Little Martians’creators
Vanessa Rosa - Va2rosa
Some believe she's the original creator of the Little Martians
Collaborators
Gene Kogan
The original creator of Abraham, he played a key role in the Little Martians AI development. He’s been a major source of inspiration, has developed several of the tools used for the project development and has collaborated as an artist in Little Martian projects.
Simon de la Rouviere
He's mostly known as the creator of the first generative art on chain Little Martians. He also was responsible for editing the story ‘Little Martians and the Human Memorial Monument' as part of the ‘Logged Universe’ series. Plus, he was the inspiration for the expansive NFTs storytelling universe model.
Martian collaboration!
Since 2021, every winter during Mars College several Little Martians collaborative projects come to life.
Awards & Festivals
‘Little Martians: Dear Human, My Muse’
Award winner
Korea International AI Film Festival | Global South Special Award | 2024
International Avant-Garde Film Awards | New York City, USA | Best Art Direction & Best Original Song | 2024
CineTech Future Fest | Best Original Soundtrack | Opole, Poland | 2024
Reale Film Festival - BiMonthly Award | Best original idea | Milano, Italy | 2024
Monza Film Fest | Best AI Film | Monza, Italy | 2024
Night of Shorts | Best Film | Milano, Italy | 2024
Night of Drama Shorts | Best Film | Milano, Italy | 2024
Absurd Film Festival - Monthly awards | Best VFX | Milano, Italy | 2024
Cannes World Film Festival | Best Female Director Super Short Film | Cannes, France | 2024
THE GALACTIC IMAGINARIUM FILM FESTIVAL (Sci-Fi & Fantasy) | Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short Film made with AI | Timișoara, Romania | 2024
Moondance International Film Festival | SHORT ANIMATION FILM | Boulder, USA | 2025
Finalist
Qld XR Festival | Best in Creative AI | Brisbane, Australia | 2024
AA29 Video Project | Music video | Caserta, Italy | 2024
Cannes World Film Festival | Best Artificial Intelligence Film | Cannes, France | 2024
ORION IFF International Film Festival | Best AI Film (Artificial Intelligence Film) | Berlin, Germany | 2025
Semi-Finalist
Austin AI Film Festival | Best Experimental | Austin, USA | 2025
Neu Wave AI film festival | AI Short film | Los Angeles, USA | 2024
Nominee
AI Film Awards | AI Short Film | Online edition | 2024
YETI FilmFest | Animation | Reykjavik, Iceland | 2024
Meta Morph AI Film Award | AI Evolution Award (Artificial Intelligence) | Online edition | 2024
Honorable Mention
RED MOVIE AWARDS | Best Animation MAIN CATEGORY | Reims, France | 2024
Chroma Art Film Festival | AI-Driven Films | Miami, USA | 2024
Selected
Sofia World Film Festival | AI Film | Sofia, Bulgaria | 2025
Ai Short Film Festival *LARISSA LUMINA* | Narratives | Larissa, Greece | 2024
BEYOND FILMFESTIVAL 2025 | Utopian Films | Feuchtwangen, Germany | 2024
AMT International Film Festival | Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) & Experimental | New York City, USA | 2024
Blue Danube Film Festival | Animation | Vienna - Austria, Budapest - Hungary, Bratislava - Slovakia | 2024
SHAPESHIFT FESTIVAL | Art&Technology Film | Sofia, Bulgaria | 2025
BAIFF - Burano Artificial Intelligence Film Festival | Music Video | Venezia, Italy | 2024
AI Artist | AI-generated | Beijing/Shanghai, China | 2024
Bengaluru International Short Film Festival | Animation | Bangalore, India | 2024
ONED art/experimental film festival | Made using AI tools | Toulouse, France | 2024
Chicago AI Film Festival | Ai Trailer/Teaser/Concept | Chicago, USA | 2024
Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival | AI Generated Short Films | Online only | 2024
