Higgins Bond
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Artist's Prestigious History

43+ Years of Experience | Winner of Numerous Awards | Published Worldwide
Serving private collectors and media art directors.

43+ Years of Experience
Winner Numerous Awards
Published Worldwide

RESUME

EXPERIENCE

Fine Artist and Freelance Illustrator with over 40 years of experience illustrating books, magazines, posters, calendars, ads, collectors’ plates, brochures, figurines, dolls, and individual painting commissions. Clients include:

1974 to Present 
  • United States Postal Service
  • Scholastic, Inc.
  • Scott Foresman/Addison Wesley
  • The Smithsonian Institution
  • Columbia House
  • Houghton-Mifflin
  • Anheuser-Busch
  • RCA
  • NBC Television
  • McGraw-Hill Publishers
  • Peachtree Publishers
  • Crown Publishers
  • United Nations Postal Administration
  • American Bible Society
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Silver Burdett Ginn
  • Essence Magazine
  • Avon Books
  • McMillan Publishing Co.
  • The Franklin Mint
  • Just Us Books
  • Danbury Mint
  • Ashton-Drake Galleries
  • Easton Press
  • Hennessy Cognac
  • Schenley Affiliated Brands
  • The Crisis Magazine
  • The Bell System
  • Random House Publishers
  • Dodd, Mead Publishers
  • Black Enterprise Magazine
  • Smirnoff
  • Frito-Lay
  • Walker Publishing Co.
  • Postal Commemorative Society
  • Sourcebooks, Inc.
  • And numerous advertising firms
1982-1983
Designer/Illustrator - Russ Berrie Co., Oakland, NJ
Package, toy, figurine and novelty designing.

EXHIBITIONS

  • Talladega College, Talladega, AL (2002)
  • Tennessee State University, Van Gordon Memorial Gallery, Nashville, TN (1992)
  • Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN (1988)
  • Bergen Community Museum, Paramus, NJ (1985)
  • The Children’s Museum, Indianapolis, IN (1981)
  • DuSable Museum of African-American History, Chicago, IL (1977)
  • Hunter College, New York, NY (1975)
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (1974)

    EDUCATION

    • Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
      • Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Advertising Design (1973)
    • Phillips University, Enid, OK (1969-1970)

    MEDIA COVERAGE


    • Our America Magazine:  October 2020, p. 55-57
    • Springfield News-Leader:  August 16, 2020
    • Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:  June 23, 2019, p. 1D & 5D
    • Nashville Scene: March 7-13, 2019, p. 12
    • The Tennessean:  October 7, 2018, p. 1E & 4E
    • Upscale Magazine:  November 1997, p. 45
    • Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:  October 10, 1997, p. 1E

    HONORS


    • Awarded the 2022 Spirit Of Maya Award for lifetime achievements that mirror the spirit of Dr. Maya Angelou, given by the Celebrate! Maya Project, Little Rock, AR.
    • Winner 2020 Laura Ingalls Wilder Children's Literature Award for Illustration. Given by the Laura Ingalls Wider Children's Literature Festival Committee, Mansfield, MO.
    • Winner 2014 Green Earth Book Award for A Place For Turtles by Melissa Stewart, honoring writers and illustrators of the best in environmental literature for youth. Given by The Nature Generation.
    • Winner 2014 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Children’s Literature, for A Place For Turtles by Melissa Stewart, given by the Sigurd Olsen Environmental Institute at Northland College, Ashland, WI.
    • Artist-In-Residence, University Of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Africana Studies, February 13-17, 2012.
    • Winner 2009 Ashley Bryan Award for outstanding contributions to children’s literature. Presented by the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.
    • Winner 2007 Green Earth Book Award for A Place for Butterflies by Melissa Stewart, honoring writers and illustrators of the best in environmental literature for youth. Given by the Newton Marasco Foundation (The Nature Generation).
    • Served as one of six judges for the 2006 Federal Duck Stamp Contest. Sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
    • Illustrator of four stamps for the United Nations Postal Administration on Endangered Species, issued February 2001.
    • Inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame (1997).
    • Honored with the Parents’ Choice Approval Seal (1998) for Song of La Selva: A Story of A Costa Rican Rain Forest, by Joan Banks.
    • Presented the Book Award of Excellence (1993) for When I Was Little, by Toyomi Ingus, awarded by the Multicultural Exchange.
    • Illustrator of the Jan Matzeliger (1991), W.E.B. DuBois (1992), and Percy L. Julian (1993) 29-cent commemorative stamps for the United States Postal Service.
    • Received Medal of Honor from the Arkansas Sesquicentennial Committee honoring distinguished Arkansans in 1986, presented by Governor Bill Clinton.
    • Presented the “Key to the City” by Mayor William H. Hudnut III of Indianapolis, IN (1981).
    • Featured in the Anheuser-Busch television commercial for “Roots: The Second Generation,” advertising the “Great Kings Of Africa” series of paintings, which includes three Higgins Bond paintings.
    • Honored with the 1979 CEBA Award of Merit for work in Black Enterprise Magazine.
    • Awarded Certificate of Merit, 21st Annual National Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators.
    • Member of the National Society of Illustrators - New York, NY.
    • Guest lecturer at numerous colleges, universities and schools.

