Darren Coffield was 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 Bachelor of Fine Art in 1993.
Coffield 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.
He is also the author of two cult books, Factual Nonsense: The Art and Death of Joshua Compston and Tales from the Colony Room: Soho’s Lost Bohemia.
Darren Coffield featured in the BBC2 series, Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art. His last book, Tales from the Colony Room is being made into a feature-length film due for release in 2023 and his latest book, Queens of Bohemia and Other Miss-fits, will be published in 2024.