Robert Ladislas Derr

Robert Ladislas Derr is a visual artist making performance art from live to intervention, videos, photographs, and multimedia installations. He has exhibited and performed widely at such venues as, the Riga Performance Festival (Latvia), SomoS Art House (Germany), Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (US), Canberra Contemporary Art Space (Australia), Mendel Art Gallery (Canada), Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (Germany), Wexner Center for the Arts (US), LIVE Performance Art Biennale (Canada), and Irish Film Institute (Ireland). His works have been funded by such organizations as the Urbana Public Arts Commission, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Ohio Arts Council. Some of the permanent collections holding his work include Loyola University Museum of Art, Miami-Dade Public Library, and Indiana University Art Museum. Robert received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati.