“Art comes from an emotional place. It spills from the deepest parts of my spirit and pours into the work I create for people to see themselves with pride, strength, dignity, perseverance, and power.”
London Ladd is a prominent illustrator who has received recognition from the American Library Association, Parent's Choice Awards, Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, American Illustration, and World Illustration Awards and has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award. London has illustrated numerous critically acclaimed books, including Black Gold, My Red, White, and Blue, and You So Black, as well as newspapers, magazines, and community-based murals. His clients include HarperCollins, Philomel Books, New York Times, Washington Post, and Scientific American.
London earned a BFA and MFA in illustration from Syracuse University and received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the State University of New York. His artwork is characterized by a distinct mixed-media approach, combining acrylic paint, cut paper, and tissue paper to represent various subjects vividly.
London is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Syracuse University. He resides in Syracuse, NY.
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Clients:
Bloomsbury, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Holiday House, Knopf, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Philomel Books, Rise Books, Just Us Books, Disney/Hyperion, Charlesbridge Publishing, Lee & Low Books, Scholastic Press, Marshall Cavendish/Two Lions, Scientific American, New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, American Educator, National Labor Federation, Syracuse International Film Festival, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill
Recognition:
Academia Norteameriana de Lengua Espanol Award, 2023 Jane Addams Peace Foundation Children’s Book Award Finalist, World Illustration Awards shortlist 2023, Bank Street College of Education - Best Children’s Books 2023, Communication Arts Illustration Annual 64, American Illustration 42, 54th NAACP Image Awards nominee, Society of Illustrators of LA West 61, Society of Illustrators 65, Kirkus Reviews - 2022 best picture book list, Society of Illustrators Original Art Show, American Illustration 41, Society of Illustrators-LA Illustration West 60, American Illustration 40, Communication Arts Annual 62, Carter G. Woodson Book Honor, Parent’s Choice Silver Medal, Bank St. Best Children’s Books, ALA Notable Children’s Book, NYPL Children’s Book Recommendation, ALA Carnegie Medal of Excellence, Junior Library Guild.