled people, myself included, face.
Photograph on Canvas, Embroidery
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These photos represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Photo
A vivid rainbow above the hoover tower
Photograph of nature
How do you heal after being discarded?
My mom took a great photo of these skulls hanging on a tree during my trip to Kenya with my family, and wanted to recreate the image in a painting.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Photo series capturing California’s landscapes and the impacts of human intervention through 35mm film.
Analog Film
This is a portrait of a cat whom I love and cherish.
Oil on canvas