Stephen Chambers

Stephen Chambers (born 1960) is a British artist and Royal Academician (elected 2005).[1]

Stephen Chambers, RA
Chambers in 2017
NationalityBritish

Education and career

Chambers studied at Winchester School of Art from 1978 to 1979,[1] and at Saint Martin's School of Art, from 1979 to 1982.[2] in 1983, he received a master's degree from Chelsea School of Art.[2] He has won many scholarships and awards, including a Rome Scholarship, a Fellowship at Winchester School of Art, and a Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Travelling Award.[1]

From 1998 to 1989, Chambers was the Kettle’s Yard/Downing College Cambridge Fellow.[3] In 2016, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from Downing College in the University of Cambridge.[4]

He has exhibited widely, with more than 40 solo presentations, including The Big Country at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 2012,[1] and at the Pera Museum, Istanbul, in 2014.[5]

His work is held in many international collections including Arts Council England; Deutsche Bank, London; Downing College, Cambridge;[6]Government Art Collection, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York; Pera Museum, Istanbul, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.[1]

He has collaborated with Ashley Page and Orlando Gough on three contemporary dance productions for The Royal Ballet, London: Sleeping with Audrey (1996),[7]Room of Cooks (1997,1999),[8] and This House Will Burn (2001).[9]

According to the artist, his work “speaks of states of mind, behaviours and sensibilities.” Critics have praised Chamber’s use of colour and his painterly exploration of his medium.[1]

In May 2017, Chambers staged an exhibition entitled The Court of Redonda[10] as an official collateral event at the Biennale Arte 2017 (Venice Biennale).[11] The exhibition took its name from the literary legend of the Kingdom of Redonda, to which Chambers was introduced by the writings of the Spanish novelist Javier Marías.[12] Following the Venice exhibition, Chambers was awarded the title of Viscount Biennale of Redonda, and his Redondan works featured in 2018 at The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge.[13]

References
  1. "Stephen Chambers RA (b. 1960)". Royal Academy. 22 November 2016.
  2. Binnersley, Lucy (8 May 2017). "Castles in the Air: Stephen Chambers: The Court of Redonda". The London Magazine. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. "Juan Cruz – Events – Kettle's Yard". kettlesyard.co.uk/. 1999.
  4. rp441 (1 July 2016). "Stephen Chambers". Dowling College Cambridge.
  5. "Stephen Chambers". en.peramuzesi.org.tr. 7 May 2014.
  6. "Stephen Chambers – Collection Database – Kettle's Yard". kettlesyard.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. "Sleeping with Audrey".
  8. "Room of Cooks - Stephen Chambers RA".
  9. "This House will Burn - Stephen Chambers RA".
  10. Sooke, Alastair (14 May 2017). "Stephen Chambers and the Kingdom of Redonda: art's biggest in-joke?". The Telegraph.
  11. "La Biennale di Venezia - Collateral Events". Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  12. Fay, Interviewed by Sarah (2006). "Javier Marías, The Art of Fiction No. 190". Vol. Winter 2006, no. 179. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  13. "Stephen Chambers: The Court of Redonda". 12 January 2018.
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