Artist Profile | Cartoon & Caricature

Arash Foroughi

He was born in 1988 in the city of Jorramabad. He is a caricaturist, illustrator and graphic designer. He has been the winner of more than 50 awards at national and international festivals. Awards and honours • First place in 4 periods of the International Youth Festival of Muslim Countries in the cartoon section - 2010-2013 • First place Humor at Gallarate International “Cartoon Contest Grand Prix” - Italy 2011 • He was executive secretary of the National Festival of humor of the press and news of Iran - 2011. • He was a member of the jury in the National Competition of "Made of Iran" - 2011. • He was a member of the jury on the website of the International Festival "Cartoon Magazine", with the participation of 33 countries - 2012. • First place in Portrait Caricature at the International Festival of Visual Arts "Fadjr" - Iran - 2012 • First place in the National Biennial of Young Art - 2013. • Second place “Yuri Kosoboukin”- Ukraine - 2013 • Finalist in "Redman Festival" - China - 2014 • Third place in “Syria Cartoon” - Syria - 2014 • Was a member of the jury in Iran's National Student Graphic Design Contest – 2014 • Special Finalist of the "Debut Festival of Cartoon" in Poland - 2014 • First place in the Brazilian Humor Biennial - 2014. • First place in the Syrian Cartoon Contest - Syria - 2015. • First place in the Gaza Cartoon Contest - 2015. • Second place in the International Competition "Down with USA" - 2015. • Special prize at the International Cartoon Exhibition “Sisak” – Croatia – 2015 • First place in the International Festival of the "Holocaust" - 2016 • First place in the 4th International Festival of Caricature of the Resistance - 2017 (With participants from 71 countries of the world). • First place in the International American Festival of Human Rights • Voted Best Portrait Cartoonist of the Year by Iran's Nationwide Survey Site. He has published his works in “Hamshahri”, “Yame Yam”, “Yavan”, “Etemad”, “Bezanghah”, “Keshideh”, “Tanzva Caricature”, and IRIB's “Parazit on News Channel” program. .