積克•查普曼1966年生於切爾滕納姆，就讀倫敦東北理工學院。迪諾斯•查普曼1962年生於倫敦，就讀雷文斯保尼藝術學院。1990年，兩人均就讀於倫敦皇家藝術學院。
查普曼兄弟以他們獨特而具顛覆性的幽默感和活力，通過作品去探索一些較為嚴肅尖銳的課題如戰爭、政治、宗教及道德等。他們主要以雕塑聞名，作品亦旁及裝置、素描、油畫及版畫。
1993年，查普曼兄弟因展覽「戰爭的災難」開始備受注目。受十八世紀藝術大師戈雅描繪法西拿破崙戰爭的著名蝕刻畫系列啟迪，他們以塑料人物雕塑重現這一幕歷史畫面。他們對戈雅的著迷，可再見於其後的《落井下石》系列。這系列參與了2003年的「特納獎」提名展，並在泰特英國美術館展出。作品《我的巨型填色簿》(2004) 是一部包含二十一幅蝕刻畫的作品集；兒童填色簿的內容應該是可親而溫和的，但查普曼兄弟卻發揮了荒誕的想像力，參照從戈雅到超現實主義的藝術史圖像，為兒童畫加入了陰森黑暗的一面。表面看來，這些畫面只是編號連線圖畫，但細看之下，便得知其負面的意象—可愛的玩具熊變成內臟外翻的怪獸；手執鮮花的侍女從爆炸的房子裡逃出；巨大海洋生物成為一雙森冷猴子的避難所。
查普曼兄弟參與了在倫敦、柏林以及紐約巡迴展出的重要聯展「感覺：薩奇英國青年藝術家藏品」展(1997-9)，並因此得到各界關注。他們的作品亦廣泛展出，其中個展包括：凱斯特納畫廊(漢諾威，2008)；泰特英國美術館(2007)；泰特利物浦美術館(2006)；白立方畫廊(2005)以及銀座美術館(東京，2000)。
Jake Chapman was born in Cheltenham in 1966 and studied at North East London Polytechnic. Dinos Chapman was born in London in 1962 and studied at Ravensbourne College of Art in London. Both studied at the Royal College of Art, London in 1990.
Jake and Dinos Chapman’s work explores hard hitting subjects such as war, politics, religion and morality while injecting their own brand of subversive humour and energy. Known mainly for working in the medium of sculpture, the Chapmans also cross over into installation, drawing, painting and printmaking.
The Chapmans first came to public attention in 1993 with The Disasters of War exhibition. Using plastic model figurines, the brothers recreated a series of tableaux inspired by the eighteenth century artist Francisco Goya’s famous series of etchings of the Franco-Spanish Napoleonic wars. This fascination with the Spanish artist has continued with their Insult to Injury series included in their Turner Prize nomination exhibition in 2003 at Tate Britain, London. My Giant Colouring Book (2004) is a portfolio comprising twenty-one etchings where the Chapmans unleash their fantastical imaginations on what should be a safe and harmless children’s colouring book. Referring to art historical iconography from Goya to Surrealism, the brothers twist the pages into a darker context. The ascending numbered dots appear to have been followed correctly but upon close inspection reveal images beyond the realms of their intention; what would have been a cuddly teddy bear, becomes a severed monster with its innards spilling out; a hand-maiden bearing freshly picked flowers is suddenly footsteps away from an exploding house; and a sea creature in the ocean becomes a shelter for a pair of cold monkeys.
Jake and Dinos Chapman’s work gained widespread media interest as part of the seminal group exhibition Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi collection, shown in London, Berlin and New York, 1997-9. They have exhibited extensively and their solo shows include Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, 2008; Tate Britain, 2007; Tate Liverpool, 2006; White Cube, 2005 and The Art Ginza Space, Tokyo, 2000.