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Your Grandpa Kimo Weaves Lauhala
This piece depicts a fictionalized memory of my grandfather, who I only knew through his woven hats and birds passed down through my family.
2023
Oil Paint on Canvas
By Kea Kahoilua Clebsch '26
Lightbulb of the Lightning Bugs
I catch lightning bugs, flitting moments often overlooked, and bring attention to them, so that they might spark a lightbulb in the minds of others.
2021
MultiMedia(Charcoal and Colored Pencil)
By Janice Li '24
Misfit Photography
Often, I find myself missing the changing of seasons. But if I just look closely, signs of autumn are all around.
2019
Nature Photography
By Renata Starbird '21
Designer
A surreal portrayal of the cost of modern designer fashion culture.
2015
Scratchboard
By Noah DeWald '20
Rancho de San Luis, JAL, MX
This project was done on a ten-day summer trip to my family’s ranch.
2017
Environmental Photographs
By Kamilah Arteaga '22
Vanishing Act II
A digital re-imagining of my piece about humanity’s changing relationship with the natural world.
2015
Mixed Media
By Noah DeWald '20
Explosive Bloom
A sculpture paying homage to the queer community and culture. Delicate like a flower, yet distinct like an explosion. Trans bodies at the center.
2021
Wood Sculpture
By Zaki Rob '25
Ocean Beach Poppies
Bright orange poppies burst into the foreground framed by cool blue houses behind.
2022
Oil paint on panel
By Christina Kent '22
Last Light on Haight St
A classic San Francisco house is bathed in orange light at sunset.
2022
Oil paint on panel
By Christina Kent '22
Security Blanket
The security blanket is a metaphor for something we cling to when we are afraid and how it is something we must learn to let it go.
2019
Photography
By Kelsey Wang '22
Free Association Portraits
This series utilizes seemingly arbitrary visual imagery overlaid onto written stream of consciousness to evoke imaginations of trauma and healing.
2019
Charcoal and Ink on Toned Paper
By Jamie Seney '21
Memorial Church
Light fluctuations through stained glass is always beautiful and ethereal at different times of day.
2025
Photograph of the Stanford Memorial Church
By Vivian Xiao '28
Glitch, Beyond the Cracks
This self portrait depicts how your initial view of the world glitches, or shatters as different experiences come with growing up.
2020
Colored pencil
By Tracy Wei '26
The Cabbage Lady
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
2020
Digital Art
By Majorca "Jorie" Bateman-Coe '20
Ozymandias
Based on the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley, this piece was intended to examine the environmental and cultural cost of the fashion industry.
2015
Mixed Media
By Noah DeWald '20
one foot in the water
A projection of water drapes over a foot, the painting interweaves the physical and digital sensation.
2016
Oil on canvas
By Vivienne Le '19
People I Met Last Year
These are part of an ongoing series of portraits of people I met in passing. They can be displayed together or individually.
2018
Oil on canvas
By Cathy Yang '20