Bo Scott is an artist and designer who mainly creates textiles, prints/patterns, wearable art, weavings, sculptures, and drawings/illustrations. His materials are often reconstructed or repurposed, in an attempt to be more resourceful while actively learning more processes and techniques that are sustainable and eco-friendly. Bo is often inspired by the place he spent his adolescence both physically and socially. Physically set in small town North Dakota, he grew up spending a lot of time in nature even in extreme conditions. Regardless of those conditions, he fell in love with nature. A lot of time went towards hunting, fishing, and athletics, which aren’t always the most inviting places for anyone who isn’t always super masculine. The social setting had mixed feelings of comfort and pressure. Having a lot of support throughout the community was amazing, but there was always a deep and heavy sense of pressure. With the constant increase of pressure from being unable to express himself came a lot of anxiety and depression while growing up. It wasn’t until college where he started to find his voice and communicate through his ideas through his art and designs. Many of his early works were often surrounding ideas of mental health and his question of faith and religion. At the start of 2022, Bo came out to his family and friends and relieved himself of a lot of the struggles with these topics. Seeing a shift in his works, Bo started to incorporate more color, more expressive lines, shapes, and silhouettes, and his ideas around the idea of sexuality, gender, and overall self expression. Creating a juxtaposition of what he felt are masculine and feminine traits. Trying to create a space for people who felt like they were both. A space he didn’t feel like he had growing up.