Alireza Pakdel

By LatAm ARTE

He was born in Mashhad, Iran in the year 1981. He is a caricaturist, illustrator, cartoonist, and character designer. He started working in the cartoon field in 1994 and has contributed to many major Iranian magazines such as “Golagha”, “Keyhan Cartoon” and many more. He has won more than 100 national and international awards, including: • First place in the Festival of visual arts "Boom-e barkat" - Shiraz, Iran - 2012 • First place “Ghaab-e amn Cartoon Festival” - Tehran - 2012 • First place in the International Humor Exhibition of the Amazon – Brazil – 2013 • He was a member of the jury of the Sixth International Festival of Visual Arts "Fajr" (Caricature Section) -Tehran - 2013 • Second place in the First Festival of visual arts "Farda" -Tehran - 2014 • Third place in the World Cartoon Festival of Porto - Portugal - 2014 • Special prize in the International Cartoon Contest "Aydin Dogan" - Turkey - 2014 • He was a member of the jury of the international cartoon contest "Donquichotte" - 2014 • He was a member of the jury of the international cartoon contest of Syria - 2015 • Third place in the First International Cartoon Exhibition in Sisak-Croatia - 2015 • Second place in the Second International Cartoon Exhibition in Sisak – Croatia - 2016 • Special prize in the International Comic Contest "Humor A Gallarate" - Italy - 2016 • Second place in the International Comic Contest "Donquichotte" - Germany - 2016 • First place in the International Salon of Humor of Piracicaba - Brazil - 2016 • Grand prize at the International Salon of Humor of Piracicaba - Brazil - 2016