Darren Coffield
Biography
Darren Coffield was born in London in 1969 and studied at Goldsmiths College, Camberwell School of Art and the Slade School of Art in London. He has exhibited widely in the company of many leading artists including Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Caulfield and Gilbert and George at venues ranging from the Courtauld Institute, Somerset House to Voloshin Museum, Crimea. Darren Coffield was the only artist to be shortlisted for these three major UK Art competitions in 2010: The John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize; The BP Portrait Award at The National Portrait Gallery and The Threadneedle Prize. His work can be found in collections around the world. Coffield lives and works in London.
Selected Exhibitions
- 2015
- The Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile, London
- 2015
- Fall of the Rebel Angels, Venice Biennale
- 2015
- Policies Shaw, Lawrence Alkin Gallery, London
- 2015
- Factual Nonsense, Bruton Arts Factory, Bruton, Somerset
- 2014
- Psycho, Residence Gallery, London
- 2014
- Factual Nonsense — A Guide for the Perplexed, Chart Gallery, London
- 2013
- Pomp & Paradox, Chart Gallery, London
- 2013
- Print Retrospective, Pertwee Anderson & Gold, London
- 2013
- Factual Nonsense, Paul Stolper, London
- 2013
- Memento Mori, Pertwee Anderson & Gold, London
- 2013
- Masters of Reality, Pertwee Anderson & Gold, London
- 2012
- Thanksgiving Collective 2012, Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, New York
- 2012
- The Party Show, Viktor Wynd Gallery, London
- 2012
- Fragmented Identity, Art Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea
- 2012
- Young Curators, New Ideas IV - American Power, Meulensteen Gallery, New York
- 2012
- Face Off, The National Print Gallery, London
- 2011
- In The Flesh, Paul Stolper, London
- 2011
- Scope Basel, Switzerland
- 2011
- Peeping Tom, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
- 2011
- The Recession Show, Curator, London Art Fair Projects, London
- 2010
- John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize 2010, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- 2010
- Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
- 2010
- BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 2010
- East Wing IX, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London
- 2009
- Plein Air Exhibition, Saint-Sophia Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine
- 2008
- Jerwood Drawing Prize 2008, Jerwood Space, London
- 2003
- BP Portrait Award, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
- 2003
- BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 1995
- Factual Nonsense, London
- 1994
- Factual Nonsense, London
- 1993
- Factual Nonsense, London
- 1991
- The Courtauld Institute Loan Collection, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Darren Coffield. Portrait by Bid Jones