# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kadir-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:16:39.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kadir-nelson"
name: "Kadir Nelson"
slug: "kadir-nelson"
description: "Kadir Nelson 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. He has twice been a Caldecott honor recipient and won the 2020 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in The Undefeated."
tagline: "American children's illustrator and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kadir_Nelson_-_Los_Angeles_Comic_Con_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1974-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.294494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625501/"
    handle:    "nm0625501"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kadirnelson.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadir_Nelson"
    title: "Kadir Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "قادر نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "قادر نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadir_Nelson"
    title: "Kadir Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadir_Nelson"
    title: "Kadir Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6345553"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2183305"
    title: "Kadir Nelson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump