Stephen Chambers: The Unfinished Clue, 2010
Screenprint, edition of 25
Printed with Kip Gresham at The Print Studio, Cambridge
Framed with low-reflective glass
Paper size: 98 x 69cm
Framed size: 106 x 78cm
About the artist:
Stephen Chambers RA (b. 1960)
Painter and printmaker, Stephen Chambers studied at Winchester (1978 – 79) and St Martin’s School of Art (1979 – 82), before graduating with a Masters from Chelsea School of Art in 1983. He is the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards and was elected a Royal Academician in 2005.
One of Chambers’ recent major projects is The Court of Redonda, a large portrait series shown first in Venice during the 2017 Biennale, and subsequently at The Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge. Chambers has a long association with Downing College, having been Artist in Residence at Kettle’s Yard in 1998. He also received an Honorary Fellowship from Downing College in 2016. His work was exhibited at The Heong Gallery again in 2019 as part of ‘The Art Collaboration’ exhibition of works by Kip Gresham, with whom he has worked with for many years.
Besides his painting and printmaking, Chambers has also collaborated on three dance projects with the Royal Ballet: Sleeping with Audrey (1996), Room of Cooks (1997, 1999) and This House Will Burn (2001). Chambers has said that his work “speaks of states of mind, behaviours and sensibilities”, and critics have praised his use of colour.
