Semiose
Szabolcs Bozó , Hungary
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Szabolcs Bozo, The Night Nurse, 2025 © A. Mole
Semiose gallery is pleased to present at 44, Rue Quincampoix the new exhibition by Szabolcs Bozó (born in 1992 in Pécs, Hungary; lives and works in London). In just a few years, the artist has established a highly recognizable style: vividly colored zoomorphic creatures bursting with energy and humor. Though rendered on large-scale canvases, his characters always seem confined within the frame, as if swollen with an excess of tenderness. Recently, his work has evolved toward more complex compositions, blending frenetic choreographies with set elements and props. Considered as a whole, his oeuvre unfolds as a gallery of endearing figures, whose gazes feel deeply human—perhaps even all too human.
Solo show of Szabolcs Bozó
From May 17th to June 21st, 2025
The gallery
Founded in 2007 in the 20th arrondissement of Paris before moving to Le Marais in 2011, Semiose immediately established itself in the art scene as a gallery with a programming rooted in the margins. Nourished by underground cultures, it champions forms and ideas born in political, social, or geographical fringes.
The practice of citation serves as a common thread among the artists represented by the gallery and raises complex questions related to the creation and dissemination of images, the role and meaning of archives, and visual culture at large. Semiose promotes an aesthetic based on questions of taste and, consequently, cultural hierarchies. Techniques of collage, appropriation, and détournement are shared by most artists, leading to a converging interest in representation, referencing the real and the everyday.
Young artists mingle with historical figures or those of international stature. Over time and through a patient professional network, institutions and public collections have forged unbreakable bonds with the artists promoted by the gallery. Semiose also goes beyond mere representation of artists: it fully plays its role in the art ecosystem with a scientific and curatorial approach. It ensures the production of artworks and oversees rigorous documentary and archival work around the represented artists.
Semiose further expands its activities through a publishing house, Semiose éditions. Available internationally, over a hundred titles have been published to date, including monographs, artist books, writings and essays, a magazine, and a collection of artists' coloring books.
Gallery artists
Salvatore Arancio, Glen Baxter, Amélie Bertrand, Szabolcs Bozó, Olaf Breuning, William S. Burroughs, Hugo Capron, Mathieu Cherkit, Anthony Cudahy, documentation céline duval, Drew Dodge, Oli Epp, Steve Gianakos, Sébastien Gouju, Otis Jones, Aneta Kajzer, Fiza Khatri, Laurent Le Deunff, Anne Neukamp, Justin Liam O’Brien, Françoise Pétrovitch, Abraham Poincheval, Présence Panchounette, Laurent Proux, Stefan Rinck, Ernest T., Moffat Takadiwa, Julien Tiberi, Gert & Uwe Tobias, Philemona Williamson, Xie Lei
