Ali Divandari Explained

Ali Divandari Persian: علی دیواندری
Birth Date:	1957 9, df=y
Birth Place:	Sabzevar, Iran
Nationality:	Iranian
Field:	Painting, Cartooning, Drawing, Graphic Design, Sculpture, Photography, Illustrating
Training:	Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University
Movement:	Surrealism, Action painting, Cubism, Conceptual art, Abstract art, Digital Art
Awards:	1 national and 43 int'l awards

Ali Divandari (Persian: علی دیواندری; also Romanized as Alī Divāndarī, in Persian pronounced as /æliː diːvɒːndæriː/; Born 6 September 1957^[1] in Sabzevar) is an Iranian cartoonist, painter, graphic designer, sculptor and journalist.

Biography

Divandari studied graphics at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Tehran University. He began his career as graphic designer and cartoonist in 1975. In 1997, he directed a new International Cartoon Festival in Iran with a main theme of "man and Nature – Only one, Share & Care". Over his career, Divandari was a jury member of several cartoon exhibitions in Iran and Turkey. His works have been published in many international newspapers and magazines and have been exhibited in more than 34 countries.^{[2] [3]}

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Kavir Gallery / Sabzevar-Iran / 1976
• Andisheh Gallery / Tehran-Iran / 21–30 Jan 1996 / 50 Works
• Abshar Art House / Sabzevar-Iran / Sep–Oct 2000 / 30 Works
• Seyhun Art Gallery / Tehran-Iran / 20–25 Apr 2002 / 30 Works
• Yasemi Gallery / Tabriz-Iran / 18–22 Oct 2002 / 40 Works
• Kolbe-ye-Javan Gallery / Ardebil-Iran / 10–18 Aug 2004 / 36 Works
• Isfahan Cartoon House / Isfahan-Iran / 29 Aug-9 Sep 2004 / 40 Works
• Sales Art Gallery / Tehran-Iran / 7–20 Jan 2005 / 28 Works
• Aban Art Gallery / Tehran-Iran / 22–27 Jan 2005 / 30 Works

About 300 Works in 9 Solo Exhibitions since 1976

Group exhibitions

• Afrand Art Gallery / Tehran-Iran / 26 Dec 1994 – 5 Jan 1995 / 8 Works
• Iran Art Gallery / Tehran-Iran / 25 Feb-6 Mar 1996 / 10 Works
• Seyhun Art Gallery / Tehran-Iran / 14–19 Jul 2007 / 12 Works

About 32 Works in 3 Group Exhibitions since 1995

Publications

Book

Title: Smile Monalisa^[4]

Drawings & Cartoons by Ali Divandari

Rozane Publications

Graphic Designer: Jamal Rahmati

270 Pages – Grayscale

First Edition: 2001

Awards

Festival Title	Prize Title	Country	Year
Yomiuri Int'l Cartoon Contest	Honorable Mention		1992
The 3rd Okhotsk Int'l Cartoon Festival	Special Merit Work		1992
Xll Mostra Int'l del disegno Umoristico Sportivo Ancona	Special Prize		1993
25th World Cartoon Gallery Skopje '93	III Prize		1993
	Special Prize		1994
4th Seoul Int'l Cartoon Festival	Honorable Mention		1994
6th Olense Kartoenale, Dieren	Fourth Prize – De Lekkerbekpot		1994^[5]
3rd Taejon Int'l Cartoon Contest	Fifth Prize		1994^[6]
The 6th Okhotsk Int'l Cartoon Festival	Special Merit Work		1995
4th Taejon Int'l Cartoon Contest	Winning Prize		1995^[7] ^[8]
5th Seoul Int'l Cartoon Festival	Main theme winning		1995
The 7th Okhotsk Int'l Cartoon Festival	Special Merit Work		1996
1st Aydın Doğan Int'l Cartoon Competition	Honorable Mention		1996^[9]
6th Seoul Int'l Cartoon Festival	Open theme winning		1996
19th Int'l Cartoon Exhibition, Beringen	Press Award		1996
6th Taejon Int'l Cartoon Contest	Fifth Prize		1997^[10] ^[11]
Satyrykon Int'l Cartoon Exhibition	Award of the Director of the culture & sport department		1997^[12]
The 8th Okhotsk Int'l Cartoon Festival	Special Merit Work		1997
Int'l Golden Mouflon Cartoon Festival	Silver Mouflon Prize		1997
13th Int'l Cartoon Festival, Slavonski Brod	Special Award		1997
7th Taejon Int'l Cartoon Contest	Fifth Prize		1998^[13] ^[14]
8th Int'l Cartoon Festival in Omiya	Most Popular work		1998
Courage World Cartoon Contest	Bronze Goad		1999
4eme Festival Int'l du dessin d'Humour et de Presse	Second Prize		1999
Int'l Cartoon Competition on the Occasion of EXPO 2000	Top Ten Work		2000
20th Int'l Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest	Special Prize of the Association of Political Science School Graduates		2000
Courage World Cartoon Contest	Prize of Importance		2000
1st Int'l Mediterranean Cartoon Competition	Special Prize of Alanya Head Official		2001
29° Premio di Forte dei Marmi per la Satira Politica	Award for The Int'l Graphic Design		2001^[15] ^[16]
2nd Int'l Caricature Contest, Independence	Second Award		2002^[17]
The 1st LM Int'l Cartoon Competition	Bronze Prize		2002^[18]
The 1st LM Int'l Cartoon Competition	Prizes for Excellence		2002
2nd Golagha Int'l Cartoon Competition	Worthy for appreciation		2003^[19]
The 2nd LM Int'l Cartoon Competition	Excellence Prize		2003^[20]
2nd Free Cartoons Web Int'l Cartoonet Festival	Bronze Prize		2004^[21]
The 3rd LM Int'l Cartoon Competition	Excellence Prize		2004
1st Red Man Int'l Cartoon Humour Competition	Selected Prize		2006
5th Free Cartoons Web Int'l Cartoonet Festival	Selected Prize		2006
7th Int'l Mediterranean Cartoon Competition	Third place		2007^[22]
Master Cup Int'l Cartoon and Illustration Biennial	Selected Prize		2007
16th Daejeon Int'l Cartoon Contest	Honorable Mention		2007^[23] ^[24]
2nd Red Man Int'l Cartoon Humour Competition	Excellent Prize		2008
Zero Int'l Cartoon Exhibition Mussel & Fish	Honorable Mention		2009
The First Int'l Cartoon Contest Quebec Banana	Prize of the Jury		2010^[25]

