Rodríguez was born in Torrelavega, in the Cantabria region of northern Spain, and later lived in Madrid before settling in Barcelona.^2,3 He studied graphic design after turning twenty and spent a decade working in advertising agencies before shifting his focus to art around the age of thirty. He has said his early psilocybin experiences permanently changed how he perceives color and texture, and that his work is “a continuous attempt to capture the tones and vibrations I perceived under the effects”.⁴

His recurring imagery includes astronauts adrift in surreal settings and figures suspended above the Earth, among them a girl on a swing high above the planet with the cosmos as a backdrop.³ He has explored this theme in the print Swing, 2015.^3,5