First Little Martian, made in 2020
Little Martians’creators
Vanessa Rosa - Va2rosa
The original creator of ‘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
Highlights, see festival page for complete list
‘Verdelis & Mycos’
AI International Film Festival - Best Musical - November 2025
Experimental Brasil - Best Experimental Film Made with AI - 2026
SHAPESHIFT FESTIVAL | Art&Technology Film | Sofia, Bulgaria | 2026
AI Artist | AI-generated | Beijing/Shanghai, China | 2026
‘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
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
Finalist
Reel Intelligence | AI Short Film | Sydney, Australia | 2025
Qld XR Festival | Best in Creative AI | Brisbane, Australia | 2024
AA29 Video Project | Music video | Caserta, Italy | 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
Nominee
Meta Morph AI Film Award | AI Evolution Award (Artificial Intelligence) | Online edition | 2024
Selected
File Festival | Sao Paulo, 2026
Ai Short Film Festival *LARISSA LUMINA* | Narratives | Larissa, Greece | 2024
BEYOND FILMFESTIVAL 2025 | Utopian Films | Feuchtwangen, Germany | 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
Las Flores Web3 Film Festival | Short film Created with Artificial Intelligence🤖 | Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico | 2024
Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos FICMA | Experimental Short Film / Cortometraje Experimental | Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico | 2024
‘Little Martians & Abraham’
Finalist
Neu Wave AI film festival | AI Short film | Los Angeles, USA | 2025
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
2026 - Machine Consciousness Conference - Lighthaven, Berkeley
2026 - Bombay Beach Biennale - Saturn’s Theater of Minds
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
Silicon Economics podcast - Economics of Art in the world of AI (2026)
Interview for Radio Escafandro (2025 - Portuguese) - #146 – Nabokov contra os robôs
Culture & Code podcast (2025) - From Clay to Code: Building Worlds with Ancient Art and AI
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 2023
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)
Verdelis’ Letter: A Message from Mars Future - Viajante do Tempo Editora (Brazil)