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
1st Korea AI International Film Festival - Global South Special Award
International Avant-Garde Film Awards - Best Art Direction and Best Original Sound
World Film Festival in Cannes - Best Female Director Super Short Film
CineTech Future Tech - Best Original Sound
+++ 40 festivals around the world ++++ (to be updated)
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)
Film Festivals Interviews
Press for ‘Augmented Intelligence’ group show at Christie’s.
‘Quem tem medo da Inteligência Artificial?’ - Article by Vanessa Rosa for Correio Brasiliense, 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)