"Underground," Rodriguez's show at UTA Artist Space, is a chance to observe the rise of Influencer Art. Devon Rodriguez at work on the subway, shown in a video featured in "Underground" at the UTA ...
Devon Rodriguez, a 27-year-old artist from the Bronx, is social media’s most followed visual artist, with more than 32m followers on TikTok alone. His work went viral in 2020 after he posted videos of ...
After going viral on TikTok in 2020 for sketching strangers on the subway, Devon Rodriguez and his realist portraiture have attracted millions of followers. Getty Images for Meta When artist Devon ...
A little more than a week ago, I wrote a review of an art show by the artist and TikTok sensation Devon Rodriguez, best known for live drawing subway riders. He is, by some measures, the most famous ...
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A woman who identified herself as Emily Katherine on TikTok responds to a painting that New York City artist Devon Rodriguez made of her while they were riding on the subway. Mr Rodriguez’s video went ...
For Bronx native Devon Rodriguez, social media is an art form. The painter and sketch artist built a massive fan base with his hyper-realistic drawings of strangers on the New York subway. “It’s not ...
Early in his art career, Devon Rodriguez used to visit gallery openings in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood and imagine that one day his own work might hang on the walls. But the dream felt out of ...
Carlin is a contributor for TIME. Growing up in New York’s South Bronx, Devon Rodriguez used art to escape a tumultuous home life. Fittingly, his work became a positive distraction when the world ...