Glasgow street artist ‘grateful to be here’ after being hit by bus as support fund launched

Conzo Throb – one of the artists behind the Billy’s Bum mural on Nelson Mandela Place – has a “long road of recovery ahead”

A popular Glasgow street artist has said he is “grateful to be here” after he was reportedly hit by a bus last weekend. Colin Davidson, more widely known as Conzo Throb, has a “long road of recovery ahead” and is to undergo surgery today (May 6), his colleagues have said.

Conzo is one of the artists behind the recognisable Billy’s Bum mural on Nelson Mandela Place, painted last year. It is understood he was hit by a bus while cycling in Glasgow at the weekend.

Grateful Gallery near Cowcaddens, which Conzo co-founded with OhPandah and his Billy’s Bum co-artist Ciaran Globel, shared the bad news on social media on Tuesday (May 5).

His gallery colleagues shared a snap of them visiting Conzo’s hospital bed as the artist gave a two-fingered peace sign to the camera.

As Conzo recovers, Grateful Gallery has stated that all sales of the artist’s new screen prints will help support him after surgery and will be “much appreciated”.

A GoFundMe to support the artist’s recovery has also been launched by fellow Glasgow creatives and has already surpassed £1,000.

Conzo had just finished his latest print titled Big Friendly Bam, which is available to buy online, the night before the accident, the gallery said.

A statement from the Grateful Gallery shared on Instagram yesterday (May 5) read: “As most of you will have heard, our man @conzothrob was hit by a bus at the weekend, he’s very grateful to still be here and is due an operation tomorrow.

“He has a long road of recovery ahead so we wanted to let you all know that his new screen prints and risograph print are online now.

“The ‘Patience’ screen prints come in a silver edition of 40 and an even more limited Gold edition of 11.

“His new Big Friendly Bam print is the design he had just finished painting the night before his accident and where it took place, the universe works in mysterious ways.

“All print sales will help Conzo out during this time and are much appreciated.”

You can find out more about Conzo and his work on the Grateful Gallery website.

And to donate to Conzo’s GoFundMe, click here.