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

Kinky Gerlinky

Self

The British Guide to Showing Off

Self (archive footage)

Queerama

(archive footage)

The Ghosts of Oxford Street

King George

Wigstock: The Movie

Self

Mirror

Self

The Legend of Leigh Bowery

Self (archive footage)

Mirror