Eddie Chambers is a curator and a writer of art criticism. He was born in Wolverhampton, England and gained a BA (Hons) Fine Art degree from Sunderland Polytechnic in 1983. He now holds a PhD from Goldsmiths College, awarded in 1998, for his thesis researching press and public responses to Black visual arts practice in England in the 1980s. Chambers began organising exhibitions while still a student. Since then, he has curated a large number of exhibitions in Britain and abroad. In 1989 he established the African and Asian Visual Artists’ Archive, a Black artists' research and reference facility, co-ordinating the project for several years until the autumn of 1992. Living in Bristol, England, he continues to research visual arts activity, curate exhibitions and write on various aspects of visual arts practice.

Since 2003, Eddie Chambers has on a number of occasions been a Visiting Professor, History of Art, at Emory University in Atlanta, teaching seminars and classes on the visual arts of the African Diaspora.

His most recent project was:
Being Lady Lucy: Drawings and Sketchbooks
2004-2006, Unit 2 Gallery, London Metropolitan University
20 January to 10 March 2007
See: http://www.eddiechambers.com/exhibitions/index.html#ladylucy

Eddie Chambers photo (above) by:
Sarie Potter (South Africa) www.sariepotter.com

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