Masoud Ziaei Zardekhashoei

Born in Feb.1965, in Abadan Iran,
 Masoud Ziaei Zardekhashoei left his hometown
 for Pooladshahr in Esfahan Province following the Iraq’s attack on Iran in 1980.
He commenced his artistic activities from
 the Institution of the Young Cinema (CinemayeJavan) in Pooladshahr,
 lead to Painting and seriously Cartoons in 1995.
Since then, he has hunted over 30 awards from quite a few
 international and national cartoon contests and his works published in over 80 books
 of voted works of international cartoon exhibitions,
 besides being represented in most of the international shows and contests.
He collaborates with “Tanz and Karicature”, “Keyhan Karicature” and "Bacheha Golagha"
the three well known national cartoon magazines,
and he is a member of the Esfahan's Cartoonists Society.
“When Man Thinks, God Laughs”
is a collection of Cartoon Cards and
“Cartoons for Nobody”
is his book that are already published.


Awards:
1.Iran (1994): Azadegan Festival ... Cartoon First Prize
2.Brazil (1995): Porto Alegre ... Main Prize of Exhibition
3.Iran (1995): Blue Sky ... Merit certificate
4.Brazil (1996): Porto Alegre ... Merit Certificate
5.Iran (1996): Ministry of Civilization ... 4th Prize
6.Cyprus (1997): Golden Mouflon ... Special Prize & Diploma
7.Taiwan (1997): Taipei .... Special Prize & Diploma
8.Iran (1998): Golagha ... Bomb ... Merit Certificate
9.Iran (1998): Civilization...Home Cartoons ... 3rd Prize
10.Japan (1998): Okhotsk ... Merit Prize
11.Japan (1999): Yomiuri Shimbon ... Special Prize
12.Holland (1999): Tulip ... Merit Certificate
13.Japan (1999): Okhotsk ... Merit Prize
14.Korea (2000): Dajeon ... Merit Prize
15.Japan (2001): Omia ... Industry Prize
16.Turkey (2002): Aydyn Dogan ... Special Prize
17.Dubai (2002): Dubai ... Merit Certifiicate
18.Korea (2002): Dajeon ... Merit Prize
19.Iran (2003): Kashan ... 2nd Prize
20.Iran (2003): Peace & Iran ... 3rd Prize
21.Turkey (2003): Denizly ... Honor Prize
22.Iran (2003): Golagha; International (2) ... 2nd Prize
23.Japan (2003): Omia ... Citizen Prize
24.Iran (2003): Lavasan ... Special Prize (Keyhan Karikature)
25.Taiwan (2003): Taipei ... Prize & Diploma
26.Iran (2003): Geology Festival of Iran ... 2nd Prize
27.Turkey (2003): Jamal Nader ... 1st Prize
28.Korea (2003): Dajeon ... Merit Prize
29.China (2003): Jiaxing ... 1st Prize
30.Taiwan (2003): ... 5th Prize
31.IranCity (2003): ...Special Prize
32. Argentina Mercruiser (2003): ...2 Mention
33.Iran, Esfahan (2003),Narcotics:...Special Prize
34.Canada Press (2004):...Special Prize ( Excellence Certificate)
35.Korea (2004):...Seoul Special Prize


Jury:
1.international cartoon tabriz-iran 2004
2.international cartoon tehran -iran-palestine 2004
3.national cartoon birthday golagha esfehan -iran 2004