Kadir Nelson

Events

Nelson is born

May 15th 1974

Nelson says that Art has always been in his DNA

Nelson begins to study art under his uncle

1985

Where he learns the foundation to his artistic skills

Worked on the movie Amistad

1997

Picture-Book Debut

1999

Won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children’s

2002

Won Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators

2005

Wins again in 2007

Won the Caldecott Medal

2007

Wins again in 2008

Won Coretta Scott King Award for Authors

2009

Won the Sibert Medal

2009

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Children’s Again

2014