Luke Fowler is an artist, filmmaker and musician based in Glasgow Scotland. He studied printmaking at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Design in Dudee. 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 Becks 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 in 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.

His exhibition, ""The Poor Stockinger and Extracts from the Two-Frame Film Archive" is on view in the Hopkins Center Jaffe-Friede Gallery April 2 - May 5, 2013.
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