Oliver Jeffers is a visual artist and author working in illustration, painting, collage, and sculpture
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jeffers' work contains some of his hometown’s humour, where nothing is sacred and everything can be laughed at. He works in various mediums, ranging from painting to typography to collage…
His work, often executed as comic relief in the face of futility, tends to investigate the ways in which the human mind understands the world around it
Oliver Jeffers
Protracted Landscape No. 8, 2015 Edition of 5050 cm x 70 cm
Archival pigment print on Somerset Velvet 330gsm paper
Oliver Jeffers, Protracted Landscape No. 8, 2015
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Oliver Jeffers
Measuring Land and Sea, 2016 Edition of 10050 cm x 70 cm
Archival pigment print on Somerset Velvet 330gsm paper
Oliver Jeffers, Measuring Land and Sea, 2016
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Oliver Jeffers
Protracted Landscape No. 7, 2015 Edition of 5050 cm x 70 cm
Archival pigment print on Somerset Velvet 330gsm paper
Oliver Jeffers, Protracted Landscape No. 7, 2015
£ 165.00
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Oliver Jeffers
Fathom Seascape No. 9, 2015 Edition of 5050 cm x 70 cm
Archival pigment print on Somerset Velvet 330gsm paper
Oliver Jeffers, Fathom Seascape No. 9, 2015
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Oliver Jeffers
Fathom Seascape no. 11, 2015 81.5 cm x 122 cm Oil and Letraset on canvas -
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Oliver Jeffers
Measuring Land and Sea, 2015 102 cm x 152 cm Oil and Letraset on canvas -
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Oliver Jeffers
Protracted Landscape no. 7, 2015 61 cm x 92 cm Oil and Letraset on canvas -
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Oliver Jeffers
Protracted Landscape no. 9, 2015 61 cm x 92 cm Oil and Letraset on canvas -
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Oliver Jeffers
Fathom Seascape no. 7, 2015 31 cm x 41 cm Oil and Letraset on panel -
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Oliver Jeffers
Nothing To See Here Part 3, 2014 56 cm x 71 cm Oil on canvas -
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Before and After Painting No. 3, 2014 28 cm x 22 cm (each) Acrylic on canvas -
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Oliver Jeffers
I Can't See You, 2013 51 cm x 41 cm Oil on canvas with scarf -
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You Can't See Me, 2013 122 cm x 76 cm Oil on canvas -
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Oliver Jeffers
Before and After Painting No. 2, 2013 30 cm x 23 cm (each) Oil on canvas
Exhibition
Oliver Jeffers Measuring Land and Sea
Jeffers combines classical landscapes and seascapes with technical measurements to create two ways to view his work: one artistic, one scientific. By creating this juxtaposition, the artist underlines two obstacles of human cognition, the tendency to overthink and the inability to fully comprehend…
Jeffers combines classical landscapes and seascapes with technical measurements to create two ways to view his work: one artistic, one scientific. By creating this juxtaposition, the artist underlines two obstacles of human cognition, the tendency to overthink and the inability to fully comprehend…
20 November - 23 December 2015
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Oliver Jeffers' variety of amazing works makes it hard to pick five, but we've whittled it down and managed to select some of our favourite artworks to show you...
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Hot off the press in Milan Italy, my new book #HereWeAre is on its way. Out everywhere on 14th Novem...
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Planet Earth... or rather, Planet Water. A globe I made called 'The United Confederation of Planet W...
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I'm delighted to share this clip from my new book trailer. Watch the full video via the link in bio ...
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'Deep in the Heart' This piece, measuring 22" x 30", will be auctioned at the @thespaniardnyc #Harve...
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A shot of me working on my alphabet mural last year for @colette It is currently being auctioned onl...
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If any of you were wondering why this date rings a bell, it's because today is the 11th anniversary ...
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Had the great privilege to meet @dollyparton while we were down in East Tennessee. Apart from being ...
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Well, that was other worldly! I still have goosebumps. We got a very rare glimpse of a true cosmic ...
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Fun fact for today's solar eclipse. The diameter of the moon is almost the same as the distance from...
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Found these friends on my desk this morning. Check out @oliverjeffersstuff for more info on our new ...
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Elvis died 40 years ago today. Took a while to find, but this was made 15 years ago when I first bec...
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What can I say? I'm an optimist, and despite the odds, I still have faith in humanity. I hope I'm n...
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I love the smell of oil paint in the morning
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I Stole This Idea From Doreen. Googly Eyes on an old photo of the 19th Century Edinburgh Police. Mad...
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Playing with neon paint. Unlike the US Administration, it's pretty transparent...
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Excited to launch this brand new art poster staring all of your favorite crayons 🖍 to see more foll...
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The sky is pretty complicated... My new book, out in November, tries to explain a few things. This ...
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Nothing Is Forever Constant Oil on canvas, 2012 Serves as a good reminder sometimes, that everythin...
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This is a @nasa Mars Rover being built at the @nasajpl This thing will actually be put on Mars and ...
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See also
Oliver Jeffers' Website
Why not check out the artist's official website for more news on what they are up to? Or you can scroll across to view videos, press articles, related exhibitions and more...
Oliver Jeffers in conversation with Lazarides
Lazarides Gallery will host a Q&A with artist Oliver Jeffers at the Mondrian Hotel (20 Upper Ground London SE1 9PD)...
28 September 2016
Steve Lazarides talks to Susie Mesure of The Independent
I've always called myself the accidental art dealer because this isn't really what I ever planned on doing. But I had a driving ambition to show people that you can do things differently.
Susie Mesure, Independent, 11 Mar 2016
Group show Still Here, A Decade Of Lazarides
In February 2016, Lazarides will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a group exhibition from the gallery's most celebrated and pioneering...
12 February - 24 March 2016
Oliver Jeffers on ebooks, picture books, and scientific creativity in his new fine-art exhibition
If you're not yet a fan of the spellbinding genius of Oliver Jeffers, you know a five-year-old who is.
Independent, 12 Dec 2015
Oliver Jeffers Measuring Land and Sea
Measuring Land and Sea continues Oliver Jeffers' investigation into the philosophical impasse at which art and science often find themselves:...
20 November - 23 December 2015
Oliver Jeffers Nothing To See Here
Lazarides Rathbone welcomes Brooklyn based artist Oliver Jeffers for his first London exhibition, Nothing To See Here. This September Jeffers...
13 September - 3 October 2013