# Darren Coffield > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Darren_Coffield > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Darren_Coffield.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Coffield > Source revision: 1342871593 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British painter (born 1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox artist |name=Darren Coffield |birth_date={{birth year and age|1969}} |birth_place=[London](/source/London), England |occupation=Painter |website={{URL|https://www.darcoff.com}} }} '''Darren Coffield''' (born 1969, in [London](/source/London)) is a British painter. ==Biography== Coffield studied at [Goldsmiths College](/source/Goldsmiths_College), [Camberwell School of Art](/source/Camberwell_School_of_Art) and the [Slade School of Art](/source/Slade_School_of_Art) in London,{{cite news|title=Interview with Darren Coffield|date=2014-10-27|publisher=Designboom|url=http://www.designboom.com/art/interview-with-artist-darren-coffield-10-27-2014/|location=Milan}} where he received his Bachelor's Degree in 1993 in Fine Arts. He has exhibited at venues ranging from the [Courtauld Institute](/source/Courtauld_Institute), [Somerset House](/source/Somerset_House) to the [National Portrait Gallery](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery_(London)), London.{{cite web|url=http://eastwingbiennial.org/post/68266943037/darren-coffield-on-joshua-compston|title=Darren Coffield on Joshua Compston|website=The Courtauld Institute of Art - Somerset House|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118160831/http://eastwingbiennial.org/post/68266943037/darren-coffield-on-joshua-compston|archivedate=18 January 2017}} In the early 1990s, Coffield worked with [Joshua Compston](/source/Joshua_Compston) on the formation of Factual Nonsense — the centre of the emerging [YBA](/source/Young_British_Artists) scene. He subsequently wrote ''Factual Nonsense: The Art and Death of Joshua Compston'', published in 2013.{{cite news|title=Factual Nonsense: The Art And Death of Joshua Compston|date=14 August 2013|publisher=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/5455/factual-nonsense-the-art-and-death-of-joshua-compston.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026145818/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/5455/factual-nonsense-the-art-and-death-of-joshua-compston.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2013|location=London|first=Louisa|last=Buck}} In 2003, his controversial portrait of [Ivan Massow](/source/Ivan_Massow), former chairman of the [ICA](/source/Institute_of_Contemporary_Arts), in fox hunting attire, was exhibited at the [National Portrait Gallery](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery_(London)){{cite news|title=Aspects of me|date=26 April 2003|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|accessdate=4 January 2008|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2003/apr/26/art.artsfeatures|location=London|first=Caroline|last=Roux}} in London. Coffield has painted portraits of [Molly Parkin](/source/Molly_Parkin), [George Galloway](/source/George_Galloway),{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2006/nov/08/1|title=Gorgeous George' sits pretty with Blair and Bush|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=8 November 2006|accessdate=1 November 2016}} and [Peter Tatchell](/source/Peter_Tatchell). Coffield has painted [Arthur Scargill](/source/Arthur_Scargill) using coal dust as a medium, and made [protest art](/source/protest_art) prints relating to [The Battle of Orgreave](/source/The_Battle_of_Orgreave).{{cite news|url=https://wsimag.com/art/4678-darren-coffield-ashes-and-diamonds|title=Darren Coffield. Ashes and Diamonds|date=8 August 2013|publisher=Wall Street International}} Coffield lives and works in London. ==Work== thumb|right|''The Triumph of David'', ink on paper, {{convert|30|x|24|in|mm|abbr=on}}, 1996. Many of Coffield's paintings deal with cultural and political historical references. He references early Romantic artists such as [Henry Fuseli](/source/Henry_Fuseli) and [William Blake](/source/William_Blake). ''The Triumph of David'' (1996), for example, combined a [Nicolas Poussin](/source/Nicolas_Poussin) painting with an image of the marriage of [Prince Charles](/source/Prince_Charles) and [Lady Diana Spencer](/source/Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales) to create a new image. In the ''Paradox Portraits'' series, Coffield inverts well known faces, in "an exploration of celebrity, identity and perception".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22026800|title=In pictures: Topsy turvy world of celebrity|work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News)|date=5 April 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/from-kates-smiling-eyebrows-to-harry-styles-staring-chin-the-topsy-turvy-faces-of-celebrity-8560453.html#gallery|title=From Kate's smiling eyebrows to Harry Styles' staring chin: The topsy turvy faces of celebrity|date=13 April 2013|work=The Independent|location=London|author=Mathilda Battersby}} ==Publications== * Factual Nonsense: The Art and Death of Joshua Compston * Photographers of the Colony Room Club (Self-published 2020) * Tales from the Colony Room: Soho's Lost Bohemia (Unbound, 2021) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.darcoff.com Official website of Darren Coffield] * [http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/2010/bp-portrait-award-2010/the-exhibition1/exhibitors/bp-exhibitor-8.php Darren Coffield at the National Portrait Gallery, London] * {{cite web|url=http://www.thebricklanegallery.com/ILOVECHARLIE.htm|title=I Love Charlie|website=The Brick Lane Gallery|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522110632/https://thebricklanegallery.com/ILOVECHARLIE.htm|archivedate=22 May 2007}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Coffield, Darren}} Category:1969 births Category:Painters from London Category:20th-century British painters Category:British male painters Category:21st-century British painters Category:Living people Category:Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Category:British postmodern artists Category:English contemporary artists Category:20th-century British male artists Category:21st-century British male artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Darren Coffield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Coffield) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Coffield?action=history)). 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