Mr.Erdogan Karayel
Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1956.Have been painting from
childhood up to 1976.
Have been drawing cartoons since 1976,
grauduatet from Marmara University Istanbul,
Graphic Arts Section (1976-1982)
Have worked from1977 on,
in both Graphics and Cartoons for
weekly Humor Magazine (اarsaf, Ses, Girgir)
Published my albums:
-Renk-Leke-Cizgi,
-En Gurbettekiler,
-Bir warmis Bir Yokmus
-Hans and Hasan,
-Siyah beyazofkelerim
8 personel, 15 group exhibitions,
my works were exhibited and awarded in
West Germany, Japan, Canada, Italy,
Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Cuba.
I have won 38 prizes.
I'm German-Turkish Humor Magazin
Don Quichotte's Chief.
http://www.donquichotte.at/


Mr. Leng Mu
 Born on Nov 8,1966. He is a member of China Artists
Association. He began his cartoon create in art school in 1988.
As a Chinese professional cartoonist, till now, he has published
 over 8,000 humorous paintings and cartoons in
important newspapers and magazines in China.Over 350 works
have been chosen to the exhibitions and won prizes in
International Cartoon Contests. For example: 2nd prize in APCA
 International cartoon contest - 2001 USA; Silver prize
 in International Cartoon Festival of Rhodes - 2002 GREECE;
 3rd prize in international Ramiz Gokce cartoon festival - 2003 CYPURUS;
 2nd Prize in International cartoon contest -  2003 ARGENTINA;
Honourable mention prize in 1st India International cartoon contest - 2004 INDIA;
 2nd Prize in SEOUL Dong-A & LG International Competition - 2005 KOREA;
 Jury special prize in Tabriz International cartoon contest - 2005 IRAN;
 Grand prize in Kosova World Cartoon Festival - 2007 KOSOVA.
 He as Jury members in a number of International cartoon contests,
 such as: Jury Member of 23 Aydin Dogan International Cartoon Competition - 2006 TURKEY;
 Jury Member of 1st International Cartoon Contest – 2008 AZERBAIJAN;
 Jury Member of 28th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest – 2008 TURKEY.
Also he has set up a special international cartoon
contests news Network: www.googlm.com


Mr. Marcio Leite
 He was Born in 1976 in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais.
In the 90’s, he started working professionally for the newspaper
“Jornal do Norte”, having also worked for
“Jornal de Notícias” and “OPasquim 21 (Ziraldo’s)
publishing daily comical cartoons and as a collaborator
 of the newspaper “Hoje em Dia”.
He has a degree in Journalism (2002).
He settled a publicity agency “Mais Propaganda”.
 He is the vice president of CARTUMINAS – Mineiros’
 Cartoonists Association – creator and director
of the website: www.brazilcartoon.com
 He has been awarded in national and international expiations.


Mr. Hamid Bahrami
1972 Born in Khoramshahr, Iran
1991 Graduated from Isfahan Fine Arts School, Iran
1995 Bachelor of Painting, Art University of Tehran, Iran
1997 Founding member of White Crow Cartoon Group
1997-2005 Teacher of Iran House of Cartoon
2002 Member of Teacher’s Board of Jahad University, Animation School
2003 Founder of Bamdad Animation Studio, Tehran, Iran
2003 Founding Member of Ant Animation Studio, UAE
Awards:
Animation Awards
2004 The best TV commercial prize for Sahel Tuna in The 4th International
Tehran Animation Festival. (Bamdad Animation Studio)
2004 The best animated short film for From Apple to Apple in The 4th International
 Tehran Animation Festival. (Bamdad Animation Studio)
2004 The best script prize for Plato in The 4th International Tehran Animation Festival.
 (Bamdad Animation Studio)
2003 The best short film prize for Happy New Year in The 1st Dubai Ibda Awards Festival.
 (Bamdad Animation Studio)
2003 The best animated film prize for From Apple to Apple in The 3rd Emirates Film Competition. (Bamdad Animation Studio)
Cartoon Awards
2004 The 2nd prize of the Tehran International Cartoon Contest in the Civil Complexities subject.
2002 The silver medal of the 1st International Cartoon Biennale of UAE, Dubai.
2001 The 1st prize of the 1st International Cartoon Exhibition of UNESCO in the subject of Ozone Protection, Tehran.
1999 Selected by the International Cartoon Exhibition of Ankara.
1999 The 3rd prize of Cartoon Exhibition of ministry of house and urbanization in the Home subject.
1997 The 2nd prize of International Cartoon Exhibition of UNICEF in the Man and Nature subject , Tehran.
1997 The 2nd prize of the 3rd International Cartoon Biennale of Tehran in the Free subject.
1996 The bronze medal of the International Cartoon Exhibition of Yomiuri Shim bun, Tokyo, Japan.
1995 The 1st prize of the 2nd International Cartoon Biennale of Tehran in the Book subject.
1994 The 1st prize of National Cartoon Exhibition of international
Tehran fair book in the Pen subject, Tehran.
1993 The 2nd prize of National Cartoon Exhibition of council of Tehran in subject
of The Blue Sky of Tehran.
Jury
2003-2005 Member of the selecting jury of the 3rd, 4th and
5th Tehran International Cartoon Biennales, Iran.
2003 Jury member of 5th Tehran International Cartoon Biennale, Iran.
2002 Jury member of Dialogue of Civilizations International Cartoon Exhibition, Iran.
2002 Jury member of Football Cartoon Exhibition, Iran.
2002 Jury member of Police Cartoon Exhibition, Iran.
2001 Jury member of Nature Cartoon Exhibition, Iran
Animation
2004-2006 Director, concept and visual designer and character designer of Shirin animated short film at Bamdad Animation Studio. Started since 2004 and currently in production.
2006 Director, inspirational & character designer and story board artist, layout artist and script writer of Weight of being animated short film at Bamdad Animation Studio.
2004-2006 Director, art director & character designer of Honda, Sahel Tuna, MazMaz, Parseh and Hasty Guaranty TV commercials, Bamdad Animation Studio.
2004-2006 Director of animated short films of New Year TV commercials, Bamdad Animation Studio.
2003-2004 Lead Character & Concept Designer of The Jamshid and Khorshid animated feature film, Bamdad Animation Studio & Resaneh Fard Co.
2003 Director of animated short films for Dubai Sport Channel, Ant Animation Studio.
2003 Director, character designer, story board artist and layout artist of The City of Swallows animated short film.
2000 Concept and visual designer, animation supervisor & character designer of Shahnameh multimedia, Hoor Co. & Informatics Center Co.
1996-2000 Animator & storyboard artist of The Tale of History Video Series, Hoor Co.
1995-1996 Animator of The Kind Friend TV Series, Sima Film Co. & Hoor Co.
Game
2005 Lead concept artist & lead character designer of Quest of Persia I - The End of Innocence 3D action-adventure game for Pooya Arts Software, Inc. (Released in October 2005)
2006 Lead concept artist of Quest of Persia II - Revenge of Ghajar 3D action-adventure game for Pooya Arts Software, Inc. (Will be released in July 2007)
Cooperation with publications:
Illustration
2000-2006 Illustrator of more than 30 children story books for Ofogh Publications, a well established publisher.
2000-2003 Illustrator of School publications, sub branch of the Ministry of Education.
2002 Illustrator of eight books of War Cities of Iran for Hozeh Honari Publications.
2000-2001 Illustrator of 1st grade students books for the Ministry of Education.
Cartoon
1995-2006 Cartoonist of Kayhan Caricature magazine.
2003 Cartoonist of Iran Newspaper.
2002-2003 Cartoonist of Iran Cartoon magazine.
2001 Cartoonist of Tavana weekly magazine.
2000-2001 Cartoonist of Hamshahri newspaper.