External links

• • Toons Mag Toons Mag Artbreak
• Fine Art America
• Cyber Int'l Cartoon Gallery
• qoqnoos.com
• iranian.com
• Googlm
• satyrykon.pl
• Facebook Personal Account

Notes and References

1. https://www.imna.ir/news/602901/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%88-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1
2. Web site: Googlm . 3 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111113053805/http://www.googlm.com/cartoonists/Ali_Divandari.html . 13 November 2011 . dead .
3. Web site: St Just le Martel . 11 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322144116/http://www.st-just.com/bios/divandari.htm . 22 March 2012 . dead .
4. http://bidgol.ir/TabId-19-pId-24770.aspx Bidgol Publication
5. Web site: Olense Kartoenale . 11 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719153714/http://in.olen.be/fotogalerij/displayimage.php?album=22&pos=4 . 19 July 2011 . dead .
6. Web site: Cyber Int'l Cartoon Gallery . 24 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722132619/http://dicaco.kongju.ac.kr/content.php?db=menu02_07&no=10003 . 22 July 2011 . dead .
7. Web site: Cyber Int'l Cartoon Gallery . 24 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722132623/http://dicaco.kongju.ac.kr/content.php?db=menu02_07&no=10012 . 22 July 2011 . dead .
8. Web site: Cyber Int'l Cartoon Gallery . 24 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722132629/http://dicaco.kongju.ac.kr/content.php?db=menu02_07&no=10011 . 22 July 2011 . dead .
9. Web site: Aydın Doğan Vakfı . 11 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110826160646/http://sanalmuze.aydindoganvakfi.org.tr/Gallery/CaricatureListP.aspx?PID=1407 . 26 August 2011 . dead .
10. Web site: Dicaco 1997 . 4 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710123149/http://www.dicaco.com/entry/entry2.php?task=view&db=entry&no=846&page=40&search=&searchKey=&category=&entryYear=&forumNo=&subID=&type=prize&prizeNo=&themeNo= . 10 July 2011 . dead .
11. Web site: Cyber Int'l Cartoon Gallery . 24 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722132638/http://dicaco.kongju.ac.kr/content.php?db=menu02_07&no=10016 . 22 July 2011 . dead .
12. Web site: Satyrykon Legnica . 7 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313120954/http://www.satyrykon.pl/en/gallery1997.php?ID=13 . 13 March 2012 . dead .
13. Web site: Dicaco 1998 . 4 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710124057/http://www.dicaco.com/entry/entry2.php?task=view&db=entry&no=847&page=40&search=&searchKey=&category=&entryYear=&forumNo=&subID=&type=prize&prizeNo=&themeNo= . 10 July 2011 . dead .
14. Web site: Cyber Int'l Cartoon Gallery . 24 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722132643/http://dicaco.kongju.ac.kr/content.php?db=menu02_07&no=10023 . 22 July 2011 . dead .
15. Web site: Premio Satira Politica . 14 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722042659/http://www.museosatira.it/premio/prem2001/premio.html . 22 July 2011 . dead .
16. Web site: Iran news daily . 21 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007144256/http://www.irannewsdaily.com/view_news.asp?id=65079 . 7 October 2011 . dead .
17. Web site: Ukraine Association of cartoonists . 10 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727011332/http://www.cartoon.org.ua/?page=independ_02&lang=eng . 27 July 2011 . dead .
18. Web site: Googlm . 3 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322070447/http://www.googlm.com/cartoonists/Ali.Divandari/05.html . 22 March 2012 . dead .
19. http://www.golagha.ir/webmags/?ty=5&magid=16&id=602 Golagha Institute
20. Web site: Googlm . 3 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322070455/http://www.googlm.com/cartoonists/Ali.Divandari/02.html . 22 March 2012 . dead .
21. Web site: FreeCartoonsWeb . 10 October 2010 . 10 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710234118/http://www.fcwfcw.com/Diary.asp?ID=416 . dead .
22. Web site: Alanya Turkey . 21 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722124017/http://www.alanya.bel.tr/actual.asp?fID=577 . 22 July 2011 . dead .
23. Web site: Cyber Int'l Cartoon Gallery . 24 February 2011 . 22 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722132650/http://dicaco.kongju.ac.kr/content.php?db=menu02_07&no=10032 . dead .
24. Web site: Cyber Int'l Cartoon Gallery . 24 February 2011 . 22 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722132655/http://dicaco.kongju.ac.kr/content.php?db=menu02_07&no=10033 . dead .
25. Web site: Quebec Banana . 3 April 2011 . 22 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322065605/http://www.dostudio.ca/contest-1stEdition.html . dead .