Leigh Bowery

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leigh Bowery
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	Mar 26, 1961(1961-03-26)
Age	63
Date Of Death	December 31, 1994, London, United Kingdom
Birthplace	Sunshine
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Aries

Leigh Bowery Biography

Leigh Bowery is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on March 26, 1961 in Sunshine, Australia.

Bowery was born and raised in Sunshine, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. From an early age, he studied music, played piano, and went on to study fashion and design at RMIT for a year. He moved to London in 1980: ‘I was so itchy to see new things and to see the world that I just left’, he said in 1987. There he found himself part of the New Romantic club scene. He worked in a clothing shop and appeared in commercials for Pepe jeans. He soon became an influential and lively figure in the underground clubs of London and New York, as well as in art and fashion circles. He attracted attention by wearing wildly outlandish and creative outfits that he made himself. He became friends and roommates with Guy Barnes (known as “Trojan”) and David Walls: Bowery created costumes for them to wear, and the trio became known in the clubs as the Three Kings. In 2005 The National Portrait Gallery of Australia acquired a portrait of Bowery in his infamous fur coat by photographer David Gwinnutt. In 2007 The National Portrait Gallery, London purchased the David Gwinnutt portrait of Leigh Bowery and Trojan (Guy Barnes) which also appears in the Violette Editions book.

He was known as a club promoter, and created the club called Taboo, which began as an underground party, and then opened as a club in 1985. Taboo soon became “the place to be” with long queues for those waiting to get in. Drugs, particularly ecstasy, became a part of the dancing scene for the attendees. The club was known for defying sexual convention, for embracing “polysexualism”, for creating a wild atmosphere, and for playing unexpected song selections.

Leigh Bowery Net Worth

Leigh Bowery is one of the richest Artist from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leigh Bowery 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Leigh Bowery (26 March 1961 – 31 December 1994) was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, and fashion designer. Bowery was known for his flamboyant and outlandish costumes and makeup as well as his (sometimes controversial) performances. Based in London for much of his adult life, he was a significant model and muse for the English painter Lucian Freud. Bowery’s friend and fellow performer Boy George said he saw Bowery’s outrageous performances a number of times, and that it “never ceased to impress or revolt”.

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Who is Leigh Bowery Dating?

According to our records, Leigh Bowery married to Nicola Bateman. As of December 1, 2023, Leigh Bowery’s is not dating anyone.

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Although Bowery was known to be and always described himself as gay, he married his long-time female companion Nicola Bateman on 13 May 1994 in Tower Hamlets, London, in “a personal art performance”. Although he had been HIV positive for six years, very few of those who knew him guessed that; he typically explained his public absence by saying he had gone to Papua New Guinea. His wife did not know that Bowery had the virus until he was admitted to hospital. He died 7 months after his marriage, on New Year’s Eve 1994 (the date has been disputed by his father, who says he actually died in the early hours of New Year’s Day, 1995), from an AIDS-related illness at the Middlesex Hospital, Westminster, London, five weeks after his admission. Lucian Freud paid for Bowery’s body to be flown back to Australia.

Facts & Trivia

Lena Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Leigh Bowery celebrates birthday on March 26 of every year.

Boy George was the creative force, the lyricist and performer in the musical Taboo, which was loosely based on Bowery’s club. The musical was produced in 2002 on the West End in London, and then opened on Broadway. As a performer, Boy George played a character named “Leigh Bowery”.