Mr. Bahram Azimi
Born in Tehran-Iran in 1967
An Art University graduate in handcraft.
Has drawn cartoons for 18 years, and had numerous domestic and
international
cartoon exhibitions.
Has won more than 60 prizes in Iranian and International graphics,
painting,Animation, and cartoon competitions.
A member of a group called “Klagh-e-Sefid” (White Crow) and present in
all
domestic and international cartoon exhibitions which were held by the
group.
Has held several solo cartoon exhibitions since 1989.
Is now working in "Hoor Art-Culture Institution" as an animator and an
animation director.
Has been teaching in the Iranian House of Cartoon since 1997.
A teacher at IRIB Faculty.
A juryman in some across-country cartoon festivals and also in
Civilization
International Cartoon Exhibition (2000) and Tehran International
cartoon
Biennal (2003)
A member of the board of selectors in the Tehran International Cartoon
Biennial (2001-2003-2005).
A founder member of the Iranian Caricature Association.
Some Prizes:
Silver medal and honorable mention of Ancona International Cartoon
Festival,
Italy (1993).
First prize of Pracicaba International Cartoon Festival, Brazil (1996).
Third prize in T.V Cartoon Festival,Iran (1997).
Second prize of Olense International Cartoon Festival, Belgium (1999).
Honorable mention of an international cartoon festival on the subject
of
“Soccer Hooliganism”, Iran (1999).
Honorable mention of Ankara International Cartoon Festival, Turkey
(1996 &
1999).
Second prize of International European Satire Biennial, Italy (2000).
First prize of "Gas"Cartoon Festival, Iran (2000).
Honorable mention of Daejeon Cartoon Festivals, Korea (1998-99-2001).
Honorable mention of Humurda International Cartoon Festival, Argentina
(2001).
Honorable mention of Golden Helmet International Cartoon Festival,
Yugoslavia (2001).
Honorable mention of the first and third Tehran International Cartoon
Biennials,Iran (1997 & 2001).
Special prize of the First Surgut International Cartoon Festival,
Russia (2001).
First prize of "Peace" Cartoon Festival, Iran (2002).
Third prize in International Cartoon Contest Press and Election Kive,
Ukraine (2003).
Honorable mention of Cyprus International Cartoon Festival,
Cyprus(2003).
Second prize of Daejeon International Cartoon Festival, Korea (2003).
Honorable mention of 2nd Tiwan International Cartoon Festival,
Tiwan(2003).
Honorable mention of 10nd International Cartoon Festival,Colombia
(2003)
Honorable mention of "Footnet" international cartoon festival ,Iran
(2004).
Third prize in 2nd Tabriz International Cartoon Festival,Iran (2004).
Special prize of the Fourth International Comic Festival, China (2004).
Honorable mention of 4nd Tabriz international cartoon festival , Iran
(2005).
Special prize of the 4nd International Green film Festival, Iran
(2005).
Special prize of the 1nd International city film & animation Festival,
Iran (2005).
Special prize of the 13nd International Cartoon Festival, Serbia
(2005).
Special prize And Gold Key of the 1nd Smarts Festival, Iran (2006).
First prize of " Motorcycle" Cartoon Festival, Iran (2006).
Special prize of the 2nd Tehran Tanz Festival, Iran (2007).


Mr. Shahrokh Heydari
born in 16 sep .1978 in Ahvaz-Iran
Participation in internal and international caricature ,
photography graphic design fairs
Frequent cooperation with press
photography & animation making
Responsibilities:
manager of the board of directors of Khuzestan caricature association in (1998-1999)
Member of Yellow Deer cartoon group
Honors:
international AMORISTI marostica prize from Italy -2007(strip section)
honorable mention and diploma from porto cartoon-PORTGUL-2007
Second prize from Golden Smile 2006 -Serbia & Montenegro
Grand prize prize from international cartoon competition -viva nasrollah -iran 2006
Winner of the honor mention of the fcw.fcw caricature competitions (china, 2002-2003)
Candidate of prize winning of Sweden (malmo) caricature competitions (Sweden, 2003)
Candidate of prize winning of satyricon (Poland) caricature competitions (Poland,1999)
Owner of the first grade of the young artist caricature festival Tehran (2003)
Owner of the prize from (Golagha Magazine) cartoon competition - Tehran 1997-1998
Owner of the first grade of the Iranian young artist festival (shiraz-1997)
Owner of the third grade of the Iranian young artist festival (oromieh-1996)
Owner of the special mention of the Iranian young artist festival (mahshahr-2000)
Owner of the fifth prize from dayjon 2006- south KoreaOwner
 of the honorable mention prize & BRONZE MEDAL of
the yomiyouri shimbon 2005 -JapanOwner of the FECO
special prize of the TABEEZ festival (IRAN DEHDASHT-2005)
Owner of the more than 6 prize of the Iran university festival tehran-Mashhad -2005-2006
first prize from 2nd Iranian festival marine photos 2006 -Iran
first prize from 2nd Iranian graphic designer (posters) festival -Iran-Esfhan 2007
first prize from national magazines in Iran -photo collection from (shadegan pond)2006
Owner of the first grade of the mirror photo festival Iran (2003)
Owner of the first grade of the citizen photo festival Iran (2002)
Owner of the first grade of the fadjr photo festival Iran- mahshahr(2003)
owner of the many internal prizes of the graphic design, typography & painting (more than 30 prize).
publishing :
i published 3 cartoon books .and published my work in several
internal & international cartoon ,graphic design, photography books.