Kerry G. Johnson - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

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

• 2012, Graphic Design Magazine (GD USA) Award for InHouse Design
• 2010, Glyph Comics Awards nominated in the Rising Star category, presented by the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC)
• 2008, first place: the National Arts Program for Illustration
• 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, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the National Caricaturist Network, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the American Physical Society (APS).

He currently lives in Columbia, Maryland with this wife, Tawanda W. Johnson, a press secretary, along with their daughter and son.