Luke Fowler (born 1978) is an artist, 16mm filmmaker and musician based in

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. He studied printmaking at

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) is part of the University of Dundee in Dundee, Scotland. It is ranked as one of the top schools of art and design in the United Kingdom. History Attempts were made to establish an art sch ...

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. He creates cinematic

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that have often been linked to the British Free Cinema movement of the 1950s. His para-

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s have explored counter cultural figures including Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing, English composer

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and Marxist-Historian E. P. Thompson. As well as portraits of musicians and composers he has also made films and installations that deal with the nature of sound itself. Luke Fowler has worked with a number of collaborators including Eric La Casa, George Clark and Peter Hutton, Mark Fell, Lee Patterson, Toshiya Tsunoda, and Richard Youngs. He collaborated with guitarist Keith Rowe and film maker and curator Peter Todd on the live sound and film work ''The Room''.

Work

Luke Fowler's work explores the limits and conventions of biographical and documentary film-making with an emphasis on sound, marginalised communities and radical voices.

Exhibitions

*In 2009, retrospective exhibition at the

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. *In 2010 in Rencontres d'Arles festival (France). *In 2011, 'British Art Show 7' at the Hayward Gallery, London. *In 2012, he was shortlisted for the

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, for solo exhibition at Inverleith House in

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, which showcased his new film exploring the life and work of Scottish

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R.D. Laing.

Awards

*Shortlisted for the 2005 Beck's Futures prize in December 2004 *Derek Jarman Award in 2008 *2010

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Grants to Artists AwardLuke Fowler
. Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.

References

External links

A portrait by spike art quarterly
*https://www.luke-fowler.com/
Conversation with Luke Fowler, 2019
Living people Alumni of the University of Dundee Scottish film directors 1978 births Scottish contemporary artists Alumni of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design {{Scotland-artist-stub