Education
Coffin received a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor from the University of California, Davis in 1995 and Master of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in 2000.
Coffin received a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor from the University of California, Davis in 1995 and Master of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in 2000.
His work is exhibited internationally and features in several prominent collections. Peter Coffin is currently collaborating with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jaffee inspired by his undergraduate personal encounter with the modern dance choreographer Twyla Tharp. He is the nephew of artist Robert Smithson who introduced Coffin to the study of plant consciousness before Smithson died July 20, 1973 when Coffin was just a year old.
In 2010, Coffin developed a library cataloguing system for the Library of the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City utilizing the colors cast on the library"s shelves by the natural light passing through the library"s Tiffany Stained Glass windows.
Coffin has showed in over 25 solo exhibitions both internationally and domestically. Installations include: Here and There (2013), Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington District of Columbia, United States. Peter Coffin (2013), The National Exemplar, New York City, United States. The Prelapsarian (2012), Carl Kostyál Gallery, London, United Kingdom All Robots Welcome (2010), Social Grease Gallery, Liechtenstein Don"t Knock If You Wouldn"t Enter (2009), First Rate (at Lloyd's) Abarr gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Model of the Universe (eg sweet harmonica solo, eg the idea of the sun, eg Frisbee dog catch in mid air, eg brightly colored gem stomes, eg the desire for a tropical drink, eg dance sweat) (2007), Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France Tree Pants (2007), The Horticultural Society of New York, Peter Coffin & Djordje Ozbolt, Herald Saint London, United Kingdom The Idea of the Sun (2007), Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France.
Limousine Code (2005), Living Room Doctorate Lyx Gallery, Malmö, Sweden Hello Headspace (2005), Gallery Fonti, Naples, Italy Collection (or, How I Spent a Year) (2004), MoMA, New York City, United States. Turn on the Lights (2004), South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom lieutenant Chooses You (2004), Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City, United States. Natural Habits (2004), The Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. When Interwoven Echoes Drip into a Hybrid Body Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Long Island City, New York City, United States. Coffin is represented by Herald Street in London and Haydon Boss in San Francisco. Peter Coffin also recently exhibited at Venus Over Manhattan in New York with the solo exhibition A.E.I.O.U. In 2005, Coffin released the Music for Plants compilation album with tracks from forty artists including Ara Peterson, Ariel Pink, Arto Lindsay, Sun Burned Hand of the Manitoba, Jutta Koether, Alan Licht & Tom Verlaine, LoVid, Christian Marclay, Dearraindrop, and Mice Parade.