Artist Profile | Cartoon & Caricature

Mohammad Ali Khalaji

He was born in 1976 in Hamedan. He is a university professor with a bachelor's degree in Animation Direction from the Faculty of Radio and Television and a master's degree in Visual Communication from the University of Tehran. He was a judge for numerous national and international festivals. He is a private teacher in Visual Arts and cartoonist for the magazines "Payame Sakhteman", "Fars News Agency" and others. He has actively participated in National and International Festivals and organized National and International Visual Arts Exhibitions. He is also the winner of 167 artistic awards (109 international and 58 national) in the cartoon section and winner of numerous awards in other artistic fields. Awards and honours • Winner of the Best Student Artwork Award at the Second China International Comic and Animation Competition - 2007 • Finalist in Zoom International Animation Competition, Poland - 2009 • Grand Prize at the 10th Diógencia Internacional Taborda, Argentina - 2005 • Selected in the Poster Section of the International Festival of Civic Activities of Resistance and Awakening -b2013 • Winner of Best Selected Painting at the 8th Iranian Painting Biennial – 2011 • Grand Prix at the 13th Taijun International Cartoon, South Korea - 2004 • Free Cartoon Web China International Cartoon Grand Prize - 2006 • Special Award from the President of Italy for cartoons with the theme "Children and the future" from Fax for Peace, Italy - 2010 • Bronze Medal from the International Cartoon Competition, Syria - 2006 • Special Award at the 26th International Molla Nasreddin, Türkiye - 2006 • Special Prize at the 27th Yomiory Shimbun International Cartoon Competition, Japan - 2005 • Special Award at the 27th Aidin Dougan International, Türkiye - 2010 • Second Prize Mina Cartoon Contest, Isfahan - 2009 • First Prize in the 3rd Boukan Cartoon Contest - 2006 • Second Prize in the National Artistic and Cultural Radio Competition - 2011 • Second Prize in the Cartoon Section of the 1st National Prize for Visual Arts “Islamic Awakening” - 2012