Christoffersen is educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where he was a student at the Danish painter Egill Jacobsen, who was part of the art movement COBRA. Christoffersen himself was a member of the art association Violet Sol in 1974 and has been a member of the art association Corner since 1994. Uffe Christoffersen was born and raised in Denmark, but has lived in southern France with his wife, art painter Annette Hoff-Jessen since 1990. Christoffersen is especially known for his inspiration and motivation, the tiger. The artist shows a very colorful and new expressionist style, not seen since COBRA.