Artist Profile | Cartoon & Caricature

Bahram Arjmandnia

He graduated from the “Tehran University” College of Fine Arts, majoring in painting. She has extensive professional experience in the field of drawing, painting, illustration, comics, caricatures, and two-dimensional and three-dimensional animation. Also, she worked on designing and creating cartoon techniques for "Iran Cartoon House" since 1999. She has collaborated artistically with newspapers and magazines: “Kayhan Cartoon”, “Hamshahri Newspapers and Magazines”, “Iran Newspaper”, “Tavana”, “Yam Yam”, “Persian Comic” and “Home and Family”. She has also had several solo exhibitions in Istanbul (1998) and Tehran (2014-2015) and has participated in several group exhibitions in Damascus (2015) and Tehran (2015). • Winner of the 1995, 1996 and 1997 National Press Award at the International Press Fair • First place in the "UNESCO" International Caricature Contest - 1997 • Honorary Diploma of the “Melansereddin” Contest - Türkiye - 1998 • Winner of the third prize of "Nehrtoblek" - Türkiye - 1998 • Winner of the special prize of the Turkish press in the International Competition “Melansereddin” – 1999 • Winner of the Tehran Biennale Commendation Plaque and Statue - 2001 • First place in Tehran Cartoon Biennale - 2005 • Winner of the first prize in the international contest in the field of “Mobility and productivity” – 2007 • Second place in the International Cartoon Biennial Cartoon Festival - 2013 • Third place in international competitions with the theme "MS" - 2015 • Special prize in international competitions on the theme "Gaza" - 2015 • Second place in the contest for more children, happier lives in 2015 • Second place in the contest of the University of Nairobi and the "East African Cartoon Association" - Kenya - 2019 • Special Prize from the Mayor of Legnica at the International Caricature Contest – Satrikon, Poland - 2020 • Winner of the special prize of the “iGap” sticker design contest - 2020 • First place in the Luxembourg International Cartoon Competition on "Artificial Intelligence" - 2021 • Fourth place in the International Cartoon Contest on Road Safety, Malaysia - 2021 • First prize in the World Championship of Graphic Comics of the National Columbia University - 2021 • Third place in the International Graphic Comic Biennial - Cuba - 2021 • Second place in the International Seasonal Competition "Artonist" - 2021 • Honorable Mention in the countries: Belgium, Croatia, Philippines, Japan, Kosovo, Turkey, among others. • First place in the international competition entitled "Palestine" • Winner of the Tehran Biennale Special Cartoon Statue, 9th Volume with the Theme “Immigration” • He was a member of the jury at several national and international festivals of cartoons and caricatures, such as: o Jury at the Festival of Visual Arts - 2008 o Jury of Tehran International Cartoon Biennial Festival - 2009 o Jury of the International Festival of Visual Arts "Fajr" - 2009 o Jury of the International Festival of “Smiling Cats” of Azerbaijan – 2012 o Jury of the Biennial International Cartoon Festival - 2013 o Jury of the Tabriz International Cartoon Festival o Jury of the Gaza International Festival - 2015