Tom Bowers | |
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 Tom Bowers in 2014 | |
| Born | Tom Bowers 1936 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 2021 Seychelles |
| Nationality | British |
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| Years active | 1950–2021 |
Notable work | Liberty Monument |
Tom Bowers (c. 1936 – March 2021) was a British-born Seychellois sculptor and photographer.
Bowers was born in London, the United Kingdom where he studied graphic art and sculpture. He later worked as a freelance advertiser after he opened a photographic studio in London. In 1981, along with his family, he visited Seychelles on holiday before he decided to move into the country permanently in 1986. [1]
In 2014, he was commissioned by the government of Seychelles to design the Liberty Monument which replaced the old Zom Libb monument. [2] Bowers has a sculpture studio in Anse a la Mouche, Seychelles. [3]
He died in March 2021, 84 years old. [4]
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