Who is Devon Rodriguez?
Devon Rodriguez is an American painter, artist, social media personality and internet celebrity from South Bronx, New York City. He first gained recognition thanks to posting videos about drawing strangers on the New York City Subway system and then giving them the portrait as a gift while recording their reaction.
In 2019, he was a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition for his portrait of sculptor John Ahearn.
Personal life of Devon Rodriguez
Devon Rodriguez was born on 8th April 1996 in South Bronx, New York City, USA. Since he was 8 years old, Devon has done graffiti with his friends. However, after being arrested at the age of 13, Devon shifted his attention towards portraits.
In 2010, Devon applied for the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan but wasn’t accepted. After that, he decided to attend Samuel Gompers High School in the Bronx for two years before being accepted to attend the High School of Art and Design in 2012. Devon graduated in 2014. He later attended the Fashion Institute of Technology.
In 2019, he was a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition for his portrait of sculptor John Ahearn.
The career of Devon Rodriguez
While Devon Rodriguez still attended high school, sculptor John Ahearn participated in a school portrait exhibit and took notice of Rodriguez’s realist oil paintings of subway passengers. After that, he asked Devon to be a subject for his own sculpted portrait. The resultant work, two plaster busts of Rodriguez called The Rodriguez Twins, was a finalist for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Rodriguez attended the opening gala at the Gallery in place of Ahearn.
In 2015, Devon Rodriguez made a breakthrough in the art industry. His work, including some of his paintings of subway passengers, would go on to be featured in publications like The New Yorker, The Artist’s Magazine, and The New York Times Style Magazine in the following years. During this time, Devon Rodriguez also started to accept commissions.
In 2019, it was announced that Devon Rodriguez’s portrait of John Ahearn was a finalist for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, three years after Ahearn’s own portrait of Rodriguez received the honour. However, Devon didn’t win, and the prize eventually went to Hugo Crosthwaite.
In late 2019, Devon decided to start his YouTube career by posting interviews from different shows he starred in. He didn’t really find too much popularity.
One year later, Devon decided to join TikTok. His videos found immediate success, and his popularity skyrocketed. Devon gained initial recognition thanks to posting videos about drawing strangers on the New York City Subway system and then giving them the portrait as a gift while recording their reaction. He is now the most followed visual artist on the platform.
Social media of Devon Rodriguez
On 15th October 2019, Devon Rodriguez created his self-titled YouTube channel. As of 2022, Devon gained over 2.16 million subscribers and more than 385.7 million views. On 28th November 2019, Devon Rodriguez posted his first-ever YouTube video, “Devon Rodriguez LIVE interview with Ernie Anastos on Fox 5”, which gained over 230,200 views and more than 5,200 likes. On 19th February 2022, Devon Rodriguez posted his most-popular YouTube video, “I gave strangers drawings of themselves! (WHOLESOME REACTIONS)”, which gained over 51.7 million views and more than 2.6 million likes.
Devon Rodriguez is also highly popular on Instagram, where he has over 3.6 million followers. He often posts his short clips of drawing people in the form of Instagram Reels. Devon gets anywhere from 50,000 to 120,000 likes on any of his Instagram posts.
Devon Rodriguez is also popular on Facebook, with over 220,000 followers.
On 10th January 2021, Devon Rodriguez decided to join TikTok. One year later and he is amongst the top followed content creators on the platform. As of 2022, Devon gained over 24.7 million followers, more than 306.6 million likes and around 1.5 billion views. Devon has very unique content that no one else does and is one of the most popular artists on TikTok. He is currently 102nd most-followed TikToker, only 200,000 behind “MING”.
How much does Devon Rodriguez earn? Net worth!
As of 2022, Devon Rodriguez has an estimated net worth of roughly $710,000. Most of his income comes from different ad revenue and various sponsorships. It is expected that Devon Rodriguez could earn as high as $22,000 per sponsored social media post.
On 14th March 2022, Devon Rodriguez announced his own online course. “How to become viral on TikTok as an artist” is a course where Devon advises young artists on how to become more successful and elevate their art to better suit the TikTok environment.
Interesting facts about Devon Rodriguez
- Devon’s zodiac sign is Aries.
- His height is 181 centimetres or 5’9”.
- He weighs 75 kilograms or 165 lbs.
- As of 2022, Devon is 25 years old.
- Who is Devon Rodriguez?
- He first gained recognition thanks to posting videos about drawing strangers on the New York City Subway system and then giving them the portrait as a gift while recording their reaction.
- Devon Rodriguez was born on 8th April 1996 in South Bronx, New York City, USA.
- Since he was 8 years old, Devon has done graffiti with his friends. However, after being arrested at the age of 13, Devon shifted his attention towards portraits.
- In 2010, Devon applied for the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan but wasn’t accepted.
- Devon graduated in 2014. He later attended the Fashion Institute of Technology.
- Sculptor John Ahearn asked Devon to be a subject for his own sculpted portrait. The resultant work, two plaster busts of Rodriguez called The Rodriguez Twins.
- It was even displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Rodriguez attended the opening gala at the Gallery in place of Ahearn.
- In 2019, it was announced that Devon Rodriguez’s portrait of John Ahearn was a finalist for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, three years after Ahearn’s own portrait of Rodriguez received the honour.
- However, Devon didn’t win, and the prize eventually went to Hugo Crosthwaite.
- In late 2019, Devon decided to start his YouTube career by posting interviews from different shows he starred in.
- On 19th February 2022, Devon Rodriguez posted his most-popular YouTube video, “I gave strangers drawings of themselves! (WHOLESOME REACTIONS)”, which gained over 51.7 million views and more than 2.6 million likes.
- Devon gets anywhere from 50,000 to 120,000 likes on any of his Instagram posts.
- Devon Rodriguez is also highly popular on Facebook, with over 220,000 followers.
- As of 2022, Devon gained over 24.7 million followers, more than 306.6 million likes and around 1.5 billion views on TikTok.
- Devon has very unique content that no one else does and is one of the most popular artists on TikTok.
- He is currently 102nd most-followed TikToker, only 200,000 behind “MING”.
- As of 2022, Devon Rodriguez has an estimated net worth of roughly $710,000.
- It is expected that Devon Rodriguez could earn as high as $22,000 per sponsored social media post.
- On 14th March 2022, Devon Rodriguez announced his own online course, “How to become viral on TikTok as an artist”.
