Jenny Cooper
Jennifer Cooper (born 11 June 1961) is a New Zealand book illustrator. • Illustration — Jenny Cooper
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Jenny Cooper
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- 1961 · Wellington.
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- New Zealand
- Occupation
- artist · illustrator
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Jennifer Cooper (born 11 June 1961) is a New Zealand book illustrator. • Illustration — Jenny Cooper
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Jenny Cooper (born 1961) is a New Zealand artist and illustrator. The artist was born in Wellington.
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Cooper was born and grew up in Wellington. She studied graphic design at Christchurch Polytechnic and her first job after graduation was at Canterbury Museum. In 1998 she began working as a freelance illustrator, drawing for junior fiction and educational books. Cooper spent three years living in Samoa and was a high school teacher there. Her art style ranges from realistic, photograph-based illustrations to cartoons.
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1961
Jenny Cooper born at Wellington.
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• Year — Award — Publication — Notes • 2015 — Arts Foundation Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award • 2015 — Storylines Notable Book Award — A Treasury of New Zealand Poems for Children • 2015 — New Zealand Book Award for Children and Young Adults – Picture Book Category — Jim's Letters • 2015 — Storylines Notable Book Award — Jim's Letters • 2011 — Storylines Notable Book Award — Ria the Reckless Wrybill • 2008 — Storylines Notable Book Awards — Illustrated Myths and Legends of the Pacific • The Mad Tadpole Adventure • 2003 — Storylines Notable Book Award — Duck Walk • 2002 — Storylines Notable Book Award — The Great Pavlova Cover-up • 2000 — Storylines Notable Book Award — The Wooden Fish with Tim Tipene • 1998 — New Zealand Post Student Stamp Design • 1988 — Telecom New Zealand White Pages Art Award
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