Steven Claydon was born in London in 1969 and studied at the Chelsea College of Arts and Central Saint Martins. From 1997 to 2003 he was a member of the Electronica Band while also practicing as an artist. In 2015 Claydon had major solo exhibitions The Fictional Pixel and The Ancient Set at Bergen Kunsthall in Norway and Analogues, Methods, Monsters, Machines at the Centre D’Art Contemporain, Geneva. He currently lives and works in London.