Age, Biography and Wiki
Oliver Jeffers was born on 1977 in Port Hedland, Western Australia, is an Australian writer and illustrator. Discover Oliver Jeffers's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?
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Port Hedland, Western Australia |
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Northern Irish
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Oliver Jeffers Height, Weight & Measurements
At 47 years old, Oliver Jeffers height not available right now. We will update Oliver Jeffers's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Oliver Jeffers's Wife?
His wife is Suzanne Jeffers
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Harland Jeffers |
Oliver Jeffers Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Oliver Jeffers worth at the age of 47 years old? Oliver Jeffers’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from Northern Irish. We have estimated Oliver Jeffers's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Oliver Brendan Jeffers (born 1977) is an Australian-born Northern Irish artist, illustrator and writer.
He went to the integrated secondary school Hazelwood College, then graduated from the University of Ulster in 2001.
How to Catch a Star debuted in 2004 to critical acclaim, and Lost and Found (2005) won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Medal 2006, the Blue Peter Book Award 2006 and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal the same year.
His solo show Additional Information, (Belfast December 2006) studied the balance between form and content by drawing parallels between the arts and sciences, in which figurative oil paintings were over laid with mathematical equations.
Oliver Jeffers is presented by Lazinc Gallery in London and is regularly exhibited.
The Incredible Book Eating Boy (2007) won the Irish Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, and his fourth Book The Way Back Home was released in September 2007 and The Great Paper Caper was released in September 2008.
Stuck & This Moose Belongs to Me were both on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Jeffers' books have been translated into German, Spanish and French among other languages.
The Day the Crayons Quit achieved No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Jeffers' style of illustration uses mixed media and is recognised for its subtle narrative and use of space in composition.
As a freelance illustrator he has worked for clients such as Orange UK, Lavazza, Sony PSP, RCA Records, Starbucks, United Airlines, Newsweek, Wired, Irish Times, The Guardian, Creative Review, New York Times, Kinder and The Telegraph.
Jeffers artwork consists of figurative painting executed on either canvas or three-dimensional objects, both found and made.
In 2007, Jeffers was the official World Book Day Illustrator.
Lost and Found became Jeffers' first book to be made into animation by London-based Studio AKA, premiering on Christmas Eve 2008 on Channel 4.
In 2008, Jeffers featured in The Times list of "The Best New Picture Book Illustrators".
In Australia it aired on Christmas Eve 2009 on ABC1 and Christmas Day 2009 on ABC3.
Lost and Found the animation has won more than 40 international awards, including a BAFTA for Best animation in 2009.
In 2010, The Heart In the Bottle was released as an iPad app, by Harper Collins.
In 2012, Jeffers provided illustrations for the UK Kinder TV ad campaign.
The list of his one-man shows includes such exhibitions as Nothing to See Here (2013), Measuring Land and Sea (2015), etc.
As a co-founder of the art collective OAR, along with Rory Jeffers, Mac Premo and Duke Riley, their exhibitions include 9 Days in Belfast, book and the award-winning BUILDING.
In 2013, Jeffers illustrated the vinyl cover (a drawing of Nelson Mandela) for the U2 song "Ordinary Love".
Jeffers also co-directed (with Mac Premo) the video for the U2 song "Ordinary Love".
Two years later, Jeffers contributed video content to the band's Innocence + Experience Tour, creating the chalk drawings and collages for the "innocence" act of the show.
In 2017, Jeffers wrote and illustrated Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, a children's book which topped the New York Times Bestseller list in its debut and won Time Magazine's 2017 Best Book of the Year award in the Young Adult and Children's Books category.
He relocated back to Northern Ireland in the early 2020s after a spell living and working in Brooklyn.
From figurative painting and installation, to illustration and picture-book making, his work has been exhibited in New York, The Brooklyn Museum, Berlin, Dublin, London, Sydney, Washington, D.C., and Belfast.
He is widely known for his picture books for children, published by HarperCollins UK and Penguin US.
In 2020, Jeffers delivered a TED Talk, ‘Ode to Living on Earth’, which was released on Earth Day.
and Jeffers Illustration book Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth is adapted to a short film by Apple TV+.
Jeffers was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the arts.
