Tom Bowers


Tom Bowers was a British-born Seychellois sculptor and photographer.

Life

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.
In 2014, he was commissioned by the government of Seychelles to design the Liberty Monument to replace the controversial Zonm Lib monument. His sculpture studio was in Anse [a la Mouche], Seychelles.

Death

He died in March 2021, 84 years old.