Jeremy Wafer (born 1953) is a South African sculptor and printmaker.

Born in Durban, to Laura, a nurse, and Michael "Mick" Wafer, a World War II naval pensioner from Aghada, Co. Cork, Ireland, Wafer grew up on a farm with his brothers Patrick & Timothy before earning his undergraduate degree in fine arts from the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg in 1979; in 1987 he received a master's degree in fine arts from the University of Witwatersrand. He was at one time head of the Department of Fine Arts at the Natal Technikon. Currently he resides in Johannesburg and heads the Department of Fine Art at the University of Witwatersrand .

He co-designed the "Wall of Hope" AIDS monument (with Georgia Sarkin), dedicated to the memory of Gugu Dlamini, in Durban, South Africa