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Education

  • MFA, Yale University School of Art

  • Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art

  • BFA, Herron School of Art & Design

Exhibitions / Screenings (solo**)

2026

  • upcoming Thursday Feb. 5th Derek G. Larson: Très Mall (Episodes 1-8), curated by Rachel Waldrop, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens GA **

  • upcoming Wednesday Feb. 11th at 7pm “Modernism for Export: Cold War Cartoons Made in Mexico,” Derek G. Larson (FDU) with David Joselit (Harvard) and McKenzie Wark (The New School), curated by Jed Rapfogel, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY **

2025

2024

  • 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 **

2023

2022

  • Très Mall Episode 6 : “Interview with Noam Chomsky,” on DIS **

  • MdW Assembly, Mana Contemporary, Chicago IL **

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

2021

  • In Good Company, Mana Contemporary, Chicago IL

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

  • Très Mall Episode 5 : “The Violence Entrepreneurs,” on DIS **

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

  • Lessons Passed, Bloomsburg University PA **

2020

Speaking Engagements / Visiting Artist

  • Yale, RISD, U of Georgia, 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, Universities of Florida, New Orleans, North Texas, Northeastern Illinois, Rochester, Southern Oregon, Texas at El Paso, Wisconsin, and St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

Collections

Grants

  • National Endowment for the Arts | Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale School of Art | University of Georgia | Vermont Studio Center Fellowships: Helen Frankenthaler & David Bermant Foundation Fellowship in Kinetic Art | Yale School of Art Fellowship & Research Grant | University of Hawaii Fellowship | 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

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.

Press

Refereed Journal Articles

Book Chapters

  • Larson, D. G. (2023). Does the Voice Reveal More Emotion than the Face? A Study with Animated Agents. Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 14047)) (vol. LNCS,volume 14047, pp. 229–242). Springer. https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10474999

  • Larson, D. G. (2023). Fiat Lux! Does the Lighting Design Affect Viewers’ Perception of an Animated Character Personality? Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 14047)) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 14047)) ed., vol. LNCS,volume 14047, pp. 263–272). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35979-8_21

Presentations

2026

  • Larson, D. G. (Moderator) “Modernism for Export: Cold War Cartoons Made in Mexico,” Derek G. Larson (FDU) with David Joselit (Harvard) and McKenzie Wark (The New School), curated by Jed Rapfogel, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY

2024

  • Larson, D. G. (Lecture), XXI Congreso Internacional de Filosofía, "Animation & Capitalism," La Asociación Filosófica de México, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. (March 2024).

  • Larson, D. G. (Lecture), "Cartoon Capitalism, Propaganda & American Individualism: US Cold War Animations Made in Mexico," University of Washington, Seattle WA, University of Washington, Seattle WA, Seattle, WA, United States. (February 2024).

2023

  • Larson, D. G. (Moderator), "Mexican Animation, American Propaganda, and the Cold War - A Showcase of Cartoons from Dibujos Animados S.A. (1952-56),"Northwestern University, Block Museum of Art, Chicago, IL, United States. (November 2, 2023).

  • Larson, D. G. (Moderator), "Presenting: Mexican Animation, Propaganda, and the Cold War - A Showcase of Cartoons from Dibujos Animados S.A. (1952-56)," Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City, Mexico, Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. (May 2023).

  • Larson, D. G. (Moderator), "Animación Mexicana, Propaganda Y Guerra Fría - Caricaturas de Propaganda Anticomunista Producidas en México con el Apoyo Secreto de EE.UU. en los 50," Archivo General del Estado de Oaxaca, Archivo General del Estado de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. (April 29, 2023).

  • Larson, D. G. (Moderator), "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 College Art Association, New York, NY, United States. (February 16, 2023).

2022

  • Larson, D. G. (Moderator), Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA), "Creative Imaging in A Generative Simulation," Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States. (2022).

  • Larson, D. G. (Visiting Artist), "Très Mall," Indiana University, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Bloomington, IN, United States. (2022).

  • Larson, D. G. (Moderator), Future Bodies Symposium, "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, Blacksburg, VA, United States. (September 30, 2022).

  • Larson, D. G. (Moderator), Animafest Scaner IX, "Rocky and Bullwinkle and Propaganda - Derek G. Larson (Assistant Professor of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University, Lafayette, United States)," Animafest, Zagreb, Croatia. (June 6, 2022).

  • Larson, D. G. (Presenter), "Très Mall: Philosophy, Capitalism and Violence," Rising of Lusitania AnimaDoc Film Festival, Rising of Lusitania AnimaDoc Film Festival, Wrzesnia, Poland. (May 2022).