Jennifer Falkner is an illustrator and independent designer based in Perth, Western Australia. She is available to work for commercial, editorial and private clients.
Since graduating from Curtin university with a major in illustration she has spent the last seventeen years of her career in art direction, textile design, brand development and illustration. Before returning to Perth in 2018, Jennifer lived and worked in Canberra, Bangkok, Jakarta and Singapore.
Picture books she has illustrated include Fairy Beach and The Cheeky Toddler Alphabet, both of which are ABIA nominees for 2025 picture book of the year. She has also illustrated Tardigrades: Nature’s Toughest Survivor, and The Lucky Shack which was a CBCA Notable Picture Book of the Year in 2023.
Jennifer finds inspiration in the daily antics of her two boys, independent bookshops, her local museum, the cinema and the rich biodiversity of Australia's south west. Her favourite mediums are gouache, watercolour, ink, pencils, procreate and photoshop.
She is represented by the Bright Agency.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY
Jennifer Falkner is based in Perth city, Western Australia on the lands of the Nyoongar Whadjuk people. She wishes to acknowledge the strength of their continuing culture and offer her respect to Elders past, present and emerging.