[1] Born 20 July 1960 in Kensington, London to book illustrator Gillian Mure Wood (22 February 1932 – 28 June 2012) and building surveyor John Tangye Chambers (1929 – 5 May 2023).

[2] Stephen Chambers attended Holland Park Comprehensive and grew up in a 'cultural milieu' in the company of Sir Robin Day and painter Roger Hilton.

[1] Chambers 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.

[1] He has collaborated with Ashley Page and Orlando Gough on three contemporary dance productions for The Royal Ballet, London: Sleeping with Audrey (1996),[11]Room of Cooks (1997,1999),[12] and This House Will Burn (2001).

[16] 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.