Behzad Ghafarizadeh (بهزاد غفاری زاده) is an Iranian cartoonist and illustrator. He was born in 1983 in Tehran, and grew up in an art-centered family. He graduated from the University of Tehran and received his master’s degree in materials engineering. He continued his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, in Montreal, Quebec.
In 2006, Ghafarizadeh's first individual cartoon exhibition was held in the “Iranian House of Cartoon” in Tehran. His works have been exhibited in many international cartoon exhibitions and published in many cartoon books. His cartoons have also received awards in many important cartoon competitions, such as the Global Editorial Cartoon competition (2012), Diogenes, Taborda festival (2009), Medplan (2014), etc. Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec held an exhibition of the cartoons and illustrations of Behzad Ghafarizadeh and Oleg Dergachov with the title of Artoon (Art+Cartoon) in 2015 for one month (from 8 Jan to 8 Feb 2015).
PhD in mechanical engineering from École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS- Université du Québec), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Master of Science in materials engineering from University of Tehran, Iran
Bachelor of Science in materials engineering from Chamran University, Iran
Honorable Mention of the Just For Laughs 2015 International Visual Arts Contest, Montreal,Canada 2015
First prize of the 23rd University Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba (UNIMEP), Brazil, 2015
The second Best Foreign Cartoon in Maya Kamath cartoon award, India, 2015
Honorable Mention of 6th Salão Medplan de Humor, Brazil 2014
Second prize, visual art competition ArtMTL, Un artiste, Une œuvre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2014
Second prize, International Cartoon Contest of Spirito di Vin, Italy 2013
Winner, 2012 Global Editorial Cartoon Competition, CIPE, United States 2012.
Winner, Color Graphic Humor at the 14th Edition of the Salon Diogenes Taborda Festival, Argentina 2009
Winner, 1st International Cartoonet - Street Children, Iran 2008
Selected prize of 5th Free CartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival, China
tOOns MaG International Cartoon Contest,Women's Rights, India, 2016
Cartoon exhibition (ARToon) in “Musée des Maîtres et Artisans du Québec ” with Oleg Dergachov, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2015
Exhibition of the 23rd University Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba, Brazil, 2015 (Group Exhibition)
Exhibition of the XXIII International design for Press, Portugal, 2015 (Group Exhibition)
ArtMTL, Un artiste, Une œuvre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2014 (Group Exhibition)
8 March Women's Rights Day Cartoon Exhibition, Antalya, Türkiye, 2013 (Group Exhibition)
Individual cartoon exhibition in “Iranian House of Cartoon”, Tehran, Iran, 2006
