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Earth Systems 2025 @sophia.siegel
Two paintings exploring emptiness and isolation, and confronting feelings of lack of control during the early stages of the pandemic.
2021
Acrylic on canvas, some collage from a news story
I sought to express the conflicting emotions-guilt as well as pleasure-associating with eating cake.
2016
Ink Resist on Paper
An observational abstract of seaweed washing onto a beach, brought in by the tide. 24″ x 30″.
2018
Oil paint on canvas
While at SFMOMA with Stanford’s ITALIC program, I created this self-portrait to explore the merging of technology with my image of self.
2017
Photograph
I painted a face digitally, and I like frames, angels, and rocket ships.
2020
Digital Art
Light fluctuations through stained glass is always beautiful and ethereal at different times of day.
2025
Photograph of the Stanford Memorial Church
Man passing through a quickly gentrifying neighborhood in Paris. The text reads “it is dark (or literally, black) in the country of lights.”
2019
Photograph of Man in Paris
This work centers on the relationship between the human and the artificial, inspired when I photographed my cousin with a stark, artificial flash.
2023
Oil and Acrylic Paint on Canvas
This work showcases cultural connection and displacement. The food that should be on your table is now hung on a wall, commemorated but inaccessible.
2024
Monoprints on food wrapping paper, laser cut stencils
My family, despite being cramped in a bungalow room that was our home, share warmth and happiness beyond understanding.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
This is how your friend from high school looks at you–knowing you’re different now, knowing she’s different now.
2014
Color Film
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
I took this photograph in a forrest in Germany. I wonder what the dog is doing right now.
Link to Website
A sketched self-portrait replaced into its photographic context.
Graphite on Paper, Photograph
“the pith” follows an adolescent’s struggle to understand their immigrant mother after their move to America.
Flash Fiction and Digital Illustration
A piece set on a quiet, sunny afternoon in Northeast Italy. Used a reference.
Colored Pencil on Paper
Koreanthian is based on merging different architectural styles that transcends geographical, cultural, and historical differences.
Pen & Ink Drawing on Bristol Paper
“I’ve loved you since the day I met you”
Acrylic on Canvas
A self-portrait composed of identity objects: rings from my mother, the teapot on my coffee table, the graphic on my favorite t-shirt, etc.
Digital Collage
San Francisco at dusk is illuminated by pinpoints of light on the distant hills.
2022
Oil paint on panel