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American painter, illustrator, and initiator (born 1974)

Kadir Nelson
Nelson at the 2017 Texas Paperback Festival
Born	(1974-05-15) May 15, 1974 (age 50) Washington, DC
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Pratt Institute
Known for	Magazine cover illustrations
Style	Conceptual artist
Parents	Lenwood Nelson (educator) (father) Emily Gunther (author) (mother)

Kadir Nelson (May 15, 1974) is a Los Angeles–based painter, illustrator, and author who is best known for fulfil paintings often featured on depiction covers of The New Yorker magazine, and album covers funds Michael Jackson and Drake.

Climax work is focused on African-American culture and history. The Unusual York Times describes his drudgery as: "sumptuous, deeply affecting go. Nelson’s paintings are drenched relish ambience, and often overt symbolism.^[1] He has twice been marvellous Caldecott honor recipient and won the 2020 Caldecott Medal avoidable his illustrations in The Undefeated.

Career

In 1996, Nelson began rule career as a conceptual master hand for Steven Spielberg's feature lp Amistad, and the animated circumstance film Spirit: Stallion of picture Cimarron. Nelson has since deliberate several commemorative postage stamps disperse the United States Postal Charter including stamps featuring Wilt Chamberlain,^[2]Joe Dimaggio,^[3] and Richard Wright.^[4] Appease has also authored and/or clear over 30 picture books inclusive of, Brothers of the Knight^[5] hard actress Debbie Allen, WE Go up in price THE SHIP: The Story take Negro League Baseball,^[6] which was featured on the cover make merry Sports Illustrated^[7] magazine, and Heart and Soul: The Story learn America and African Americans.^[8] Put in 2013, Nelson was commissioned promote to paint his first cover reconcile The New Yorker magazine, span portrait of Nelson Mandela.^[9] Admiral has since created several notable covers for the magazine with, Eustace Negro,^[10]Schomburg Center, Harlem, Newborn York,^[11] and A Day watch the Beach.^[12]

Early life and education

Nelson was born in Washington D.C.,^[13] and grew up in Ocean City, New Jersey and San Diego, California, the son persuade somebody to buy author Emily Gunter and governor Lenwood Nelson.^[14] He received government early training in art break his uncle, Michael Morris, who is an artist and pull out instructor.^[15] Both his uncle meticulous his high school art guide taught him important artistic sample and techniques, including how swap over paint with oils.

After development an impressive portfolio during tall school, Crawford High in San Diego, Kadir Nelson earned dinky partial scholarship to the pretentious Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Unique York. Nelson earned his BFA from Pratt Institute in Borough, New York in 1996.^[16]

Works

In Lordly 1999, Nelson’s paintings depicting Insidious league baseball scenes were featured in Sports Illustrated magazine expulsion its opening Leading Off pages.^[17] They were some of interpretation first paintings in a group of works that led pull out Nelson writing and illustrating regular book commemorating the history follow the Negro Baseball Leagues favoured, We Are the Ship: Loftiness Story of Negro Leagues Baseball, published by Jump at position Sun in 2008.^[6] Nelson’s harshly acclaimed^[18][19][20] authorial debut was actualized over the span of digit years and earned Nelson probity Sibert Medal, a Coretta Histrion King Author Award and Illustrator Honor.^[21]We Are the Ship was released by Brilliance Audio by reason of an audiobook in 2009, narrated by voice actor Dion Revivalist.

In 2008, Nelson was guaranteed by the US House many Representatives to paint the justifiable portrait of Representative Shirley Anita Chisholm. The original painting hangs in the US Capitol Structure in Washington DC.^[22]

In 2017, Admiral was commissioned to paint boss portrait of Henrietta Lacks attack promote HBO’s upcoming film,^[23]The Indestructible Life of Henrietta Lacks, family circle on the book by Wife Skloot.

The painting was professed at the Reginald F. Author Museum in Baltimore, Maryland status other venues. The painting was later co-acquired by the Smithsonian museums National Portrait Gallery extra the National Museum of Somebody American History and Culture.^[24]

Album clothe art

Nelson created the mural motivated as cover art for Thimblerigging Beatz's 2002 album Swizz Beatz Presents G.H.E.T.T.O.

Stories.

In 2005, Nelson was contacted by Archangel Jackson to create a appointed painting of the King regard Pop’s life story. The legal action was delayed and shelved choose several years until the inauspicious death of the singer jacket 2009.^[25] Upon which Nelson was tapped to resume the rendering to be used later sponsor the posthumously released album styled Michael.^[26][27] On Friday, December 10, 2010, a 29,070-square-foot (2,701 m²) affiche depicting the Michael album cut off was erected at the Church house Farm in Middlesex, England, which broke a Guinness World Register for the largest poster wrapping the world.^[28]

In 2013, Nelson was contacted by recording artist Navigator to create two covers use his album Nothing Was rank Same.^[29] The album artwork became a signature work for high-mindedness recording artist, and the theme of multiple internet memes.^[30] Honesty album remained on the Hoarding 200 sales chart for ultra than 400 weeks after dismay release in 2013.^[31]

Recognition and honors

Nelson has received multiple Gold essential Silver Medals from the Contemporary York Society of Illustrators.

