Scott Covert arrived in Manhattan in the 70's, when the city was in a state of glorious, exhilarating decay-a gender-bending mash-up of the Roaring 20's and Weimar Germany. In the 70's and 80's, Scott was a neon-bright young thing in the downtown demimonde, that moveable feast with its ports of call Max's Kansas City, The Pyramid, Club 57, The Mudd Club, Le Jardin, and Club 82. (If you remember that era, you weren't there.)

Scott became a featured actor in downtown's glam-flash-trash theatre, a cult genre that turned notions of taste, glamour, art, and gender on their well-coiffed heads. Working with directors such as John Vaccaro and Scott Wittman, and performing at venues like Club 57, La Mama and Theatre of the New City, the future painter captivated audiences with his performances as Becky Rockefeller in "The Bad Seed," and Poindexter Mattel in "Living Dolls: A Musical of Barbie."

Scott's work has been exhibited at Club 57; The Fun Gallery; 56, Bleecker Gallery; Barbara Braathen Gallery; Ricky Clifton Gallery; Glen Horowitz Gallery, East Hampton, NY; and Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. He was featured in 2011's "East Village West," curated by Ann Magnuson and Kenny Scharf, at Royal/T Art Space, Los Angeles, CA. He attended San Francisco Art Institute.