# Ed Chapman (artist)

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{{Short description|British mosaic artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{notability|Biographies|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox artist
| name          = Ed Chapman
| birth_place   = [Darwen](/source/Darwen), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England
| known_for     = [Mosaics](/source/Mosaics), 'Newsaics'
| notable_works = {{Plainlist|
* ''Jimi in Plectrums'' (2011)
* ''Lemmy in ceramic tiles'' (2006)
 }}
}}

'''Ed Chapman''' (born 1971), in [Darwen](/source/Darwen), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire) is a mosaic artist, the son of artist [Margaret Chapman](/source/Margaret_Chapman) who was from the Northern School.<ref name="lancbio"/>

Chapman became a professional artist in the 1990s.<ref name="lancbio"/> His artistic influences include [Chuck Close](/source/Chuck_Close), [Robert Rauschenberg](/source/Robert_Rauschenberg), and [Jamie Reid](/source/Jamie_Reid).<ref name="lancbio"/> His work has sold in more than 25 countries,<ref name="offbio"/>{{failed verification|date=September 2016}} and has been exhibited in galleries in the UK and around the world.

He has created several 'firsts' in mosaic, including [Jimi Hendrix](/source/Jimi_Hendrix) from [Fender guitar](/source/Fender_guitar) picks, tennis star  [Andy Murray](/source/Andy_Murray) on carpet made from household items like tomato sauce and lipstick, [Albert Einstein](/source/Albert_Einstein) in metal, a chewing gum mosaic, a bullets mosaic and several others. Among his mosaics are portraits of [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie), [Nelson Mandela](/source/Nelson_Mandela), [David Beckham](/source/David_Beckham) in penny coins, [Alan Sugar](/source/Alan_Sugar) (done in [sugar cube](/source/sugar_cube)s)<ref>{{cite web| title= Day in pictures |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8085375.stm | date= 5 June 2009 | publisher= [BBC News](/source/BBC_News) | access-date=2011-04-20}}</ref> and [Eric Cantona](/source/Eric_Cantona).<ref>{{cite web| url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8111799.stm | date= 21 June 2009  | title= Cantona mosaic taken from gallery |publisher= [BBC News](/source/BBC_News) | access-date=2011-04-20}}</ref> [Annie Lennox](/source/Annie_Lennox), [Lemmy](/source/Lemmy) the founding member of [Motörhead](/source/Mot%C3%B6rhead) and chef [Gordon Ramsay](/source/Gordon_Ramsay) are among the clients who have commissioned a work by him.<ref name="lancbio"/> His portrait of [Richard Burton](/source/Richard_Burton) incorporating 500 million-year-old Welsh slate was commissioned by the actor's widow [Sally Burton](/source/Sally_Burton) in 2015 to mark 90 years since the actor's birth. The portrait is at Swansea University.

Chapman's mosaic of [Jimi Hendrix](/source/Jimi_Hendrix), made of 5000 [Fender](/source/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation) [guitar pick](/source/guitar_pick)s was auctioned for £23,000/$35000, one of the highest prices ever paid for a mosaic piece of art - with proceeds going to [Cancer Research UK](/source/Cancer_Research_UK).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fender.com/blog/hendrix-mosaic-fetches-23000-for-cancer-research-uk/ |title=Hendrix Mosaic Fetches £23,000 for Cancer Research UK |date=February 25, 2011 |publisher=[Fender](/source/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation) |accessdate=2011-04-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316182604/http://www.fender.com/blog/hendrix-mosaic-fetches-23000-for-cancer-research-uk/ |archivedate=2011-03-16 }}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name="lancbio">{{cite web| title= Plucky Darwen artist's amazing Jimi Hendrix portrait |url= http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/darwen/8874521.Plucky_Darwen_artist_s_amazing_Jimi_Hendrix_portrait/ | date= 24 February 2011 | publisher= [Lancashire Telegraph](/source/Lancashire_Telegraph) | accessdate=2011-04-20| work= Who is Ed Chapman?}}</ref>
<ref name="offbio">{{cite web | url= http://chapmanmosaics.weebly.com/bio--exhibitions.html | title= Biography... | work= Official website | publisher= [Weebly](/source/Weebly) | accessdate= 2011-04-20 | url-status= dead | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110318071916/http://chapmanmosaics.weebly.com/bio--exhibitions.html | archivedate= 2011-03-18 }}</ref>

</references>

[http://www.thepalettepages.com/2014/04/15/ed-chapman-interview/ The Palette Pages Interview with Ed Chapman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215336/http://www.thepalettepages.com/2014/04/15/ed-chapman-interview/ |date=3 March 2016 }}

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Category:20th-century English male artists
Category:English mosaic artists
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