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Earth Systems 2025 @sophia.siegel
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.
2020
Acrylic on canvas
I took this photograph in a forrest in Germany. I wonder what the dog is doing right now.
Link to Website
2016
Color Film
Sky River is a digital reinterpretation of Japanese graphic designer Koichi Sato’s style based on minimalist forms and gradients.
2019
Blender 3D render
At Bay is a student-created web series about the launch of a Stanford startup that goes horribly, horribly wrong.
Still from a web series
These sculptures are abstract representations of my reflections on intimacy as being fluid, not rooted in rigid definitions.
2022
Wood sculpture
This series was taken at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Pavilion.
Series of Photographs
Warm summer portrait of girl reading.
2018
Photoshop
I play hide and seek with the scars from a clumsy childhood that my Korean family always told me to hide.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
This work converts content into physical form. Charlie Chan, played by white actors in yellowface, investigates murders. But who is he really hurting?
2017
Ink and print on wood
This work is based off of a found photo archive of World War I era battle photographs. It is from a series that investigates the role of the soldier.
Acrylic, charcoal, and india ink on paper
This piece uses classical aesthetics to explore man’s grief and natural processes, exploring the idea that humans can create, inform, and be nature.
Charcoal and Pencil on Paper
Serenity from within results from letting go.
2014
Watercolor
Aluminum CNC machined monstera leaf inspired bottle opener. I promise it looks better than it sounds.
2024
Sculpture
This piece was inspired by the many rooftop cafes and stunning views of the Bosphorus River while I was exploring Istanbul on a summer vacation.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
My family, despite being cramped in a bungalow room that was our home, share warmth and happiness beyond understanding.
“I’ve loved you since the day I met you”
2023
Acrylic on Canvas
This is a painting of me as a child, my mom, and my grandma at the beach. It symbolizes the treasure that is family and togetherness.
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard with numbers juxtaposing letters, emphasizing how some things are not meant to be rushed and will happen in time.
A commentary on the fifth stage of grief: acceptance.
This is an image of a mushroom found on a trail off Old La Honda Road. I wanted to create a mystical yet comforting feeling surrounding the mushroom.
Photography