Panel Discussion | Billy Friebele, Fanni Somogyi, Mollye Bendell

Join guest curators Lynn Tomlinson and Danielle d’Amico and artists Billy Friebele, Fanni Somogyi, and Mollye Bendell in a lively discussion on the intersection of art, nature, technology, and human relationships. Billy Friebele is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection between digital, kinetic, and sculptural forms. Friebele is an Associate Professor of Art at Loyola University Maryland and received his MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. Fanni Somogyi is a sculptor and writer originally from Budapest, Hungary. Her practice focuses on networking systems, modes of connection and acts of remembering. She investigates how humans and technology have developed a symbiotic relationship, which results in the constant presence of smart devices in one’s life. In addition to showing widely, Somogyi has had numerous public art commissions. She received her MFA in Metalsmithing at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Mollye Bendell is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus on immersive and electronic media. She uses the intangible nature of electronic media as a metaphor for exploring vulnerability, visibility, and longing in a world that can feel isolating. Bendell is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Maryland and director of the Maril Gallery. She received her MFA from MFA in Intermedia and Digital Arts from UMBC.

Enjoy the Even Our Oddkin exhibition following the lecture.