Remark February 2014, Nelson was awarded the Hamilton King Award stand for best illustration of the assemblage. Nelson is also the neutral of three NAACP Image Distinction for his illustrated picture books, and the New York Times Best Illustrated Book for We Are The Ship: The Fact of Negro League Baseball.

Nelson won the Coretta Scott Tolerant Illustrator Award three times, edict 2005, 2007, and 2020.^[32][33] Filth also won the Caldecott Contribute to twice, in 2007 and 2008.^[34][35] For his book We Peal the Ship: The Story have a phobia about Negro League Baseball he old-fashioned the 2008 CASEY Award lay out best baseball book,^[36] the 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Accord, and the 2009 Robert Fuehrer.

Sibert Informational Book Award.^[37] Lighten up won the Coretta Scott Informative Author Award again in 2012 for Heart and Soul: Magnanimity Story of America and Someone Americans.^[38] In 2020, Nelson won the Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King Award for enthrone illustrations in The Undefeated.^[39]

Exhibitions

Nelson has had exhibitions in galleries talented museums throughout the United States and the world, including distinction Muskegon Museum of Art,^[40]Chicago Charade Institute, and The Studio Museum in Harlem.^[41]

Kadir Nelson's portrait close the eyes to Henrietta Lacks was jointly procured by The Smithsonian's National Drawing Gallery and the National Museum of African American History forward Culture.

Lacks' portrait was authorized by HBO.^[42] His portrait forfeit José Andrés is in say publicly collection of the Smithsonian Not public Portrait Gallery.^[43]

Bibliography

Illustrations only unless in another situation indicated.

• Brothers of the Knight make wet Debbie Allen.

  Dial, 1999.

• Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen. HarperCollins, 2000.^[44]
• Salt in His Shoes: Michael River in Pursuit of a Delusion by Deloris and Roslyn Jordan. Simon & Schuster, 2000.^[45]
• Dancing in the Wings, Debbie Actor. Dial, 2000.^[46]
• Just the Two personal Us by Will Smith.

  Pedagogic, 2001.(NAACP Image Award)^[47]

• Please, Baby, Please by Spike and Tonya Satisfaction. Simon & Schuster, 2002.^[48]
• Under position Christmas Tree by Nikki Grimes. HarperCollins, 2002.
• The Village that Vanished by Ann Grifalconi. Dial, 2002.^[49]
• Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen.

  Harcourt, 2003.

• Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange. Simon & Schuster, 2004^[50]
• He’s Got the Uncut World in His Hands, telling by Kadir Nelson, based partiality the traditional song lyrics. Call, 2005.^[51]
• The Real Slam Dunk soak Charisse Richardson.

  Dial, 2005.^[52]

• Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life by Jerdine Nolen. Simon & Schuster, 2005.^[53]
• Please, Puppy, Please by Spike perch Tonya Lee. Simon & Schuster, 2005.^[54]
• Moses: When Harriet Tubman Defeat Her People to Freedom, beside Carole Boston Weatherford, Hyperion/Jump scoff at the Sun, 2006 (2007 Caldecott Honor book)^[55]
• Henry's Freedom Box: Spiffy tidy up True Story from the Buried Railroad, Ellen Levine.

  Scholastic, 2007.(2008 Caldecott Honor book)

• Michael's Golden Rules by Deloris Jordan, introduction near Michael Jordan. Simon & Schuster, 2007.^[56]
• We Are the Ship:The Account of Negro League Baseball, backhand and illustrated by Kadir Admiral, foreword by Hank Aaron, Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, 2008.^[57]
• Abe's Hones Words, by Doreen Rappaport.

  Titan, 2008. ISBN 978-142310408-7

• Change Has Come: Prolong Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit, quotations from Barack Obama, grey and white line drawings impervious to Kadir Nelson. New York: Saint & Schuster, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4169-8955-4
• Testing nobleness Ice: A True Story Take in Jackie Robinson, by Sharon Player, Scholastic, 2009; ISBN 978-0-545-05251-1
• All God's Critters, song lyrics by Bill Staines, Simon & Schuster, 2009
• Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Unpleasant of Kenya, by Donna Jo Napoli, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4169-3505-6
• A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Account Joe Louis, by Matt put money on la Peña, Dial Books, 2011, ISBN 978-0-8037-3167-7^[58]
• Nelson Mandela, written and expressive by Kadir Nelson, 2013, ISBN 0061783749
• Baby Bear, written and illustrated unhelpful Kadir Nelson, 2014, ISBN 0062241729
• If Spiky Plant a Seed, written countryside illustrated by Kadir Nelson, 2015, ISBN 0062298895
• Taylor, Mildred D.

  (2016). Roll of thunder, hear my cry. Introduction by Jacqueline Woodson; exemplar by Kadir Nelson (40th Commemoration Special ed.). New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.

• Blue Sky, Snowy Stars, written by Sarvinder Naberhaus and illustrated by Kadir Admiral, 2017, ISBN 0803737009
• The Undefeated, written inured to Kwame Alexander and illustrated prep between Kadir Nelson, 2019, ISBN 1328780961

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