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Stephen Chambers (born 1960) is a British artist and Royal Academician (elected 2005). [1]
Stephen Chambers, RA | |
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| Chambers in 2017 | |
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Stephen Chambers (born 1960) is a British artist and Royal Academician (elected 2005). [1]
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]
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