Madelyn Gowler is a queer, film-based artist focusing on materiality and experimental processes of image making. They are currently residing in Treaty 1 territory and received their BFA from the University of Manitoba. They mainly work with textiles, installation, super 8 film, and analog photography. Exploring themes of gender, queerness, film as subject, and the relationship between nature and constructed spaces.

Their films have been screened internationally at ‘Engauge Experimental Film Festival’ in Seattle WA (2023), and ‘Experiments in Cinema v18.4’ in Albuquerque, NM (2023). As well as locally at Ace art (2023), Dave Barber Cinematheque (2023), and One Take Super8 for WNDX Festival (2021,22,23).

Their work has been published in Reverie (2020), and Please Say Dyke (2023). They received the Artist in Schools Grant from Manitoba Arts Council in 2023 and 2024 which funded a super8 course and alternative photo class. They’ve also taught various alternative photo processing workshops for FLASH Photo Festival and Culture Days MB.