Ivan Cofield was born in Georgia, where he and his older brother used drawing as their main creative outlet. Throughout grade school, Ivan entered many school art competitions, but never won. He continued to explore his creativity and garnered much praise from his peers and teachers for his natural talent. During this time, he was also introduced to Hip-Hop culture. Within Hip-Hop, he gravitated toward B-Boying (break dancing), Popping, and scribing (graffiti), which opened up new avenues for his creative path. He quickly became very popular amongst other students when he illustrated stylized portraits of his classmates.
In 2002, Ivan attended Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston and majored in Architecture, but he never lost sight of his passion for fine art. In 2007, Ivan earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where he expanded his repertoire in mixed media. Alongside earning his BFA, Ivan danced with a few different dance crews and became one of the founding members of Del Fuego Wolfpack in 2011. He focused on various folk dance styles, which became a great source of inspiration in his art.
Ivan now resides in Brooklyn, New York where he spends his time dancing and creating art, in all the forms and media that he's grown to love, now inseparable from who he is. His current interests and inspiration are mental health, masculinity, and race.
~2023~