Oliver Jeffers

Artist, Atheist, Concerned citizen, Designer, Filmmaker, Foodie, Idea generator, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Oliver Jeffers is a visual artist and author working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance and sculpture. Curiosity and humor are underlying themes throughout Oliver's practice as an artist and storyteller. While investigating the ways the human mind understands its world, his work also functions as comic relief in the face of futility. Jeffers’ engagements and practice are truly international in scope. His critically acclaimed picture books have been translated into over forty-five languages, and sold over 12 million copies worldwide. His original artwork has been exhibited at such institutions as the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Palais Auersperg in Vienna. Jeffers has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award, Bologna Ragazzi Award, An Irish Book Award, and a United Kingdom Literary Association Award. His seventeenth book as author and illustrator - The Fate of Fausto'-was released in September 2019, and he has illustrated several others. His book 'Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth' has just been released as an animated feature short film by Apple TV. Oliver grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland; he currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

I got invited to create the typography for TED 2013, and collaborating with Mac Premo, made the opening film for the conference. As a result I was invited to attend, and that was that.

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