Steven J Fowler

SJ Fowler or Steven J. Fowler (born 1983) is a contemporary English poet and avant garde artist. His work is considered to be modernist, and he works across performance art, experimental theatre, asemic writing, calligrams, concrete poetry and sound poetry, as well as sonic art, installation, fiction and visual art. Fowler was born in Truro, Cornwall, studied at the University of Durham and the University of London, Birkbeck college. He lives in London.

Works

He has published seven poetry collections mong numerous smaller publications, including books in boxes, chapbooks and poetry posters. He has received commissions from Tate Modern, Tate Britain, the British Council, Kettle's Yard, Wellcome Collection, Austrian Cultural Forum, Penned in the Margins, the London Sinfonietta and The Liverpool Biennial.

He has been translated into over a dozen languages, known for his internationally facing collaborations and projects, having performed at festivals and venues across the world including the Cervantino festival, Hay Xalapa, the Niniti International festival in Iraq, the Novi Sad International Literature Festival, the Berlin Poesiefest, as well as in venues in the UK including Wigmore Hall, the Hay-on-Wye festival, Rich Mix Arts Centre, St.Georges Hall, Morden Tower and The Sage.

Known for his collaborations, he has produced works with Joe Dunthorne, Sam Riviere, Eirikur Orn Norddahl, Morten Sondergaard, Rebecca Kamen, Zoe Skoulding and Noah Hutton amongst many others.

He has been exhibited in galleries across Europe, with his solo exhibition Mahu running for two months in the Hardy Tree Gallery, in Kings Cross, London, in summer 2015.

He has lectured at Kingston University, Tate Modern, Southbank Centre, the Poetry School, Birkbeck college, St. Martins college, the British Library.

The Enemies project

Began in 2013, the Enemies project curates original collaborative works, performances and exhibitions between poets, artist, photographers, sculptures and other creative practitioners. Attempting to innovative the possibilities of collaboration and the written word, it has involved over 500 practitioners in nearly 20 countries and received awards from Arts Council England, Jerwood Charitable Foundation, the British Council, Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales, Conaculta and others.

The Maintenant series

In 2010, he began the Maintenant interview series for 3am magazine, which has 99 issues. Aiming to introduce 21st century European poets to English language audiences, the series balanced avant garde and literary poets. It has featured the likes of Ann Cotten, Immanuel Mifsud, Yuri Andrukhovych, Ales Steger, Tadeusz Dabrowski, Aase Berg, Georgi Gospodinov, Gerdur Kristny, Tadeusz Rozewicz, George Szirtes and Luljeta Lleshanaku. He has also interviewed contemporary philosophers including AC Grayling and Simon Critchley. In 2011 he was appointed UK editor of Lyrikline and poetry editor for 3am magazine.

Poetry collections

Other publications

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