Jake Chapman

Jake Chapman was born in Cheltenham, United Kingdom in 1966. He received a BA from North East London Polytechnic in London, United Kingdom and a MFA from Royal College of Art in London, United Kingdom.

Chapman's solo and group exhibitions include "Me, Myself and Eye" at Paradise Row in London, United Kingdom (2022); "Debout!" curated by Caroline Bourgeois at Couvent des Jacobins in Rennes, France (2018); "The Nature of Particles" at Magasin III Museum for Contemporary Art in Stockholm, Sweden (2016); "Ruminations on Cosmic Insignificance" at Brandts Museum in Odense, Denmark (2015); "In the Realm of the Unmentionable" at Hastings Contemporary in Hastings, United Kingdom (2014); "Come and See" at Serpentine Galleries in London, United Kingdom (2013); "The Sum of all Evil" at White Cube in Hong Kong, China (2013); "Art Under Attack: Histories of British Iconoclasm" at Tate Britain in London, United Kingdom (2013); "Chicken" at Pinchuck Art Center in Kiev, Ukraine (2013); "End of Fun" at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia (2012); "Jake or Dinos Chapman" at White Cube in London, United Kingdom (2011); the 17th Biennale of Sydney in Sydney, Australia (2010); "Rude Britannia" at Tate Britain in London, United Kingdom (2010); "Curious" at Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany (2010); “Another Mythology” at the National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA) in Moscow, Russia (2009); "Memento Moronika" at Kestner Gesellschaft in Hannover, Germany (2008); "Aftershock: Contemporary British Art 1990-2006" at Capital Museum in Beijing, China (2007); "Bad Art for Bad People" at Tate Liverpool in Liverpool, United Kingdom (2006); "Explaining Christians to Dinosaurs" at Kunsthaus Bregenz in Bregenz, Austria (2005); "Hell" at Museum Kunst Palast Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany (2003); "The Rape of Creativity" at Modern Art Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom (2003); "The Turner Prize" at Tate Modern in London, United Kingdom (2003); "What the Hell I - IX" at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, Germany (2000); "Apocalypse: Beauty and horror in contemporary art" at Royal Academy of Arts in London, United Kingdom (2000); and "Chapmanworld" at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, United Kingdom (1996). 

Chapman's work is held in public collections including Tate in London, United Kingdom; Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in San Francisco, California; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.; Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; British Council Collection in the United Kingdom; Zabludowicz Collection in London, United Kingdom; and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York. 

Jake Chapman lives and works in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.