Luke Fowler (born 1978) is an artist, filmmaker and musician based in Glasgow. He studied printmaking at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. He creates cinematic collages that have often been linked to the British Free Cinema movement of the 1950s. His documentary films have explored counter cultural figures including Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing and English composer Cornelius Cardew.
Fowler was shortlisted for the 2005 Beck's Futures prize in December 2004. He was awarded the inaugural Derek Jarman Award in 2008.
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Luke Fowler (born 1978) is an artist, filmmaker and musician based in Glasgow. He studied printmaking at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. He creates cinematic collages that have often been linked to the British Free Cinema movement of the 1950s. His documentary films have explored counter cultural figures including Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing and English composer Cornelius Cardew.
Fowler was shortlisted for the 2005 Beck's Futures prize in December 2004. He was awarded the inaugural Derek Jarman Award in 2008.
In 2009, he had a retrospective exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery. He exhibited in 2010 in Rencontres d'Arles festival (France). In 2010, Fowler was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts through their Grants to Artists program.
In 2011, Fowler was part of 'British Art Show 7' at the Hayward Gallery, London.
In 2012 Fowler was shortlisted for the Turner Prize, for his solo exhibition at Inverleith House in Edinburgh, which showcased his new film exploring the life and work of Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing.
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