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Helen He '23
Girl meets whale.
2017
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
Episode 1 of an upcoming mystery micro-film series
Link to Website
2022
Short Film
These works were primarily crafted from fashion, science, and interior design magazines ranging from the early 90s to present.
2019
Collage, ink pen
Portrait of my friend, a queer black woman, in her room the night of the 2025 election results.
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
2020
Digital Art
A fantastical city illustrating a water-based transportation system.
Digital painting
This piece is a self-portrait that puts emphasis on gaze and light to convey a subject that is emerging from the shadows.
2018
Oil Paint on Canvas
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.
Photography
A study of a tree for Drawing I in charcoal, exploring silhouettes and shading.
Charcoal on Paper
These two small paintings feature a whimsical image that explores feminine sexuality, inspired by the flesh-like quality of oil paint.
oil on cnavs
Princess Going Digital considers queer girlhood on the playground of the laptop screen, a site for unapologetic self-documentation and portraiture.
2023
Gouache on Paper
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a IntroSem student of the course.
Photograph
This piece is a manifestation of the growth and maturity, both physically and mentally, found in adolescence. It mimics the flowering of youth.
Photograph of a physical collage (paper, printed image)
This is the moment when the smallest to the biggest invisibilities came to life, and unity in faith and science was apparent.
2016
Wax Pastel on Wood
I love the idea of a personal brand, especially in 2016.
2014
Color Film
This piece explores duality in behavior: relaxing the tongue can provide a positive experience during kissing, but can prove deadly with sleep apnea. Link to Artwork
Writing
Video edited from found footage reflecting on the repetition, absurdity, and futility of everyday life. Duration: 05:05
Video Art
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
This series was taken at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Pavilion.
Series of Photographs
Self portrait at the height of COVID and my own extraordinary depression.
Oil paint on canvas
v.c.a – an ongoing project and exploration of visual communication through abstraction
Graphic Design