DEREK LARSON :
DOG JOKES
JULY 3 - 25, 2015

Like a tiny pool of thought in a constant stream of information, how do we make space? Tell dog jokes. Not jokes about dogs, tell jokes to dogs. They especially like physical comedy. Dog Jokes is a show of animated projections, videos and paintings by Derek Larson

Seattle born artist, Derek G. Larson received his MFA from the Yale University School of Art in 2007 and earned his BFA from the Herron School of Art, Indiana University in Indianapolis in 2005. Currently an assistant professor of New Media and Design at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA., Larson's work has been exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States as well as abroad, including a recent solo exhibit Saf Aleph at ADA's former sister gallery in NYC, Mulherin + Pollard and a follow up exhibit, Saf Aleph (Beth) at ADA gallery in Richmond last year. His work has been featured in the Seattle Times, NY Arts Magazine, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Rhizome at The New Museum in New York. His Work is in the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Jepson Center of the Telfair Museums in Savannah, GA. Last summer he published a virtual exhibit with Big Red & Shiny in Boston and was a finalist for the Hudgens Prize in Atlanta. Larson is currently a resident at the Vermont Studio Center as the David Bermant Foundation Foundation Fellow.