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B.S. in Computer Science, B.A. in Art Practice 2026 @emilyzhangart
Sky River is a digital reinterpretation of Japanese graphic designer Koichi Sato’s style based on minimalist forms and gradients.
2019
Blender 3D render
This is a theatrical self portrait. Fractured light plays off a calm, restrained figure, creating tension and a sense of impending violence. 24″ x 30″
2018
Oil paint on canvas
Quad is always changing amazingly.
2017
Photo
This short film was submitted as part of my arts portfolio for my Stanford application
Link to Website
2021
Short Film
With a color palette and thematic melancholy inspired by Picasso’s Blue Period, this intimate vignette chronicles my experience with depression.
2023
Oil on wood panel
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a IntroSem student of the course.
Photograph
Vials of yeast samples are the remaining evidence of Dr. Charles Yanofsky, a noted faculty and geneticist who passed away in 2018.
As a landscape photographer, I like to see things in different light. These represent my personal interpretation of Stanford.
Mount Daly in Snowmass, Colorado
2022
Gouache paint on watercolor paper
A sketched self-portrait replaced into its photographic context.
2020
Graphite on Paper, Photograph
Forms of intimacy—emotional, physical, intellectual, spiritual—overlap in these abstract shapes. Intimacy is fluid, not rooted in rigid definitions.
Wood Sculpture
As we were walking through the streets in Rome, my mom noticed the harsh shadows hitting the restaurant in front of us, creating gorgeous colors.
2016
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
A classic San Francisco house is bathed in orange light at sunset.
Oil paint on panel
An experiment with my visual synesthesia, which imparts color on 2D shapes. Here I assemble impressions gathered during my time in Chavín de Huántar.
Digital Visual Art
I took this photo at the Palo Alto Caltrain station in the fall. I used black ink and a black and white filter to provide an “outside of time” look.
Digital Photograph
A mixed-media interactive piece installed at Stanford’s annual “Frost Festival”. The piece embodies Stanford’s goals of inclusion and diversity.
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Vinyl, Sticker on Canvas
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
Digital Art
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.
Acrylic on canvas
This self portrait depicts how your initial view of the world glitches, or shatters as different experiences come with growing up.
Colored pencil