Klaus Nomi

Klaus Nomi was born in Germany and migrated to New York City in 1972. While in New York Nomi began a career as a pastry chef. He first enter the art scene in 1978 when he performed in the "New Wave Vaudeville" dressed is a bizarre space costume and singing an aria that gave the audience goosebumps. Nomi unfortunately died in 1983 due to AIDS, an epidemic which had taken many lives during this time period.

I found Klaus Nomi to be very interesting when first introduced to us in class. Not only did he preform very well but his sense of style and costume was a piece of work in itself. In the video he seemed very soft spoken but his makeup and clothing were the exact opposite.