Born in Akron, Ohio. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Cooper Union in New York City, where he studied photography, video, and conceptual art, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degre

Jeffrey started his illustration career in 1993, which began with commissions for
Barney's New York and Interview magazine. He was a contributor for Interview for several years, and went on to work in all aspect of printed media, including advertising, sales promotion, and editorial layouts. His illustrations have been animated on Nickelodeon, MTV and VH-1, The Food Network, and in numerous television commercials in Japan. 1998 he was invited to exhibit his work at the Parco Gallery in Tokyo, which launched his Japanese career. In Japan he has published two monographs, IT'S OK AND EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT, in 1998, and JEFFREY FULVIMARI'S GREATEST HITS, a collection of drawings, photos, songs and poems, in 2003. He has since exhibited extensively in solo shows of paintings and drawings throughout Japan and Asia.
Since 1999 Jeffrey has also produced a broad range of licensed goods in Japan, and has also launched popular product lines in the US, the UK, France, Italy, Mexico, and other territories. These products are sold in such outlets as Barnes and Noble, Kohl's, Mark's and Spencer, Top Shop, and others, in
such product categories as Apparel, Stationery, Handbags, Leather goods, Bath goods, Clocks, Journals, Ceramics, Scarves, and Footwear.