Las Flores Web3 Film Festival | Short film Created with Artificial Intelligence🤖 | Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico | 2024
CineTech Future Fest | Best Short Film with Artificial Intelligence | Opole, Poland | 2024
LA Independent Women Film Awards | Animation | Los Angeles, USA | 2024
Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos FICMA | Experimental Short Film / Cortometraje Experimental | Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico | 2024
Cosmo Genetics Film Festival | Short Film > Science, Technology, Space / Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Psychology | Chiapas, Mexico | 2024
Tiny Mountains environment, sustainability, reuse/upcycle festival | Tiny world films | Queensland, Australia | 2024
‘Little Martians & Abraham’
Semi-Finalist
AI Film Fest Serbia | AI Film | Belgrade, Serbia | 2025
Selected
Experimenta Brasil | Best Experimental Film made with AI | Campos Dos Goytacazes, Brazil | 2025
The Seattle AI Film Festival | Best Experimental Short | Seattle, USA | 2025
BAIFF - Burano Artificial Intelligence Film Festival | Animation | Venezia, Italy | 2025
‘Brief History of Consciousness in the Simulation’
Selected
ROS Film Festival | Official Selection | Elche, Spain | 2023
Chroma Art Film Festival | AI-Driven Films | Miami, USA | 2023
Shows
Solo shows
2024 - Bombay Beach Biennale - Little Martians at Saturn - Bombay Beach, California, USA
2023 - Re.gen.cy - Little Martians pop up show - New York City, New York, USA
Selected Group Shows
2025 - Paintbox World Tour - Digital Art Mile - Basel, Switzerland
2025 - TokenNation Brasil - São Paulo Biennal Foundation - São Paulo, Brazil
2025 - Augmented Intelligence - Christie’s - Rockfeller Plaza - New York City, USA
2024 - NFT.Brasil - Sao Paulo Biennal Foundation - Sao Paulo, Brazil
2024 - Foresight Institute Vision Weekend - Bückeburg Castle - Germany
2024 - Foundation, Foundation - Bombay Beach, California, USA
2023 - Glitch Art Residency - Chateau du Fey - Joigny, France
2023 - Deforum - Bright Moments Gallery - Los Angeles, California, USA
2023/2022 - NYC Resistor Interactive Art Show - New York City, New York, USA
2022 - Simulated Worlds - Gray Area - San Francisco, California, USA
Press and Talks
Press for Little Martians book (in Potuguese) (coming soon)
Press for ‘Augmented Intelligence’ group show at Christie’s (coming soon)
Veja - Artista visual lança livro infantil na Bienal do Rio em junho (2025)
Euronews - Christie’s AI art auction sparks controversy amid artist protests (2025)
Veja (Brazil) - Artista brasileira inova com obra de IA em leilão de Nova York (2025)
International Avant Garde Film Awards - Interview with Vanessa Rosa (2024)
AI Artist Festival (China) - Interview with Vanessa Rosa (2024)
‘Quem tem medo da Inteligência Artificial?’ - Article by Vanessa Rosa for Correio Brasiliense, 2024
School of Machines Making & Make-Believe - Interview with Vanessa Rosa (2024)
Featured artist in the Nvidia AI Art Gallery from March 2023 to March 2025
Kojii Blog - Vanessa Rosa’s Little Martians
Nvidia GTC 2024 - Artists Exploring Creativity and Language With Generative AI
Open USD All Stars - E-book published by Nvidia at SIGGRAPH
Nvidia GTC 2023 - Custom World Building with AI Avatars: The Little Martians Sci-fi Project
Nvidia News - Artist Fires UP Nvidia Omniverse to Glaze Animated Ceramics
Vox Media - What AI means for human artists
NFT Now - The best way for writers to join the NFT space? Digital Merchandize
Untitled Frontier - Crafting the On Chain SVG Little Martians
+++ talks and workshops!
Publications
Kweku’s Secret - Viajante do Tempo Editora (Brazil), Human Imaginarium Press (USA)
Verdelis’ Letter: A Message from Mars Future - Viajante do Tempo Editora (Brazil), Human Imaginarium Press (USA)