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Anthony James Coffey (born July 10, 1967, in Boone, North Carolina, USA) is a professional artist and illustrator, currently lives and works in New York City. He is best known for the drawings of the Unofficial Beanie Baby Coloring Book (series of 4, published 1996-1998). He is currently working on an art project called the "Bank Roll" or the "Money Meltdown". Anthony Coffey is an associate member of the National Watercolor Society.
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Education
Anthony Coffey received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1993, a Bachelor of Science from Appalachian State University, Boone, NC in 1990 and also completed an Art Foundation Program from the Cardiff School of Art, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom in 1988.
Selected Collections
One of his collectors was Artine Artinian,a French literature scholar. He donated his art collection of artists' self-portraits to the Appalachian Cultural Museum in 1990. Several paintings by Anthony Coffey are included in that collection. The museum exhibit is called "Artine Artinian Collection of North Carolina Self-Portraits". In 2000 Anthony Coffey was in a group exhibition "The Darkside" in famous New York City spot - CBGB 313 Gallery.
In 2010 he participated in "Subtle Arrangements”,a group art project curated by Basak Malone at Gelabert Gallery. Currently Anthony Coffey exhibits his paintings in SoHo, New York City at the Ward-Nasse Gallery.