Joe DeVito is an award-winning artist, sculptor, and storyteller whose work has brought the world’s most iconic characters to life. Born in New York City and an Honors graduate of Parsons School of Design, Joe has built a career at the intersection of pop culture, imaginative world-building, and the fine arts. He is the founder of DeVito ArtWorks, LLC, an artist driven studio dedicated to developing bold trans media properties including King Kong of Skull Island, a groundbreaking expansion of the King Kong mythology spanning bestselling books, comics, games, and screen adaptations - most recently VR Gaming with Raw Thrills, an entire metaverse in partnership with The Sandbox, several  comic series and books with BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment, and World Builder Publishing among others that include cross-over storylines with Planet of the Apes, Tarzan and Doc Savage, and a live-action TV series in development with Disney+.

Over the decades, Joe has painted and sculpted many of pop culture’s most legendary heroes - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Tarzan, Doc Savage, and even MAD Magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman. His art has appeared on countless book and magazine covers, collectible posters, trading cards, and in concept design for film and television. He is the artist behind many landmark works, such as the 100th Anniversary Tarzan statue for the Edgar Rice Burroughs Estate and The Cooper Kong for the Merian C. Cooper Estate. 

As an author and collaborator, he has created and illustrated acclaimed works including the epic books King Kong of Skull Island Part One: Exodus and King Kong of Skull Island Part Two: The Wall. Together they form the definitive prequel/sequel expansion of the original King Kong mythology. His essays appear in collected volumes exploring cultural lore, visual storytelling, and the future of art. 

Beyond art of the fantastic, DeVito’s life long devotion to fine art has led to large-scale traditional painting and sculpture commissions and restorations, including monumental statues of the Madonna and Child for shrines in Fatima, Portugal and Washington, New Jersey, as well as the restoration of the historic Odessa Madonna now in Kazan, Russia. Joe continues to push creative boundaries while his paintings and sculptures reside in museums, galleries, and private collections around the globe.