Biography
Stephen Chambers' work hovers between abstract and figurative,
minimal and decorative, where colourful images of figures are held
in a kind of suspended animation. His paintings speak of states of
mind, behaviours and sensibilities which disrupt natural laws (like
gravity) and fashion a very personal poetic language. He wants to
develop a curiosity in his viewer, to seduce, to suggest ideas and
thoughts, to evoke a sense of recognition in the imagination. He
wants us to experience the 'feeling' of his painting, his own
personal experiences, his fears, his memories of childishness
tinged with a darker adult knowing. His paintings are a feast
for the imagination but are also exquisitely crafted. Relying on
flat planes of intense, seductive colour and pattern, their sheer
beauty pulls us into his strange and complex world.
Stephen Chambers was born in 1960 in London. He trained at Central
St Martin's and Chelsea School of Art in London. He has exhibited
extensively in Europe and the United States in Solo and Group
Shows. He was elected a Royal Academician in 2005
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