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  • Kadir Nelson

    American painter, illustrator, and author (born 1974)

    Kadir Nelson

    Nelson at the 2017 Texas Book Festival

    Born (1974-05-15) May 15, 1974 (age 50)

    Washington, DC

    NationalityAmerican
    Alma materPratt Institute
    Known forMagazine cover illustrations
    StyleConceptual 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 his paintings often featured on the covers of The New Yorker magazine, and album covers for Michael Jackson and Drake. His work is focused on African-American culture and history. The New York Times described his work as "sumptuous, deeply affecting work. Nelson’s paintings are drenched in ambience, and often overt symbolism.[1] He has twice been a Caldecott honor recipient and won the 2020 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in The Undefeat

    Kadir Nelson (b. 1974) is an American artist who currently exhibits his artwork in galleries and museums nationwide and abroad. His paintings are in the private and public permanent collections of several notable institutions including the Muskegon Museum of Art, The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, the International Olympic Committee, and the US House of Representatives.

     

    Nelson has created artwork for a host of distinguished clients including Sports Illustrated, The Coca-Cola Company, The United States Postal Service, Major League Baseball, and Dreamworks SKG as the lead conceptual artist creating for Steven Spielberg's Oscar® nominated feature film, "Amistad”. In December of 2014, Nelson’s striking painting of the late Nelson Mandela was featured on the cover of the New Yorker magazine. Within months, Nelson was asked by the magazine to create an updated painting of the magazine’s dandy, Eustace Tilley which was featured on the magazine