| Code | DS/UK/P10475 |
| Dates | 1960-present |
| Person Name | Chambers; Stephen (1960-present); Artist |
| Surname | Chambers |
| Forenames | Stephen |
| Epithet | Artist |
| Activity | Trained, Winchester School of Art, 1978-1979; trained, St Martin's School of Art, 1979-1982; trained, Chelsea School of Art, 1982-1983; group exhibitions, 1983-; solo exhibitions, 1987-; set designer, This House Will Burn, Royal Ballet, 2001.
His paintings and prints are in the collections of the Tate Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris), and Frissiras Museum (Athens). His published works include Long Pig (1994), Four Heads (1994), Healing Poems for the Great Ape (1997), and Insomnia (1999). He was made a member of the Royal Academy in 2005.
Stephen Chambers's paintings provided inspiration for two dance works by Royal Ballet choreographer Ashley Page: Sleeping with Audrey (1996) and Room of Cooks (1997). In 2000, Chambers collaborated with Page on his final dance work for the Royal Ballet before leaving to direct Scottish Ballet: This House Will Burn. The creative team was Ashley Page (choreographer), Orlando Gough (music), Stephen Chambers (set design), Jon Morrell (costume design), and Peter Mumford (lighting design). |
| Gender | Male |
| Published Works | Long Pig (Imprints, 1994), Four Heads (Imprints, 1994), Healing Poems for the Great Ape (Imprints, 1997), Insomnia, Stephen Chambers & Marina Warner (1999). |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| THWB/C/1/15 | Initial Designs \ Set \ Photocopies \ THWB/C/1/1-14 | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/14 | Initial Designs \ Set | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/13 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 person | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/5 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/16 | Final Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People \ Photocopies \ THWB/C/2/1-6 | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/4 | Initial Designs \ Set | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/3/6 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2001 |
| THWB/C/1/7 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/12 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 Person | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/2 | Initial Designs \ Set | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/10 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 Person | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/11 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/2/5 | Final Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2001 |
| THWB/C/3/9 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 Person | 2001 |
| THWB/C/2/1 | Final Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2001 |
| THWB/C/2/2 | Final Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2001 |
| THWB/C/3/2 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 Person | 2001 |
| THWB/C/2/6 | Final Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2001 |
| THWB/C/3/8 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 Person | 2001 |
| THWB/C/3/1 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 Person | 2001 |
| THWB/C/1/19 | Press Reviews \ This House Will Burn | 2001 |
| THWB/C/1/17 | Press Reviews \ Sleeping with Audrey | 1996 |
| THWB/C/1/3 | Initial Designs \ Set | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/1 | Initial Designs \ Set | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/6 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/8 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/9 | Initial Designs \ Set | 2000-2001 |
| THWB/C/1/18 | Press Reviews \ Room of Cooks | 1997 |
| THWB/C/2/4 | Final Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2001 |
| THWB/C/2/3 | Final Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2001 |
| THWB/C/2/7 | Final Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 Person | 2001 |
| THWB/C/3/7 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2001 |
| THWB/C/3/3 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 Person | 2001 |
| THWB/C/3/4 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 Person \ Alina Reyes | 2001 |
| THWB/C/3/5 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People | 2001 |
| THWB/C/3/10 | Initial Designs \ Back Cloth Featuring 2 People \ Back Cloth Featuring 1 Person | 2001 |
| THWB | STEPHEN CHAMBERS COLLECTION OF 'THIS HOUSE WILL BURN' (PAGE, 2001) | 1996-2001 |