New York, NY
contact@dereklarson.net
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Education

  • MFA, Yale University School of Art

  • Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art

  • BFA, Herron School of Art & Design


Publications / Exhibitions / Screenings

2026 (solo**)

  • (upcoming February) Jon’s Très Mall (Episodes 1-8), curated by Rachel Waldrop, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens GA **

  • (upcoming February) "Cold War Cartoons from Dibujos Animados S.A. (1952-56)," Derek G. Larson and guests, curated by Jed Rapfogel, Anthology Film Archives, New York NY **

2025 (solo**)

2024 (solo**)

  • Très Mall Episode 7 “Art’s Properties” : Featuring Boris Groys, David Joselit, Jim Jinkins, Carlos Oliva Mendoza. on Dis https://dis.art/series/tres-mall **

  • "Cartoon Capitalism, Propaganda & American Individualism: US Cold War Animations Made in Mexico," University of Washington, Seattle, WA **

2023 (solo**)

  • "Mexican Animation, American Propaganda, and the Cold War - A Showcase of Cartoons from Dibujos Animados S.A. (1952-56)," Derek G. Larson (Purdue), Byron Davies, Carlos Oliva Mendoza (UNAM), Dan Bashara (DePaul), Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

  • A Mehrez, N Adamo, N Giri, D Larson. “Fiat Lux! does the lighting design affect viewers’ perception of an animated character personality?” HCI in Games, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2023, pp. 263–272, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35979-8_21.

  • "Mexican Animation, Anti-Communist Propaganda Cartoons Made in Mexico with US Support in the 50s," Derek G. Larson (Purdue), Byron Davies, Carlos Oliva Mendoza (UNAM), Dan Bashara (DePaul), Archivo General del Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico

  • Heller, Joshua E., N Adamo, N Giri, D Larson. “Does the voice reveal more emotion than the face? A study with animated agents.” HCI in Games, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2023, pp. 229–242, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35979-8_18.

  • "Mexican Animation, Propaganda & Cold War," with Purdue University, Byron Davies, Derek G. Larson, Pepe Rojo, Cinema CEART Tijuana, Mexico

  • "Paintures" Group Show, ADA Gallery, Richmond VA

  • "Animation & Capitalism," XXI Congreso Internacional de Filosofía, Asociación Filosófica de México, A.C., Guanajuato, MX **

  • "Mexican Animation, Propaganda, and the Cold War - A Showcase of Cartoons from Dibujos Animados S.A. (1952-56)," Derek G. Larson (Purdue), Byron Davies, Carlos Oliva Mendoza (UNAM), Dan Bashara (DePaul), Juan Manuel Aurrecoechea, Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City, Mexico

  • "Future Space, Trade and Capitalism in Digital Cities," panel with McKenzie Wark (New School), Michael Hardt (Duke), and Carlos Oliva Mendoza (UNAM), moderated by Derek G. Larson (Purdue), CAA New York City.

  • HOMAGE, Fred., Brooklyn NY, a benefit for Smack Mellon, curated by Derek G. Larson and Jeff Wallace.

  • Soundxploit.sh: Très Mall, Gonima, Parts Project and Rony, Casa Del Popolo La Sotterenea, Thursday Feb 9th, 2023, Montreal CA **

  • Très Mall, Official Selection Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival, Berlin Germany **

  • Très Mall, Award Winner, Gold Award Short Documentary, Official Selection Milan Gold Awards, Milan Italy **

  • Très Mall, Semi-Finalist, AniMate Australia Animation Film Festival, Newtown, NSW **

2022 (solo**)

  • Très Mall Interview with Noam Chomsky, https://dis.art/series/tres-mall on Dis **

  • ”Accessibility + Design,” Future Bodies Symposium with Kel Smith, A.P. Vague, Jing Zhou, David Adelman, xtine burrough, moderated by Derek G. Larson, New Media Caucus, Virginia Tech University. Future Bodies, Virginia Tech University

  • "Creative Imaging in A Generative Simulation" Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA), Dakota Gearhart (NYU) and Derek G. Larson (Purdue). SLSA, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

  • "Très Mall: Philosophy, Capitalism and Violence." Derek G. Larson (Purdue) Rising of Lusitania AnimaDoc Film Festival, Września Poland. Rising of Lusitania AnimaDoc Film Festival, Bodo Cinema, Łódź, Poland

  • Animation Production, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design. Indiana University, Boomington, IN **

  • Très Mall, Award Winner, Tokyo Film Awards, Bronze for Best Animation, International Film Festival, Tokyo Japan **

  • Très Mall, Semi-Finalist, Official Selection Sweden Film Awards, Stockholm Sweden **

  • Très Mall, Award Winner, Official Selection Cannes World Film Festival, Semi-Finalist, Cannes, French Riviera **

  • Larson, Derek G. “Rocky And Bullwinkle, And Propaganda.” Animafest Scanner IX 2022 Symposium for Contemporary Animation Studies, Zagreb Croatia

  • Seventeenth International Conference on the Arts in Society, San Jorge University, Spain **

  • Visiting Artist, St. Mary's College of Maryland **

  • MdW Assembly, Mana Contemporary, Chicago IL **

  • La Cueva, Screening & Presentation, Mexico City MX **

2021 (solo**)

  • Fuller, Daniel. “Vacation at War: In Conversation with Derek Larson.” Burnaway, 9 Sept. 2021

  • In Good Company, Mana Contemporary, Chicago IL

  • If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now, Wassaic Project NY

  • EP.5 The Violence Entrepreneurs, Très Mall on Dis **

  • Très Mall, Film @ Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer MN

  • Lessons Passed, Bloomsburg University PA **

  • Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Auburn University Department of Art & Art History

2020 (solo**)


Speaking Engagements / Visiting Artist

  • Yale, RISD, VCU, SAIC, U of Washington, Auburn, SFAI, Tulane, Loyola, Morris Museum, Jepson Center Telfair Museum, NYSCC Alfred, WVU, Ohio State, Georgia State, Cal State Chico, U of Florida, U of New Orleans, U of North Texas, U of Northeastern Illinois, U of Rochester, U of Southern Oregon, U of Texas El Paso, U of Wisconsin, St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

Collections

  • The New Orleans Museum of Art | Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center | The Jepson Center Telfair Museum | private collections in Atlanta, Augusta, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, New Haven, New Orleans, New York, Richmond, Seattle, St. Louis, Tacoma, Vienna Austria, Liverpool & Nottingham UK.

Grants

  • National Endowment for the Arts Grant | University of Georgia | Vermont Studio Center Fellowship (Frankenthaler & Bermant) | Yale School of Art Fellowships & Research Grants | University of Hawaii Fellowship | Helen Frankenthaler Fellowship | David Bermant Foundation Fellowship in Kinetic Art | SECAC Award for Research | Hudgens Prize Finalist | Working Artist Grant & Purchase Award | Tethervision Video Grant, Nottingham UK | Premio Terna Prize: Connectivity | Summer Research Grant, Yale School of Art | Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale School of Art.

Residencies

  • Jack Straw Cultural Center Seattle WA | Untitled Shanghai, Residency at the Studios at MASS MoCA | Swatch Art Peace Hotel Shanghai | Arteles Finland | CCI Fabrika Moscow |Vermont Studio Center.

Professional Affiliations

  • Chair, College Art Association (CAA) Awards For Distinction 2022-26

  • Executive Board, New Media Caucus (NMC) 2022-25

  • Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) New York City Chapter

  • Member, College Art Association (CAA)

  • Member, New Media Caucus (NMC)