Leigh Bowery

Biography

Leigh Bowery 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 performances. Based in London for much of his adult life, he was a significant model and muse for the English painter Lucian Freud.

Known For

Because We Must

Self (archive footage)

The British Guide to Showing Off

Self (archive footage)

The Legend of Leigh Bowery

Hail the New Puritan

Degrees of Blindness

What's Your Reaction to the Show?

Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

(archive footage)

Queerama

Self

Wigstock: The Movie

King George

The Ghosts of Oxford Street

Self

Kinky Gerlinky