Jake Chapman was born in 1966, Dinos Chapman in 1962. They live and work in London.
They have exhibited extensively, including solo shows at Tate Britain (2007) Tate Liverpool (2006)
Kunsthaus Bregenz (2005), Museum Kunst Palast Düsseldorf (2003) and Modern Art Oxford (2003)
and PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (2000). Group exhibitions have included: Summer Exhibition 2007,
Annenberg Courtyard, Royal Academy of Arts, London, ARS 06, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki
and the Turner Prize, Tate Britain (2003).
In a 2003 Daily Telegraph article Richard Dorment says of the Chapman's controversial 'Los Caprichios' series:
'In a considered act of artistic vandalism, they have re-worked a complete set of Goya's etchings, The Disasters
of War, adding comical and grotesque faces to the original figures with the apparent intention of trivialising one
of the most profound works of art ever made. And yet, standing in front of the retouched etchings in the Chapmans'
new show at Modern Art Oxford, I have to admit that the result is extraordinarily powerful. I hope they aren't
setting a nasty precedent here, but, as always when the Chapmans are on form, the absolute conviction they bring
to their work sweeps the viewer along with them, even if we find ourselves kicking and screaming as we go.