ABOUT ME
I am Ali Rastroo an artist.
Education:
MA in Painting at the Art University of Isfahan
BA in Painting at the Art and Architecture University of Yazd
Member of:
Member of Cartooning for Peace Organization (CFP)
Member of Cartoon Movement Organization
I was born in 1998 in Yasuj, Iran, and now I work as a freelancer artist in Iran! My artistic activities are in the fields of painting, concept cartoons, illustration, animation and music. I have been involved in art since I was 8 years old, and I went to private painting classes. This artistic path continued until I graduated from Yazd University of Art and Architecture with a degree in painting.
During my student years, at the age of about 19 or 20, I received awards in a number of international competitions and biennials. At this time I became very interested in conceptual art and surrealism!
I always wanted my works to be understood by a large mass of people and at the same time to be powerful, so I tried to combine the art of concept cartoons with a painting accent. In this way, I was very inspired by the works of the great surrealists and tried to convey my inner thoughts to the audience more clearly. (I hope I was able to do that!). In general, art means life to me and is the best tool for my inner thoughts! I hope you enjoy seeing my works!
So far, I have won more than 30 national and international honors, some of which you can see below :
Honors and Exhibitions
Grand Award of 5th Mugla International Cartoon Contest / Mugla / Turkey / 2024
Grand prize of the 9th international cartoon contest / Kyrenia / Cyprus / 2020
Grand Award of the 14th International Tourism Cartoon Competition / Jordan – Turkey / 2023
Grand Award of 4th Mugla International Cartoon Contest / Mugla / Turkey / 2023
The Second Award of the 12th International Tourism Cartoon Competition / Turkey /2021
The Third Award of the 4th International Cartoon Competition of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality / Turkey /2024
Special jury award of the 1st Kartal Municipality Covid-19 cartoon competition / Turkey / 2020
Special award of Iranian artists “We defeat Coronavirus” international cartoon contest / Iran / 2020
Special prize of the Third International Cartoon Contest – CoronaVirus / Bojnourd / Iran / 2020
Honorable Mentions of the 32rd Sicaco International Cartoon Contest / Korea / 2023
Honorable Mentions of the 23rd Porto Cartoon World Festival / Portugal / 2021
Honorable Mentions of the 27th Calcomix Festival / Colombia / 2020
Honor diploma of the 20th Antiwar Cartoon International Contest of Kragujevac / Serbia / 2019
Chosen to do Mural Painting in the city of Jaszbereny / Hungary / 2019
Solo exhibition (GOB) in Szikra Galleria / Jaszbereny / Hungary / 2019
Jury Member of the International Cartoon Competition with Earthquake Theme / Turkey / 2023
Selected for the Exhibition of the 39th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition / Turkey / 2023
Selected in the 8th “Red Man” International Humour Art Biennial / China / 2023
Selected in the catalog of the 62th International Cartoon Festival Knokke-Heist / Belgium / 2023
Selected in the catalog and exhibition of Faraone- International Cartoon Contest “Safety at work” / Italy / 2023
Selected in the 16th George Van Remdonk International Cartoon Competition “SOURCE”, organized in / Boechout / Belgium / 2023
Selected in the SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION OF SHĀHNĀMEH IN THE INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND ART / Istanbul / Turkey 2023
Selected in the catalog and exhibition of the international Euro-kartoenale competition / Belgium / 2023
Selected for the 24th edition of the Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem / Belgium / 2022
Selected for the 23rd edition of the Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem / Belgium / 2021
Selected for the Exhibition of the 38th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition / Turkey / 2021
Selected for the catalog and exhibition of Faraone- International Cartoon Contest “Safety at work” / Italy / 2023
First Winner Of Toons Mag Monthly Challenge With Public Votes – CARTOON CHALLENGE, APRIL / Cartoonmag / 2020
Selected for the 24th Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art / Gabrovo / Bulgaria / 2019
Selected for the 15th Caratinga International Humor Salon / Brazil / 2019
Selected for the 22th edition of the Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem / Belgium / 2019
Selected for The First International cartoonists Festival Ferizaj / Kosovo / 2019
Selected for 4th Jokalfestival students of Painting in Tehran University / Iran / 2019
Publication of 9 Works in the Catalogue 19th Issue of Union of World Cartoonists (UWC)
Publication of 5 Works in the Catalogue 9th Issue of Union of World Cartoonists (UWC)
Publication of 8 Works in the Catalogue 6th Issue of Union of World Cartoonists (UWC)
Publication of 5 Works in the HUMORISTAS GRÁFICOS CONVOCATORIA INTERNACIONAL
CALICOMIX / Colombia / 20195th works in the magazine of calicomix / Clombia / 2019
Finalist of 1st Welt Heimat International Cartoon Contest / Germany / 2018
Finalist of International Tourism Cartoon Competition / Turkey / 2018
Finalist of A Colorful Human World International Cartoon Contest / Norway / 2018
Participated in several exhibitions such as:
Belgium / Italy / India / Croatia / Bulgaria / Serbia / Brazil / Iran / Turkey / Montenegro / Kosovo / Philippines / Norway / Japan / South Korea / Iraq / Cyprus / Jordan / United States / Canada / Romania ….
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