Andrea Benge
Andrea Benge / ANDiLAND is a MASON Alumni and multi-media artist who interrogates the gender grotesque, the idea that established gender roles and current power structures inherently connect sex and violence. Her work explores digital animation, installation, performance art and AR/VR technologies within the feminine mystique. She is a multi International award-winning filmmaker. She has had her work screened at over 20 film festivals around the world, including Slamdance Film Festival, Oxford Film Festival, SUPERNOVA Digital Animation Film Festival, Brussels Independent Film Festival, ALPINALE Kurzfilmfestival, Sydney World Film Festival, Obskuur Ghent Film Festival and New Orleans Film Festival. Her recent awards include Best Animated Film at the Maryland International Film Festival, Best Experimental Film at the Syndey World Film Festival in Syndey, Australia and Best Underground Film at the Obkuur Ghent Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium. Benge is a three-time Tarkovski Grant recipient.
Education
MFA in Visual Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 2021
BFA magna cum laude in Studio Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2017
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