death_date death_place years_active birth_place image_size birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
31 december 1994 london , england 1980 -- 1994 sunshine , victoria , australia 225 px 26 march 1961 nicola bateman -lrb- married 13 may 1994 -rrb- leigh jpg bowery multi glasses from taboo art showing . leigh bowery
 leigh bowery performance actor , and model artist , fashion designer , club promoter ,
leigh bowery

leigh bowery -lrb- 26 march 1961 -- 31 december 1994 -rrb- was an australian performance artist , club promoter , actor , pop star , model , and fashion designer , based in london .
bowery is considered one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s london and new york city art and fashion circles influencing a generation of artists and designers .
his influence reached through the fashion , club and art worlds to impact , amongst others , meadham kirchhoff , alexander mcqueen , lucian freud , vivienne westwood , boy george , antony and the johnsons , lady gaga , john galliano , the scissor sisters , david lachapelle , lady bunny plus numerous nu-rave bands and nightclubs in london and new york city which arguably perpetuated his avant garde ideas .