    BOOKS ILLUSTRATED

    • A Place For Turtles, by Melissa Stewart, Peachtree Publishers ©2013, Revised edition ©2019 www.peachtree-online.com
    • Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away, by Ketch Secor, Sourcebooks Inc. Publishers ©2018 www.sales@sourcebooks.com
    • A Place For Bats, by Melissa Stewart, Peachtree Publishers ©2012, Revised edition ©2017 www.peachtree-online.com
    • A Place For Frogs, by Melissa Stewart, Peachtree Publishers ©2009, Revised edition ©2016 www.peachtree-online.com
    • A Place For Birds, by Melissa Stewart, Peachtree Publishers ©2009, Revised edition ©2015 www.peachtree-online.com
    • A Place For Butterflies, by Melissa Stewart, Peachtree Publishers ©2006, Revised edition ©2014 www.peachtree-online.com
    • A Place For Fish, by Melissa Stewart, Peachtree Publishers, ©2011 www.peachtree-online.com
    • Roots, The Saga of An American Family: 30th Anniversary Edition, by Alex Haley, The Easton Press, ©2010
    • Adesuwa Goes to Puerto Rico, by K. Christopher Toussaint, United African Educational Foundation ©2009 www.uaef.com
    • Please Don’t Wake the Animals, by Mary Batten, Peachtree Publishers ©2008 www.peachtree-online.com
    • The Old Woman And Her Mysterious Storybook, And The Little Girl Who Didn’t LikeTo Read, by K. Christopher Toussaint, United African Educational Foundation ©2007 www.uaef.org
    • Alphahabet of Space, by Laura Gates Galvin, Soundprints division of the Trudy Corp. and The Smithsonian Institution ©2006 www.soundprints.com
    • The Mighty Mississippi, by Linda Vieira, Walker & Company ©2005 www.walkeryoungreaders.com
    • The Christmas Pea Coat, by Richard H Schneider, Ideals Children’s Books ©2004 www.amazon.com
    • I Am Sacajawea, I Am York: Our Journey West with Lewis and Clark, by Claire Rudolf Murphy, Walker & Company ©2004 www.walkeryoungreaders.com
    • Pen Pals, by Michael Rose Ramirez, Mondo Publishing ©2004 www.mondopub.com
    • Who Has A Belly Button? by Mary Batten, Peachtree Publishers ©2004 www.peachtree-online.com
    • Then I Think of God, by Martha Whitmore Hickman, Albert Whitman & Company,©2003 www.amazon.com
    • Groundhog at Evergreen Road, by Susan Korman, Soundprints division of the Trudy Corporation and the Smithsonian Institution ©2003 www.amazon.com
    • The Seven Seas, Exploring the World Ocean, by Linda Viera, Walker & Company ©2003 www.amazon.com
    • Jesus Prays To His Father (Book 19 Level 1), based on Mathew 26: 36-45, text adapted by Suzette Haden Elgin, American Bible Society ©2002
    • Jesus Is Born (Book 12 Level 2), based on Luke 2: 1-21, text adapted by Suzette Haden Elgin, American Bible Society ©2002
    • Trails Above the Tree Line, by Audrey Fraggalosh, Soundprints division of the Trudy Corp. ©2002 www.amazon.com
    • Hey, Daddy! Animal Fathers and Their Babies, by Mary Batten, Peachtree Publishers ©2002 www.peachtree-online.com
    • Death Comes For the Archbishop, by Willa Cather, The Easton Press ©2001
    • Where Did The Butterfly Get Its Name? by Melvin and Gilda Berger, Scholastic Inc. ©2000 www.scholastic.com/teacherstore
    • Do Penguins Get Frostbite? by Melvin And Gilda Berger, Scholastic Inc. ©2000 www.scholastic.com/teacherstore
    • Do Tornadoes Really Twist? by Melvin and Gilda Berger, Scholastic Inc. ©2000 www.scholastic.com/teacherstore
    • Why Do Volcanoes Blow Their Tops? by Melvin and Gilda Berger, Scholastic Inc. ©1999 www.scholastic.com/teacherstore
    • Do Whale Have Belly Buttons? by Melvin and Gilda Berger, Scholastic Inc. ©1998 www.scholastic.com/teacherstore
    • Song of La Selva: A Story of A Costa Rican Rain Forest, by Joan Banks, The Nature Conservancy and the Soundprints division of the Trudy Corporation ©1998 www.amazon.com
    • Handshake in Space, by Sheri Tan, Smithsonian Institution and The Trudy Corporation ©1998 www.amazon.com
    • Toni Morrison, Author, by Garnet Nelson Jackson, Modern Curriculum Press ©1995 www.amazon.com
    • Susie King Taylor: Destined To Be Free, by Denise M. Jordon, Just Us Books ©1994 www.justusbooks.com
    • Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice, by Garnet Nelson Jackson, Modern Curriculum Press ©1994 www.amazon.com
    • Young Martin’s Promise, by Walter Dean Myers, Raintree Steck-Vaughn ©1993 www.amazon.com
    • Time for Sleep, by Claire Chapelle, Macmillan/McGraw Hill ©1993
    • Ancient Rome, by Daniel Cohen, Doubleday ©1992 www.amazon.com
    • When I Was Little, by Toyomi Ingus, Just Us Books ©1992 www.justusbooks.com
    • 1999 Facts About Blacks, by Raymond M. Corbin, Beckham House Publishers ©1986

    Wide-Ranging Illustration Projects Featuring Photo Realism

    • All art drawn by hand, not via software
    • Detailed illustrations speedily delivered
    • Fine art commissions accepted
    • Artwork, reproduction rights and licensing available

    Copyright Restrictions

    Higgins Bond art samples are provided only for reviewing. Please keep in mind that all images are copyrighted and that no image may be used without the express written permission of Higgins Bond or an authorized representative.

    Kindly seek permission in advance before displaying any of the artist's images on desktops, homepages or websites.
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