For our latest round of Artist Series Bandanas, we’re partnering with four of the most exciting contemporary artists in the world to bring you a limited collection of timeless, wearable pieces. These beautiful and versatile bandanas can be admired on a wall or worn for protection against the elements, among a million other uses. 

Szabolcs Bozó, one of four featured artists, hails from Hungary but now calls London home. Bozó’s work is filled with childlike wonder, reimagining animals and other make-believe creatures with bright and vivid colors, blurring the lines between illustration and painting. No secret meanings, no ulterior motives layered just beneath the surface, just pure fun.

You can get your hands on the Szabolcs Bozó edition of The Hundreds Artist Series Bandanas on January 21 from The Hundreds App and Online Shop. A portion of the profits will be donated to a cause very close to the artist’s heart: Macmillan Cancer Support. For now, take a look at some of our favorite work by Bozó and a conversation we had recently with the artist.

Where are you from? When did you start creating art?
I’m originally from Hungary but moved to London nine years ago and I have been living here ever since. I have been making drawings for a very long time, but only a few years ago began to understand more what art is.

How would you describe your artistic style?
I focus mainly on painting and drawing. In my practice, I love experimenting/playing with the borders between painting and drawing. I make lots of drawings and everything develops from that to bigger scale paintings. I love the physical part of the practice when I just have the brush and just simply attack the canvas with my ideas…

How did 2020 impact your life? And your work?
It has been a rough year, but for me and I’m sure many artists would say the same it wasn’t very different in terms of doing our practice–I’m always in the studio anyway.

Did quarantine/isolation/pandemic change your creative process at all?
I wouldn’t say it has changed my ideas. It was definitely harder to go in and make the works, so the process was slower than before, and sometimes I couldn’t buy the material I wanted so I used different mediums, but probably it was a good thing.

When you look back on your work from this era, how will it make you feel?
I think I’m going to feel very privileged that I was still able to do what I love despite many people losing their jobs in the pandemic.

Have you ever made wearable art like these bandanas?
In my Paris show back in summer last year, the gallery director teamed up with a local Parisian brand and made some cool T-shirts for the exhibition.

What can you tell us about the piece featured on the bandana in particular?
I have chosen this work because the original piece was part of a duo exhibition with a dear friend, British artist Richard Woods. That exhibition meant to me a lot because it was the first time I was able to show my work in a well-known gallery, alongside an amazing artist. The work itself I like because it’s a very unlikely scenario that you would see an elephant, giraffe, crocodile, and a Henry Hoover in one room, especially on top of each other.

What did you learn this past year that you’ll put to good use in 2021?
To make sure I have enough rolls of canvases in case there are no art supply stores open haha!

What’s next for you and your art?
I’m going to have my first solo exhibition in London at Carl Kostyál Gallery in September this year, so I’m very excited about that right now.

How do you like working on a collaboration like this versus your own project? Any dream collaborations you’d like to tackle in the future?
I was very excited to start working on this project because when I was younger, The Hundreds used to be a thing with my brother and we had a few hats from them. So I was really happy when Ben asked me to collaborate together. I think it’s great because I used to just work alone on my paintings and it was a good experience to have the team’s opinion on how the end product should look. I like watches so it would be cool to collaborate with a watch brand at some point.