Kerry G. Johnson

Kerry G. Johnson is an African-American graphic designer, caricature artist and humorous illustrator.

He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on September 30, 1966. He attended Hillsboro High School, Columbus College of Art and Design and The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

He specializes in caricatures but has created cartoons, illustrations and news graphic work (maps, information graphics, feature page design) in his career in newspaper and publication design. He mostly recently illustrated a coloring book for the American Physical Society about famous physicists.

In May 2008, he debut his webcomic, Harambee Hills about the semi-autobiographical character Gerard James and his daily life working at a non-profit association.

His cartoons, illustrations and information graphics have appeared in these newspapers:
*The Nashville Banner (defunct newspaper)
*Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
*North Hills News Record (Warrendale, PA)
*Valley News Dispatch (Tarentum, PA)
*New Pittsburgh Courier
*Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
*Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
*Greensburg Tribune-Review
*The Baltimore Sun
*The Baltimore Examiner
* [http://www.latimes.com/news/science/wire/bal-spaceshipgraphic0621,1,7088523.graphic?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines The Los Angeles Times]
*Chicago Tribune
*N.Y. Newsday
*APS News American Physical Society

Additionally, his work has appeared in magazines, web sites and other national media outlets including 60 Minutes, USA Today, KRT (Knight-Ridder Tribune Graphics) and Gannett News Service.

Awards and honors

Kerry G. Johnson has won over 20 Awards for his work in graphic design and illustration including:

*2008, first place: the National Arts Program for Illustration [http://www.nationalartsprogram.org/~caricature]
*2002, 2001, 1996, first place: Press Club of Western Pennsylvania’s Golden Quill Award for News Illustration
*2002, Society for News Design Award of Excellence for Photo illustration
*2001, judge: Pittsburgh’s 2001 ARTWorks Competition
*2001, 1998, 1994, 1993, first place: Pittsburgh Black Media Federation’s Robert L. Vann Award for Feature Illustration
*2000, second place: National Newspaper Publishers Association’s Heritage Award for Editorial Cartooning
*1996, first place: National Association of Black Journalists NABJ Award for Art and Design
*1994, first place: Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association’s Award for Graphic Illustration

He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) Fraternity, Inc., the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the Society for News Design (SND), the National Caricaturist Network, the Society of Publication Designers (SPD), American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the American Physical Society (APS).

External links

* [http://www.harambeehills.com Harambee Hills is Kerry G. Johnson's webcomic about workplace humor]
* [http://www.kerrykraft.com/ Kerry G. Johnson's official web site]
*The National Arts Program [http://www.nationalartsprogram.org/~caricature]
* [http://www.physicscentral.com/experiment/colormephysics/index.cfm Color Me Physics Coloring Book] Illustrated by Kerry G. Johnson; text by Alan Chodos, PhD, Jessica Clark, PhD and Kendra Rand]
* [http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php?title=Kerry_G._Johnson Comixpedia.com: About Kerry G. Johnson]

References and addition reading

* [http://www.physicscentral.com/experiment/colormephysics/index.cfm Color Me Physics Coloring Book, Second Edition] Illustrated by Kerry G. Johnson and Krystal Ferguson; text by Alan Chodos, PhD, Jessica Clark, PhD and Becky Thompson-Flagg, PhD (2008)
* The Daily Cartoonist.com News Brief (August 12, 2008) [http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/08/13/news-briefs-for-august-12-2008/]
* [http://www.physicscentral.com/experiment/colormephysics/index.cfm Color Me Physics Coloring Book, First Edition] Illustrated by Kerry G. Johnson; text by Alan Chodos, PhD, Jessica Clark, PhD and Kendra Rand (2007)
* Brooks, Charles, "Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2001 Edition: Kerry G. Johnson" (page 166) Pelican Publishing, (2001)
* Brooks, Charles, "Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1999 Edition: Kerry G. Johnson" (page 197) Pelican Publishing, (1999)
* National Association of Black Journalists member profile (Art and Design): Kerry G. Johnson, (1999)
* "Top 30 Under 30: Kerry G. Johnson, Urban Profiles" magazine, (May 1989)
* Jones, Kimberly, "Dimensions Newsmagazine: Editor profile: Kerry G. Johnson" (1988)