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Helen He '23
Location: The Claw fountain, White Plaza Part of the virtual 2020 Stanford Gaieties musical scenery.
2020
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
A contrast between the cold, grayish tones of the subject and the warmer ones of the koi around her as they mesh together following the fish’s flow.
2021
Oil Paint on Canvas
I met this young girl at a rural health clinic in Indonesia, where she had just given birth.
2014
Pencil and paper
A classic San Francisco house is bathed in orange light at sunset.
2022
Oil paint on panel
The central focus of these prints is the vibrant potato starch granule depicted under polarized light and how its shape and colors are manipulated.
2023
Algorithmic Art made with Processing
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.
MultiMedia(Charcoal and Colored Pencil)
The emotional turmoil of Fall quarter. As students process their new reality, they long for human connection but also feel empty and purposeless.
Link to Website
Photography
A piece set on a quiet, sunny afternoon in Northeast Italy. Used a reference.
2018
Colored Pencil on Paper
Taken while walking in my hometown of Washington, D.C.
Photograph
2021 — a year of uncertainties, breakthroughs, and hope. The nurse at a vaccination site epitomizes this spirit of perseverance and hope.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
De-identified photograph taken for artistic purposes with permission from anatomy professors.
2015
These pieces draw on the rich beauty of Italy to subvert ideas of what Italian art must be (i.e stuck in the Renaissance).
2017
Pen and Marker
This is how your friend from high school looks at you–knowing you’re different now, knowing she’s different now.
Color Film
A surreal portrayal of the cost of modern designer fashion culture.
Scratchboard
This is a photo taken in the Main Quad.
A love letter to passionate yet high-strung and jaded Generation Z, this series focuses on youth’s struggles to find meaning in today’s online world.
An exploration of nature’s healing power as an avenue for escapism and introspection.
Ballpoint and pencil on paper
Warm summer portrait of girl reading.
Photoshop
Released some restless energy onto paper with this portrait sketch.
Graphite on Paper
every part of this earth is a surrogate for the people that helped create iteach building reflects the community that built it
Acrylic on Canvas
Popular Korean and American soda brands represent my Korean-Americanness, and the crushing pressures of assimilation that warps self-perception.