Kadir Nelson is an American illustrator born on May 15, 1974. He is known for his award-winning artwork, which has been featured in books, magazines, and galleries around the world. His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Coretta Scott King Award, the NAACP Image Award, and the Caldecott Honor. He has also been featured in the Smithsonian Institution and the National Portrait Gallery. His net worth, biography, age, height, family, and career updates can be found online.
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💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M
Known for his African-American history and culture-themed work, Nelson illustrated the Caldecott Honor-winning book Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom and received a 2001 NAACP Image Award for his artwork for Will Smith's publication Just the Two of Us.
Early in his career, he illustrated author Debbie Allen's 1999 book Brothers of the Knight and Deloris and Roslyn Jordan's 2000 work Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream.
He exhibited his artwork at both New York's Society of Illustrators and Los Angeles' Museum of Tolerance.
He is the son of motivational speaker Emily-Diane Gunter.
He both wrote and illustrated a 2013, Coretta Scott King Honor-winning book titled Nelson Mandela.
