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Darren Coffield is a British painter born in London in 1969. He studied at Goldsmiths College, Camberwell School of Art and the Slade School of Art in London where he received his Bachelors in 1993 in Fine Arts. In the early nineties Coffield worked with Joshua Compston on the formation of Factual Nonsense - the centre of the emerging YBA scene. He had widely exhibited with many leading artists including Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Caulfield and Gilbert and George at venues ranging from the Courtauld Institute, Somerset House to Galerie Planet, France. Coffield's work can be found in Art collections around the world. In 2003 his controversial portrait of Ivan Massow, former chairman of the ICA in full fox hunting costume was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Coffield lives and works in London.