Artist Profile | Cartoon & Caricature

Silvano Mello

He is a self-taught cartoonist, with works published in the Pernambuco Literary Supplement, “Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil”, the magazine “Dossiê”, “Continente”, “Você S/A” and “Efimerida Ton”. The newspaper "Syntakton" of Greece, he has been dedicated to graphic humor since 2007, developing his work in the areas of comics, comics and caricature. During this period he has won 60 prizes in national competitions and international competitions in countries such as Brazil, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Romania, Russia and the USA, among which stand out: - Second place: IX Caratinga International Humor Exhibition – 2007. - Honorable Mention - International Street Children Caricature Contest - Iran - 2007. - Honorable Mention - 3rd International Don Quichotte World Languages-Turkey - 2008. - Grand Prize – First Medplan Humor Exhibition – 2009. - First place - First National Exhibition of Organ Donation - Brazil - 2008. - Second place - 4th International Exhibition of Paraguaçu Paulista - Brazil - 2008. - Honorable Mention - International Car Web Cartoon Contest - Iran (2009). - Second place - XXII Volta Redonda Humor Exhibition / Comics - 2009. - Second place - 22nd Volta Redonda Humor Show / Khartoum – 2009. - Honorable Mention - First International Humor Exhibition of Belo Horizonte – 2009. - First place - XXIII Volta Redonda Salon of Humor - 2010. - Honorable Mention - 2nd Belo Horizonte International Humor Exhibition – 2010. - Honorable Mention - First International Exhibition of Humor against Racism - 2010. - Second place - 4th Environmental Humor Exhibition / Eco caricature - 2011. - Second place - International Anti-Terrorist Cartoon Contest - Iran - 2011. - Second place - Boston International Festival of Humor - USA - 2011. - Second place - 11th Caratinga International Humor Exhibition - Brazil - 2011. - First place - IV Dino Humor Exhibition of the Paulista Coast - Brazil - 2012. - Grand Prize - IV Dino Exhibition of Humor of the Paulista Coast - Brazil - 2012. - Honorable Mention - Caricature - 4th Fadjr International Cartoon and Caricature Contest - Iran – 2012. - Third place - Khartoum - 3rd Mercosur Humor Exhibition - Brazil - 2012. - First place - Comics - 25th Volta Redonda Humor Exhibition - Brazil - 2012. - "Charge" Award - XXI International Exhibition of Press Design - Porto Alegre - 2013. - International Award "Umoristi A Marostica" - Italy – 2013. - Special prize in 8th International Cartoon Contest Syria 2013 – Syria. - Special Jury Award - Work Group - 5th Juiz de Fora Humor Exhibition - 2013 – Brazil. - Second place - 26th Volta Redonda Humor Exhibition - Rio de Janeiro – 2013. - Honorable Mention - Health Category - 40th Piracicaba International Humor Exhibition - 2013 - Brazil. - Second place in the XII International Contest of Graphic Humor on New Technologies - Hermes de Barakaldo Award - Spain - 2013 - Gold Award - 8th Hummo deva International Cartoon Competition - Deva, Romania – 2014. - First place - 6th Juiz de Fora Humor Exhibition - Brazil - 2014. - Special Prize - 10th International Cartoon Contest - Syria - 2014. - First Prize - Maidan International Cartoon Contest - Ukraine - 2014. - Honorable Mention - Second Grand Prize "Down with USA" Festival - Iran - 2015. - Honorable Mention by the Israel National Commission for UNESCO - Haifa, Israel -2015. - Cargo Award - First Exhibition of Humor of Rio Grande / RS - 2015. - First Prize - 7th International Cartoon Contest - International Festival of Brilliant Minds / Mexico - 2015. - First Prize Khartoum - Second International Exhibition of Graphic Humor of Pernambuco - 2016. - Second place- 11th Mogi Guaçu Humor Exhibition – 2016. - Second place - 28 Volta Redonda National Exhibition of Humor - 2016. - Special Jury Prize - 36th Nasreddin Hodja International Cartoon Contest 2016 – Turkey. - Honorable Mention - 8th Medplan Humor Exhibition 2016 – Brazil. - Honorable Mention - Strips - 43rd Piracicaba International Humor Exhibition - Brazil - 2016. - Honorable Mention - 5th Sinaloa International Cartoon Contest - Mexico - 2016 - Third place - 2nd International Caricature Contest - Kosovo, 2016 - Special Prize - Green Crescent International Cartoon Contest 2016 – Turkey.