# Seyed Ali Miraee

Ali Miraee (born Seyed Ali Miraee in Tehran in 1979) is a cartoonist and illustrator for economic, political, cultural, and professional newspapers, magazines and Books.
He is particularly known for his work for the Shargh daily, Etemad newspaper and Tanz-o-Caricature magazine.

## Career

Ali Miraee started his artistic activity with the "Humor & Caricature Monthly" and won his first prestigious international award in 1995, from the second Tehran International Cartoon Biennial. What distinguishes him from other cartoonists is his mastery of different categories of cartoons. He has received world-renowned awards in various branches of cartoons, such as portrait caricature, comic strip, editorial cartoon and black cartoon in from Romania, Canada, South Korea, Poland, Italy, Belgium, Czech, Colombia, China, Turkey, Montenegro, Cyprus, Greece, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Serbia, etc. Although most of his specialties is funny cartoon.
The subjects of Ali Miraee's cartoons also reflect his vision and judgment of the world around him, which has made him an artist with a unique vision. Many of his cartoons are about religion and superstition, and this is significant given that he lives in a country with religious authority.

## The most important international awards

* Grand Prize from 5th International Cartoon Contest HumoDeva, (Deva, Romania-2005)
* Award of Excellence from 12th World Press Freedom int'l Editorial Cartoon Competition (Canada, 2012)
* First Prize (Editorial Category) from 41st International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba (Brazil, 2014)
* Third place from Int'l Cartoon Contest Ciudad de las Ideas (conference) (Mexico, 2015)
* Gold Prize from Sicaco International Cartoon Contest (Korea, 2016)
* Grand Prix from 42nd Satyrykon International Festival – Legnica (Poland, 2019)
* Grand Prix from 44th Satyrykon International Festival – Legnica (Poland, 2021)
* First Prize from 23rd World Press Freedom int'l Editorial Cartoon Competition (Canada, 2023)

## Judgment

* Member of Jury of the 45th Satyrykon International Festival (Poland, 2022)
* Member of Jury of the 13th International Tourism Cartoon Competition (Turkey, 2021)
* Member of Jury of the 43rd
* Member of Jury of the 8th International Cartoon Contest Ciudad de las Ideas (México, 2016)
* Member of Jury of the First Nishkhat International Cartoon Contest (Iran, 2017)
* Member of Selection Committee of the 2nd International Biennial Book Cartoon Contest (Iran, 2014)

## Exhibitions

* Parallel Exhibition hall International Piracicaba humor (Brazil, 2015) (Brazil, 2015)
* Solo exhibition in Iranian House of Cartoon (Tehran, 2016)
* Exhibition in honor of the William Shakespeare by 50 Brazilian and foreign top artists invited in gallery 9 of Engenho Central de Piracicaba (Brazil, 2016)
* Solo Exhibition in Ring Gallery in Legnica City (Poland, 2020)

## Books

* "Best of Ali Miraee" published by Crisan Publishing House (Romania, 2006)
* "Unemployment Insurance" Published by Social Security Organization Research Institute (Iran, 2017)

## Anti-communism

Cartoon „communists” (Anti-communism) by Ali Miraee defeated almost 2,000 works from around the world and received the Grand Prix from the International Jury Satyrykon 2019.
The winning work presents two tragic consequences for the world of dictators: Joseph Stalin and the Korean leader Kim Jong Una. On a satirical drawing, the faces of both figures are interestingly complementary: Stalin's mustache is also the hair of Kim Jong Una. – The work is humorous by the author's idea, but it really is an important warning that evil is still going on, it results from one another. Apart from this drawing, you simply can not be indifferent – says prof. Eugeniusz Skorwider from the University of Arts in Poznań, chairman of this year's Jury.
– The work is great also because of its versatility. His message will be clear in every corner of the world – emphasizes Grzegorz Szczepaniak, director of the Legnica Culture Center, the organizer of Satyrykon.
The artistic values are also testimony to the uniqueness of the winning work. In a seemingly simple drawing, the author included extremely important content, thanks to which the work seems to be simply cut into satirical. And this is probably one of the reasons why members of the international Jury have been exceptionally unanimous this year during the meeting. And in previous years it was really different – the deliberations were sometimes extremely turbulent.