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Student Artist
Earth Systems 2025 @laiabent
De-identified photograph taken for artistic purposes with permission from anatomy professors.
2015
Photograph
This drawing shows the harsh lines of a cityscape being consumed by organic forms, suggesting that, try as we might, we cannot overpower nature.
2017
Ink on Paper
This short film was submitted as part of my arts portfolio for my Stanford application
Link to Website
2021
Short Film
Girl meets whale.
Digital Illustration
At Bay is a student-created web series about the launch of a Stanford startup that goes horribly, horribly wrong.
2016
Still from a web series
I painted a woman who is battered but is pushing herself back up with resiliency. She sends a message of hope to those facing difficulties.
acrylic on wood
Experimentation with natural forms and light.
2018
This piece highlights the importance of community and hope in the midst of a pandemic, despite physical separation from others.
2020
Acrylic on Canvas
These two paintings were inspired by the feelings of quarantine—isolation, restlessness, and nostalgia.
gouache (two images combined digitally)
Location: Main Quad
2023
Mimicking the beauty of bioluminescence.
2022
Digital Photography
A sense of colorful peace
painting on computer
Inspired by the strange reflection of an empty glass sitting on a table, this is a piece is about power and powerlessness—control and lack of it.
Acrylic on canvas
A gray tabby cat with timeless, marble-like eyes filled with stories to tell and lessons to share sits near a bush, encapsulating the spirit of Paris.
2019
Colored Pencil
My mother in her monthly kimchi-making ritual, a food that I learned to take pride in despite being initially ashamed of it.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
A sketched self-portrait replaced into its photographic context.
Graphite on Paper, Photograph
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 work converts content into physical form. Charlie Chan, played by white actors in yellowface, investigates murders. But who is he really hurting?
Ink and print on wood
Location: The Claw fountain, White Plaza Part of the virtual 2020 Stanford Gaieties musical scenery.
A fantastical city illustrating a water-based transportation system.
Digital painting