Stephen Chambers b. 1960
Overview
British painter and printmaker Stephen Chambers lives and works in London and Berlin. Chambers has won many scholarships and awards, including The Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Award. Besides his usual practice, Chambers has also collaborated on three dance projects with the Royal Ballet. Chambers most recent major project was The Court of Redonda, a large portrait series shown first during the 2017 Venice Biennale, and subsequently at The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge.
Other exhibitions include The Big Country & Other Stories at the Pera Museum in Istanbul (2014) and The Big Country at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (2012). In 2015 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Downing College, Cambridge University and in 2005 he was elected Royal Academician, Royal Academy of Arts, London. His work is held in many major national and international collections. He is a Trustee of both The Koestler Trust and The Bryan Robertson Trust.
Chambers work is held in many international collections including Arts Council England, Deutsche Bank, London, Downing College, Cambridge (at which he was the Kettle’s Yard/Downing College Fellow and later elected an Honorary Fellow), UK Government Art Collection, London, Metropolitan Museum, New York and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Works
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STEPHEN CHAMBERS
Artists in their studio: Stephen Chambers. Stephen Chambers' art portrays his pursuit of a life less ordinary – Home & Garden – Emily Tobin 1 February 2020LINK TO ARTICLE Continuing her series, Emily Tobin meets the artist whose figurative paintings are seductive and unsettling S tephen Chambers’ distinctive paintings and prints...Read more -
STEPHEN CHAMBERS
Review: The Court of Redonda, Heong Gallery – SPEAR'S 6 April 2018LINK TO ARTICLE Following its acclaimed unveiling as a Collateral Event of the 2017 Venice Biennale, Royal Academician Stephen Chambers presents 'The Court of Redonda'...Read more -
STEPHEN CHAMBERS
Stephen Chambers: The Court of Redonda Venice Biennale 2017 – Studio International – Interview by Veronica Simpson + Filmed by Martin Kennedy 3 August 2017LINK TO ARTICLE The Court of Redonda. LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 57th International Art Exhibition. Collateral Events Ca' Dandolo, San Polo, 2879 (Calle del Traghetto...Read more -
STEPHEN CHAMBERS
Courtiers in Search of a KingdomPortraits on show at Venice Biennale are part of a very old in-joke – The Telegraph – Alistair Sooke 14 May 2017LINK TO ARTICLE The Court of Redonda. LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 57th International Art Exhibition. Collateral Events Ca' Dandolo, San Polo, 2879 (Calle del Traghetto...Read more
Exhibitions
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Stephen Chambers: The Outliers
9 December 2022 - 20 January 2023 Vigo Gallery, Mason's YardVigo is proud to announce our first selling solo exhibition of new paintings by Stephen Chambers , our second collaboration with Stephen the first being his presentation of The Court...Read more -
STEPHEN CHAMBERS: THE COURT OF REDONDA
Hastings Contemporary 10 December 2020 - 9 May 2021Stephen Chambers’ The Court of Redonda will mark the re-opening of Hastings Contemporary after the UK’s latest national lockdown. First shown at The Venice Biennale in 2017, Stephen Chambers’ The...Read more -
Vigo Virtual Reality Exhibition Gallery 1
1 May 2020 - 1 February 2021Vigo Virtual Reality Exhibition Gallery 1 JOHNNY ABRAHAMS – STEPHEN CHAMBERS – DANIEL CREWS-CHUBB – MARCUS HARVEY – IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI – JAMAAL PETERMAN – DUNCAN MACASKILL LINK TO VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONRead more -
STEPHEN CHAMBERS: THE COURT OF REDONDA
LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA – 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice 13 May - 26 November 201757th International Art Exhibition Collateral Events Ca' Dandolo, San Polo, 2879 (Calle del Traghetto San Tomà) DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE The British artist Stephen Chambers presents an installation of paintings conceived...Read more
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