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

Expertise Areas

Digital and Media Art

Art

Film

Area of study

Visercal, Eternal Art Collective, Atlas Performance Art Center, Washington, DC
Visercal
Eternal Art Collective, Atlas Performance Art Center, Washington, DC.
Down the Rabbit Hole…
Best Experimental Film, SYDNEY WORLD FILM FESTIVAL 2021; Best Underground Film, OBSKUUR GHENT FILM FESTIVAL 2021
down the rabbit hole
welcome to andiland
Welcome to ANDiLAND
Installation view