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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
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a IntroSem student of the course.
Photograph
This painting was an exercise to try and use simple, yet bold brushstrokes to capture the essence of the moment.
2018
Oil paint on canvas
Western media creates unrealistic expectations of perfection in avocados. In this painting, I seek to challenge and redefine avocado beauty standards.
2016
Oil on canvas
These two small paintings feature a whimsical image that explores feminine sexuality, inspired by the flesh-like quality of oil paint.
oil on cnavs
This painting is an interpretation of Magritte’s surrealist painting “The Mysteries of the Horizon,” replacing the men with an aging ballerina.
Acrylic paint on canvas
I spent 26 days backpacking through Death Valley. When water is scarce, life harder yet more simple, what matters most becomes evident.
Link to Website
2020
song / soundscape
This piece is a self-portrait that puts emphasis on gaze and light to convey a subject that is emerging from the shadows.
Oil Paint on Canvas
In a knife fight, two versions of me grapple and wrestle for control, but both end up symmetrically and simultaneously triumphant and defeated.
Oil paint on found wood
These two paintings were inspired by the feelings of quarantine—isolation, restlessness, and nostalgia.
gouache (two images combined digitally)
This is the place no one would want to miss.
2017
Photo
It is difficult for humans to accept their own flaws and imperfections. This is a self-portrait displaying my many different tones and personalities.
Acrylic on Paper
This piece looks into the intersection of queerness and religion in the age of the internet and digital upbringing.
2022
Interactive Digital Work
Experimentation with natural forms and light.
She wipes the mask off after a long day.
Photoshop
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
The girl who depicts prosperity is looking beyond her world into one that’s suppressed by indigence, because to solve a problem you must face it.
acrylic on canvas
I created this piece in order to show a city full of life in contrast to one that is merely an outline.
A visual exploration of ZIP, a drug currently in development used to treat PTSD by directly erasing targeted memories.
Mixed Media
In Guam, an invasive species, the rhinoceros beetle, kills many of the island’s trees. I collage over images of trees to meditate on this loss.
Digital inkjet print
Shriram California photos
Digital photographs