DARREN COFFIELD 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. He has exhibited widely in the company of many leading artists, including Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Caulfield and Gilbert and George. In 2014, his contributions were recognised by '100 Painters of Tomorrow'. He is the author of Tales from the Colony Room: Soho's Lost Bohemia (2020) and Queens of Bohemia (2024).